TCOM vs. PDD, SPGI, DASH, MELI, RELX, PYPL, WCN, RDDT, IQV, and GRAB
Should you be buying Trip.com Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trip.com Group include PDD (PDD), S&P Global (SPGI), DoorDash (DASH), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Reddit (RDDT), IQVIA (IQV), and Grab (GRAB). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Trip.com Group vs. Its Competitors
Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, PDD had 1 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PDD and 9 mentions for Trip.com Group. PDD's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Trip.com Group's score of 1.07 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 31.58% compared to PDD's net margin of 23.93%. PDD's return on equity of 30.57% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.
Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Trip.com Group presently has a consensus target price of $76.98, indicating a potential upside of 7.85%. PDD has a consensus target price of $137.82, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than PDD.
Summary
PDD beats Trip.com Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:TCOM) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
