BABA vs. PDD, MELI, MCD, LOW, BKNG, TJX, CMG, SBUX, TGT, and CVS
Should you be buying Alibaba Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alibaba Group include PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), McDonald's (MCD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Booking (BKNG), TJX Companies (TJX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Starbucks (SBUX), Target (TGT), and CVS Health (CVS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Alibaba Group received 2256 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.36% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 75 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 102 mentions for Alibaba Group and 27 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.36 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than PDD. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PDD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alibaba Group presently has a consensus price target of $109.96, indicating a potential upside of 24.20%. PDD has a consensus price target of $146.85, indicating a potential upside of 0.45%. Given Alibaba Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than PDD.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PDD has a net margin of 24.23% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 8.44%. PDD's return on equity of 39.10% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
PDD beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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