SPGI vs. BABA, UBER, PDD, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQV
Should you be buying S&P Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of S&P Global include Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), 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.
S&P Global vs.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 6 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Alibaba Group and 52 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.55 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group received 2205 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.39% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 73.98% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote.
Alibaba Group presently has a consensus price target of $150.36, indicating a potential upside of 19.46%. S&P Global has a consensus price target of $592.71, indicating a potential upside of 17.02%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than S&P Global.
13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of S&P Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alibaba Group pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&P Global pays out 30.2% 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. S&P Global has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Alibaba Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
S&P Global has a net margin of 27.12% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 12.29%. S&P Global's return on equity of 14.33% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than S&P Global. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alibaba Group and S&P Global tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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