ULS vs. TCOM, RDDT, WCN, IQV, GRAB, AER, CPAY, RBA, GIB, and Z
Should you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include Trip.com Group (TCOM), Reddit (RDDT), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), Grab (GRAB), Aercap (AER), Corpay (CPAY), RB Global (RBA), CGI Group (GIB), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
UL Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of UL Solutions shares are owned by company 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.
Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. UL Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Trip.com Group pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UL Solutions pays out 32.1% 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.
Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UL Solutions has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.58% compared to UL Solutions' net margin of 11.08%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 37.33% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Trip.com Group and Trip.com Group both had 5 articles in the media. UL Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Trip.com Group's score of 0.66 indicating that UL Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than UL Solutions. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UL Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trip.com Group presently has a consensus target price of $76.98, suggesting a potential upside of 7.49%. UL Solutions has a consensus target price of $70.86, suggesting a potential downside of 3.78%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than UL Solutions.
Summary
Trip.com Group beats UL Solutions on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ULS) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
