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PDD vs. BABA, UBER, SPGI, MELI, DASH, RELX, 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), DoorDash (DASH), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and IQVIA (IQV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

PDD vs. Its Competitors

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

PDD has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
PDD$53.96B2.71$15.40B$9.2911.32
Alibaba Group$137.30B2.01$17.93B$7.4515.54

39.8% of PDD shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of PDD shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 52 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Alibaba Group and 12 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.78 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PDD
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alibaba Group
39 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PDD has a net margin of 24.63% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 13.03%. PDD's return on equity of 33.76% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PDD24.63% 33.76% 20.50%
Alibaba Group 13.03%13.64%8.05%

PDD currently has a consensus price target of $144.55, indicating a potential upside of 37.49%. Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $150.80, indicating a potential upside of 30.26%. Given PDD's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PDD is more favorable than Alibaba Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PDD
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Alibaba Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Summary

PDD beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 17 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$146.26B$71.13B$26.70B$9.32B
Dividend YieldN/A2.48%177.14%4.05%
P/E Ratio11.3226.3027.2419.43
Price / Sales2.7120.905.6699.95
Price / Cash9.28240.9346.3857.53
Price / Book3.417.765.645.67
Net Income$15.40B$2.21B$876.41M$257.51M
7 Day Performance0.12%0.35%-1.79%0.52%
1 Month Performance2.28%9.56%4.42%8.84%
1 Year Performance-22.61%86.83%19.50%14.18%

PDD Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDD
PDD
4.7327 of 5 stars
$105.13
+0.1%
$144.55
+37.5%
-23.9%$146.26B$53.96B11.3223,465
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.6188 of 5 stars
$106.20
-2.3%
$154.13
+45.1%
+50.1%$253.42B$137.30B14.26204,891Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.5914 of 5 stars
$96.14
+2.7%
$95.44
-0.7%
+27.6%$201.10B$45.38B16.8431,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SPGI
S&P Global
4.893 of 5 stars
$528.51
-0.2%
$593.57
+12.3%
+8.3%$162.18B$14.21B41.5442,350Positive News
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.5355 of 5 stars
$2,482.62
-1.3%
$2,645.94
+6.6%
+37.0%$126.00B$20.78B61.1218,282
DASH
DoorDash
3.3752 of 5 stars
$245.25
+2.7%
$220.53
-10.1%
+124.1%$103.86B$11.24B318.3123,700Trending News
Analyst Forecast
RELX
Relx
2.1035 of 5 stars
$53.39
+0.4%
N/A+15.5%$100.25B$12.06B28.7036,400
PYPL
PayPal
4.7719 of 5 stars
$76.01
-0.8%
$83.42
+9.8%
+20.7%$73.90B$31.80B17.0024,400Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
WCN
Waste Connections
4.7292 of 5 stars
$181.59
+0.5%
$212.29
+16.9%
+2.0%$46.94B$8.92B74.7623,854Upcoming Earnings
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.1176 of 5 stars
$61.42
+4.6%
$77.25
+25.8%
+32.0%$40.13B$7.30B17.8141,073
IQV
IQVIA
4.8525 of 5 stars
$162.74
-0.9%
$226.32
+39.1%
-30.2%$28.16B$15.41B22.1888,000Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:PDD) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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