Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) Vs. AMZN, WMT, HD, COST, MCD, LOW, SBUX, TGT, PDD, and CVS
Should you be buying Alibaba Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alibaba Group include Amazon.com (AMZN), Walmart (WMT), The Home Depot (HD), Costco Wholesale (COST), McDonald's (MCD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Starbucks (SBUX), Target (TGT), Pinduoduo (PDD), and CVS Health (CVS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Alibaba Group vs.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alibaba Group received 1255 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.38% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 19.25% compared to Walmart's net margin of 1.78%. Walmart's return on equity of 20.22% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
Alibaba Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Walmart. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Walmart had 10 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Walmart and 36 mentions for Alibaba Group. Alibaba Group's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Walmart's score of 0.13 indicating that Alibaba Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
24.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.2% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.4% of Walmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alibaba Group presently has a consensus target price of $285.88, suggesting a potential upside of 60.88%. Walmart has a consensus target price of $171.09, suggesting a potential upside of 15.33%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Walmart.
Summary
Alibaba Group beats Walmart on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BABA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia 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.
Skip ChartAlibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) vs. Its Competitors
Alibaba Group Competitors List
