MELI vs. BABA, UBER, SPGI, PDD, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQV
Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and IQVIA (IQV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MercadoLibre vs. Its Competitors
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 12 more articles in the media than MercadoLibre. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Alibaba Group and 44 mentions for MercadoLibre. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.67 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 13.03% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 9.21%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 48.46% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
Alibaba Group presently has a consensus price target of $154.13, indicating a potential upside of 34.61%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $2,632.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Given Alibaba Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than MercadoLibre.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than MercadoLibre. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. MercadoLibre pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Alibaba Group pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MercadoLibre pays out 1.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
MercadoLibre beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:MELI) was last updated on 6/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
