Alibaba Group (BABA) Competitors

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is BABA or UBER more profitable?

Uber Technologies has a net margin of 22.41% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 12.29%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 62.60% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alibaba Group	12.29%	12.89%	7.69%
Uber Technologies	22.41%	62.60%	21.97%

Which has more risk and volatility, BABA or UBER?

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BABA or UBER?

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BABA or UBER?

Alibaba Group received 2128 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.33% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 75.22% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alibaba Group	Outperform Votes 2717 84.33%	Underperform Votes 505 15.67%
Uber Technologies	Outperform Votes 589 75.22%	Underperform Votes 194 24.78%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BABA or UBER?

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Uber Technologies. Uber Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alibaba Group, 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
Alibaba Group	$996.35B	0.30	$11.08B	$7.45	16.80
Uber Technologies	$45.38B	4.23	$9.86B	$5.71	16.08

Does the media favor BABA or UBER?

In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 26 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 142 mentions for Uber Technologies and 116 mentions for Alibaba Group. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alibaba Group	46 Very Positive mention(s)	25 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	22 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Uber Technologies	72 Very Positive mention(s)	24 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer BABA or UBER?

Alibaba Group presently has a consensus target price of $154.21, suggesting a potential upside of 23.22%. Uber Technologies has a consensus target price of $93.09, suggesting a potential upside of 1.37%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Uber Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alibaba Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07
Uber Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

Uber Technologies beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.