MELI vs. MSCI, FIS, CSGP, GPN, EBAY, Z, PDD, UBER, BABA, and TGT
Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include MSCI (MSCI), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), CoStar Group (CSGP), Global Payments (GPN), eBay (EBAY), Zillow Group (Z), PDD (PDD), Uber Technologies (UBER), Alibaba Group (BABA), and Target (TGT).
MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
MSCI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MercadoLibre. MSCI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MSCI has a net margin of 45.42% compared to MSCI's net margin of 6.82%. MSCI's return on equity of 39.07% beat MercadoLibre's return on equity.
MercadoLibre received 120 more outperform votes than MSCI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.70% of users gave MSCI an outperform vote while only 65.01% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.
MSCI presently has a consensus target price of $578.21, indicating a potential upside of 3.81%. MercadoLibre has a consensus target price of $1,817.86, indicating a potential upside of 19.39%. Given MSCI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MercadoLibre is more favorable than MSCI.
90.0% of MSCI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of MSCI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 3 more articles in the media than MSCI. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for MercadoLibre and 16 mentions for MSCI. MSCI's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat MercadoLibre's score of 0.44 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MSCI has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MercadoLibre beats MSCI on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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