BABA vs. UBER, SPGI, PDD, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQV
Should you be buying Alibaba Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alibaba Group include Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and IQVIA (IQV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Alibaba Group vs.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alibaba Group received 2126 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.33% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 75.19% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 83 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 130 mentions for Uber Technologies and 47 mentions for Alibaba Group. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Uber Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $93.91, indicating a potential upside of 9.08%. Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $154.21, indicating a potential upside of 27.89%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Uber Technologies.
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.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BABA) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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