TCOM vs. PDD, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, IQV, RDDT, GIB, and CPAY
Should you be buying Trip.com Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trip.com Group include PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), CGI Group (GIB), and Corpay (CPAY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Trip.com Group vs. Its Competitors
PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and valuation.
PDD has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PDD had 4 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for PDD and 12 mentions for Trip.com Group. PDD's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Trip.com Group's score of 1.07 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.8% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PDD currently has a consensus price target of $144.55, indicating a potential upside of 37.69%. Trip.com Group has a consensus price target of $77.25, indicating a potential upside of 31.59%. Given PDD's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PDD is more favorable than Trip.com Group.
PDD has higher revenue and earnings than Trip.com Group. PDD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trip.com Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trip.com Group has a net margin of 30.95% compared to PDD's net margin of 24.63%. PDD's return on equity of 33.76% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.
Summary
PDD beats Trip.com Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TCOM) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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