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

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

Relx vs. Its Competitors

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Relx pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Relx pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alibaba Group pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $163.53, indicating a potential upside of 22.04%. Given Alibaba Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Relx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Relx
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.20
Alibaba Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

Relx has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alibaba Group has a net margin of 14.85% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 13.04% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RelxN/A N/A N/A
Alibaba Group 14.85%13.04%7.70%

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Relx. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Relx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx$12.06B7.15$2.47B$1.8625.27
Alibaba Group$137.30B2.33$17.93B$8.6015.58

15.0% of Relx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 140 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 145 mentions for Alibaba Group and 5 mentions for Relx. Alibaba Group's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Relx's score of 0.77 indicating that Alibaba Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alibaba Group
79 Very Positive mention(s)
25 Positive mention(s)
29 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alibaba Group beats Relx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RELX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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RELX vs. The Competition

MetricRelxINTERNET CONTENT IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$86.25B$4.20B$30.23B$21.25B
Dividend Yield1.15%5.04%3.16%3.52%
P/E Ratio25.289.23436.1929.46
Price / Sales7.152.391,897.3347.95
Price / Cash21.9824.3736.1124.13
Price / Book19.504.586.994.52
Net Income$2.47B$121.37M$807.65M$999.70M
7 Day Performance0.78%-0.68%-0.95%-0.10%
1 Month Performance-7.05%7.94%2.34%5.02%
1 Year Performance2.44%14.60%24,112.74%14.87%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RELX
Relx
2.5788 of 5 stars
$47.04
+0.5%
N/A+0.3%$86.38B$12.06B25.3136,400News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.1503 of 5 stars
$124.35
+1.1%
$159.67
+28.4%
+58.9%$296.55B$996.35B16.69124,320Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.7486 of 5 stars
$95.22
-1.6%
$102.82
+8.0%
+28.7%$198.57B$43.98B16.2231,100Positive News
PDD
PDD
4.2544 of 5 stars
$128.21
+0.9%
$144.55
+12.7%
+33.6%$178.49B$402.70B13.8023,465Positive News
High Trading Volume
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9364 of 5 stars
$551.25
-1.0%
$611.69
+11.0%
+5.2%$168.30B$14.70B42.4042,350Positive News
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.4929 of 5 stars
$2,407.74
-0.9%
$2,817.22
+17.0%
+21.4%$122.07B$20.78B59.4718,282Positive News
DASH
DoorDash
3.703 of 5 stars
$245.28
-0.8%
$263.88
+7.6%
+98.4%$104.78B$10.72B136.2723,700Trending News
Insider Trade
PYPL
PayPal
4.6156 of 5 stars
$69.48
-0.6%
$85.00
+22.3%
-5.7%$66.38B$32.29B14.8524,400Trending News
Options Volume
WCN
Waste Connections
4.8677 of 5 stars
$182.36
-1.3%
$215.00
+17.9%
-1.9%$47.12B$8.92B73.5323,854
TCOM
Trip.com Group
3.9967 of 5 stars
$65.93
+1.6%
$77.25
+17.2%
+54.1%$43.07B$7.30B19.1141,073
RDDT
Reddit
3.2428 of 5 stars
$219.96
+1.2%
$175.38
-20.3%
+307.5%$41.17B$1.67B199.962,233Positive News
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This page (NYSE:RELX) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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