Trip.com Group (TCOM) Competitors

S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SPGI or TCOM?

87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global presently has a consensus target price of $592.71, indicating a potential upside of 15.08%. Trip.com Group has a consensus target price of $77.25, indicating a potential upside of 23.88%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than S&P Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
S&P Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Trip.com Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Is SPGI or TCOM a better dividend stock?

S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. S&P Global pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trip.com Group pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. S&P Global has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. S&P Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global received 404 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.02% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
S&P Global	Outperform Votes 510 74.02%	Underperform Votes 179 25.98%
Trip.com Group	Outperform Votes 106 57.61%	Underperform Votes 78 42.39%

Does the media refer more to SPGI or TCOM?

In the previous week, S&P Global had 28 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for S&P Global and 8 mentions for Trip.com Group. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Trip.com Group's score of 0.79 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
S&P Global	29 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trip.com Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SPGI or TCOM more profitable?

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to S&P Global's net margin of 27.12%. S&P Global's return on equity of 14.33% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
S&P Global	27.12%	14.33%	8.10%
Trip.com Group	31.86%	12.04%	6.70%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trip.com Group. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
S&P Global	$14.49B	10.90	$3.85B	$12.73	40.46
Trip.com Group	$55.22B	0.74	$1.40B	$3.45	18.08

Summary

S&P Global beats Trip.com Group on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.