MELI vs. EBAY, BABA, JD, ORLY, TGT, DG, CMG, AZO, YUM, and ROST
Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include eBay (EBAY), Alibaba Group (BABA), JD.com (JD), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), AutoZone (AZO), Yum! Brands (YUM), and Ross Stores (ROST). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
MercadoLibre vs.
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
MercadoLibre has higher revenue and earnings than eBay. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 1 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MercadoLibre and 11 mentions for eBay. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat eBay's score of 0.02 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
85.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of eBay shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
eBay has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
eBay received 1129 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.69% of users gave eBay an outperform vote while only 66.07% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.
eBay presently has a consensus price target of $49.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.59%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $1,305.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.05%. Given eBay's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe eBay is more favorable than MercadoLibre.
MercadoLibre has a net margin of 4.57% compared to eBay's net margin of -12.96%. eBay's return on equity of 34.14% beat MercadoLibre's return on equity.
Summary
MercadoLibre beats eBay on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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