UBER vs. BABA, RELX, MELI, PYPL, WCN, IQV, ICLR, GIB, KSPI, and CPAY
Should you be buying Uber Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uber Technologies include Alibaba Group (BABA), Relx (RELX), MercadoLibre (MELI), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), ICON Public (ICLR), CGI (GIB), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Corpay (CPAY). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Uber Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $85.97, suggesting a potential upside of 33.49%. Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $109.19, suggesting a potential upside of 42.64%. Given Alibaba Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Uber Technologies.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Uber Technologies and 40 mentions for Alibaba Group. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Uber Technologies' net margin of 3.60%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 12.81% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Uber Technologies. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alibaba Group received 2173 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.37% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 73.88% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Uber Technologies and Alibaba Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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