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$117.38 -1.07 (-0.90%)
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PDD vs. BABA, UBER, SPGI, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQV

Should you be buying PDD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDD include Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), MercadoLibre (MELI), 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.

PDD vs.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than PDD. PDD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alibaba Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alibaba Group$996.35B0.30$11.08B$7.4516.80
PDD$393.84B0.41$8.45B$10.5511.13

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 87 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 116 mentions for Alibaba Group and 29 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.59 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alibaba Group
46 Very Positive mention(s)
25 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
22 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PDD
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PDD has a net margin of 29.05% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 12.29%. PDD's return on equity of 46.08% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alibaba Group12.29% 12.89% 7.69%
PDD 29.05%46.08%26.60%

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alibaba Group received 2273 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.33% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 59.28% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes
2717
84.33%
Underperform Votes
505
15.67%
PDDOutperform Votes
444
59.28%
Underperform Votes
305
40.72%

Alibaba Group presently has a consensus price target of $154.21, indicating a potential upside of 23.22%. PDD has a consensus price target of $174.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.24%. Given PDD's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PDD is more favorable than Alibaba Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alibaba Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
PDD
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Summary

Alibaba Group and PDD tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PDD vs. The Competition

MetricPDDBusiness services IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$163.41B$22.17B$25.21B$8.48B
Dividend YieldN/A2.63%169.74%4.11%
P/E Ratio11.4639.0324.7720.05
Price / Sales0.418.023.98119.28
Price / Cash19.3832.3019.4134.62
Price / Book6.125.976.254.61
Net Income$8.45B$697.89M$781.36M$248.19M
7 Day Performance-1.73%0.64%0.21%2.88%
1 Month Performance25.29%30.20%12.45%15.40%
1 Year Performance-20.02%36.49%8.23%7.68%

PDD Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDD
PDD
4.8 of 5 stars
$117.38
-0.9%
$174.00
+48.2%
-19.0%$163.41B$393.84B11.4612,992Positive News
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.6066 of 5 stars
$133.57
+6.6%
$150.36
+12.6%
+39.0%$318.50B$981.77B19.27254,900Trending News
Dividend Cut
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.5598 of 5 stars
$87.01
+5.1%
$92.69
+6.5%
+40.7%$182.39B$45.38B19.1332,800Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8089 of 5 stars
$517.60
+1.9%
$592.71
+14.5%
+18.6%$158.63B$14.49B41.8840,000Positive News
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.3417 of 5 stars
$2,481.42
+1.3%
$2,504.67
+0.9%
+47.4%$125.93B$20.78B65.8940,500Positive News
RELX
Relx
3.3114 of 5 stars
$51.66
-4.1%
N/A+24.8%$95.61B$9.43B27.7735,700Positive News
DASH
DoorDash
3.0788 of 5 stars
$192.09
+4.7%
$209.97
+9.3%
+72.2%$80.73B$11.24B711.7116,800Trending News
PYPL
PayPal
4.8023 of 5 stars
$72.07
+2.6%
$83.68
+16.1%
+12.2%$70.11B$31.89B17.9829,900Positive News
Gap Up
WCN
Waste Connections
4.3461 of 5 stars
$185.92
-4.8%
$208.21
+12.0%
+15.4%$48.14B$9.08B77.9622,100Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.7412 of 5 stars
$65.48
+6.6%
$77.08
+17.7%
+18.1%$42.79B$53.29B19.6133,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
IQV
IQVIA
4.9396 of 5 stars
$155.32
+4.2%
$231.71
+49.2%
-38.0%$26.86B$15.50B20.7086,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PDD) was last updated on 5/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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