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BABA vs. UBER, PDD, SPGI, DASH, MELI, RELX, PYPL, TCOM, WCN, and RDDT

Should you be buying Alibaba Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alibaba Group include Uber Technologies (UBER), PDD (PDD), S&P Global (SPGI), DoorDash (DASH), MercadoLibre (MELI), RELX (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), and Reddit (RDDT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Alibaba Group vs. Its Competitors

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Uber Technologies has a net margin of 26.68% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 14.85%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 59.96% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alibaba Group14.85% 13.04% 7.70%
Uber Technologies 26.68%59.96%24.38%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alibaba Group$137.30B2.85$17.93B$8.6019.06
Uber Technologies$43.98B4.48$9.86B$5.8716.08

Alibaba Group presently has a consensus price target of $188.06, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Uber Technologies has a consensus price target of $104.03, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Uber Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Uber Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Uber Technologies and 69 mentions for Alibaba Group. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.69 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
35 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Uber Technologies
56 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Uber Technologies beats Alibaba Group on 10 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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BABA vs. The Competition

MetricAlibaba GroupINTERNET COMMERCE IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$390.10B$72.76B$26.82B$21.71B
Dividend Yield0.60%1.25%172.56%3.67%
P/E Ratio19.0328.4919.3929.58
Price / Sales2.8533.569.0586.46
Price / Cash14.7136.4416.8517.79
Price / Book2.639.195.094.64
Net Income$17.93B$2.25B$911.72M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-9.55%-2.69%-0.78%-0.79%
1 Month Performance5.73%-2.56%-1.42%0.52%
1 Year Performance52.03%51.45%13.17%12.96%

Alibaba Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BABA
Alibaba Group
3.7124 of 5 stars
$163.90
-1.7%
$188.06
+14.7%
+51.4%$390.10B$137.30B19.03124,320Trending News
Gap Down
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.5711 of 5 stars
$96.53
-0.1%
$104.03
+7.8%
+9.0%$201.45B$43.98B16.4431,100Positive News
PDD
PDD
3.985 of 5 stars
$134.25
-0.7%
$137.82
+2.7%
-11.9%$186.90B$53.96B14.5623,465Gap Up
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9789 of 5 stars
$479.88
+0.7%
$614.46
+28.0%
-8.2%$146.49B$14.21B36.9142,350Positive News
Analyst Revision
DASH
DoorDash
3.7067 of 5 stars
$271.22
+0.4%
$275.27
+1.5%
+83.0%$115.86B$10.72B150.6823,700Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.694 of 5 stars
$2,172.75
-3.3%
$2,822.78
+29.9%
+4.1%$110.15B$20.78B53.6618,282Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RELX
RELX
3.6008 of 5 stars
$46.43
-0.4%
N/A-3.6%$85.05B$12.06B24.9636,400
PYPL
PayPal
4.8023 of 5 stars
$69.25
+0.5%
$84.50
+22.0%
-14.5%$66.16B$31.80B14.8024,400Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.6012 of 5 stars
$73.32
-2.5%
$76.98
+5.0%
+8.8%$47.90B$7.30B20.0941,073Positive News
Gap Down
WCN
Waste Connections
4.9339 of 5 stars
$174.30
+0.7%
$213.64
+22.6%
-5.1%$44.75B$8.92B70.2823,854Upcoming Earnings
RDDT
Reddit
2.704 of 5 stars
$207.24
+3.1%
$201.58
-2.7%
+177.7%$38.78B$1.30B188.402,233

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