MELI vs. BABA, PDD, SPGI, UBER, FISV, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, and TCOM
Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include Alibaba Group (BABA), PDD (PDD), S&P Global (SPGI), Uber Technologies (UBER), Fiserv (FISV), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), and Trip.com Group (TCOM). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MercadoLibre vs.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Alibaba Group currently has a consensus target price of $115.86, indicating a potential downside of 8.90%. MercadoLibre has a consensus target price of $2,244.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given MercadoLibre's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MercadoLibre is more favorable than Alibaba Group.
Alibaba Group received 2024 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.35% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 65.89% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 8.98% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 7.57%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 40.71% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
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.
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, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 68 more articles in the media than MercadoLibre. MarketBeat recorded 96 mentions for Alibaba Group and 28 mentions for MercadoLibre. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.74 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MercadoLibre beats Alibaba Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MELI) was last updated on 2/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff