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

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

Relx vs.

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 39 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Alibaba Group and 9 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alibaba Group
34 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alibaba Group received 2325 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.33% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 56.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RelxOutperform Votes
392
56.48%
Underperform Votes
302
43.52%
Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes
2717
84.33%
Underperform Votes
505
15.67%

Relx pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Relx pays out 59.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alibaba Group pays out 13.8% 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 net margin of 12.29% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 12.89% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RelxN/A N/A N/A
Alibaba Group 12.29%12.89%7.69%

Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $154.21, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. 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)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$9.43B10.36$2.47B$1.8628.47
Alibaba Group$996.35B0.29$11.08B$7.4516.24

Relx has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alibaba Group beats Relx on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RELX vs. The Competition

MetricRelxBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$97.73B$21.75B$26.52B$19.79B
Dividend Yield2.08%3.40%2.86%3.85%
P/E Ratio28.4739.5545.4235.76
Price / Sales10.3613.272,037.0546.64
Price / Cash24.1832.3034.7417.51
Price / Book21.976.117.084.84
Net Income$2.47B$681.70M$741.47M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.05%1.80%4.73%2.45%
1 Month Performance-1.64%6.21%8.05%5.98%
1 Year Performance18.26%44.61%52,403.51%14.73%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RELX
Relx
2.6585 of 5 stars
$53.00
-0.1%
N/A+18.3%$97.83B$9.43B28.4935,700
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.6506 of 5 stars
$115.02
+1.0%
$154.21
+34.1%
+55.0%$274.41B$996.35B16.62254,900
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.6917 of 5 stars
$83.63
-0.6%
$93.91
+12.3%
+25.8%$174.89B$45.38B18.3432,800Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8637 of 5 stars
$513.50
+0.1%
$592.71
+15.4%
+20.1%$157.49B$14.49B41.5840,000Positive News
PDD
PDD
4.7431 of 5 stars
$96.44
-0.1%
$144.55
+49.9%
-29.4%$134.26B$402.70B9.4212,992
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.1341 of 5 stars
$2,593.44
+1.2%
$2,572.86
-0.8%
+53.0%$131.48B$22.38B68.7940,500Positive News
Analyst Revision
DASH
DoorDash
3.0065 of 5 stars
$212.79
+2.0%
$209.97
-1.3%
+92.0%$90.17B$11.24B788.1116,800Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
PYPL
PayPal
4.5466 of 5 stars
$70.93
+0.9%
$83.29
+17.4%
+9.3%$68.98B$31.89B17.6929,900Trending News
Insider Trade
WCN
Waste Connections
4.6313 of 5 stars
$196.26
-0.4%
$212.23
+8.1%
+14.2%$50.71B$9.08B82.1222,100Analyst Forecast
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.479 of 5 stars
$63.65
+1.6%
$77.25
+21.4%
+21.3%$41.58B$55.22B19.0633,700Positive News
Gap Down
GIB
CGI
3.728 of 5 stars
$107.59
+0.0%
$156.75
+45.7%
+6.7%$24.39B$15.14B19.4690,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:RELX) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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