PDD vs. UBER, ACN, MELI, LOW, BKNG, MCD, TJX, SBUX, CVS, and CMG
Should you be buying PDD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDD include Uber Technologies (UBER), Accenture (ACN), MercadoLibre (MELI), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Booking (BKNG), McDonald's (MCD), TJX Companies (TJX), Starbucks (SBUX), CVS Health (CVS), and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
PDD has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uber Technologies. PDD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PDD has a net margin of 24.23% compared to PDD's net margin of 5.06%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 39.10% beat PDD's return on equity.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Uber Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $78.21, indicating a potential upside of 8.75%. PDD has a consensus price target of $146.85, indicating a potential upside of 29.46%. Given Uber Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PDD is more favorable than Uber Technologies.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 32 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Uber Technologies and 15 mentions for PDD. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat PDD's score of 0.19 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Uber Technologies received 60 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.11% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats PDD on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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