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PDD vs. BABA, UBER, SPGI, DASH, MELI, RELX, PYPL, TCOM, WCN, and RDDT

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), DoorDash (DASH), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), and Reddit (RDDT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

PDD vs. Its Competitors

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

PDD has a net margin of 23.93% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 14.85%. PDD's return on equity of 30.57% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alibaba Group14.85% 13.04% 7.70%
PDD 23.93%30.57%18.95%

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of PDD shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are held 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.

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$1.00T0.40$17.93B$8.6019.42
PDD$409.62B0.44$15.40B$9.2213.93

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 45 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Alibaba Group and 11 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.64 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
26 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PDD
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alibaba Group presently has a consensus target price of $188.06, suggesting a potential upside of 12.59%. PDD has a consensus target price of $137.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.27%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than PDD.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alibaba Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95
PDD
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alibaba Group and PDD tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PDD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PDD vs. The Competition

MetricPDDINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$178.86B$72.17B$27.07B$10.54B
Dividend YieldN/A1.24%172.47%4.81%
P/E Ratio13.9328.6319.6827.13
Price / Sales0.4431.999.21177.30
Price / Cash11.34346.5662.2460.81
Price / Book4.178.955.106.52
Net Income$15.40B$2.25B$911.72M$276.93M
7 Day Performance3.39%-1.15%2.07%1.93%
1 Month Performance-0.76%-8.05%-3.68%2.19%
1 Year Performance3.10%41.69%5.53%34.62%

PDD Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDD
PDD
4.0377 of 5 stars
$128.48
+0.9%
$137.82
+7.3%
+3.1%$178.86B$409.62B13.9323,465News Coverage
Positive News
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.0917 of 5 stars
$166.75
+4.9%
$188.06
+12.8%
+63.1%$397.55B$1.00T19.39124,320Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.7511 of 5 stars
$94.14
+0.8%
$104.03
+10.5%
+16.6%$196.32B$43.98B16.0431,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9815 of 5 stars
$479.18
-1.4%
$614.85
+28.3%
-9.7%$146.29B$14.70B36.8642,350Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DASH
DoorDash
3.6771 of 5 stars
$273.52
+2.8%
$275.27
+0.6%
+73.1%$116.85B$10.72B151.9623,700Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.8442 of 5 stars
$2,175.91
+2.0%
$2,810.88
+29.2%
-2.6%$110.32B$20.78B53.7418,282Positive News
RELX
Relx
2.8642 of 5 stars
$45.15
+0.7%
N/A-6.2%$82.51B$9.53B24.2736,400Positive News
PYPL
PayPal
4.8443 of 5 stars
$68.86
-1.4%
$84.07
+22.1%
-16.7%$65.79B$32.29B14.7124,400Trending News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.5654 of 5 stars
$70.75
+1.0%
$76.98
+8.8%
+14.5%$46.22B$57.29B19.3841,073News Coverage
WCN
Waste Connections
4.9189 of 5 stars
$172.19
-0.4%
$211.73
+23.0%
-5.4%$44.18B$9.23B69.4323,854Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
RDDT
Reddit
3.4552 of 5 stars
$203.43
+2.5%
$203.92
+0.2%
+141.0%$38.07B$1.30B184.942,233Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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