RELX vs. BABA, PDD, ACN, UBER, FI, MELI, PYPL, DASH, FIS, and MSCI
Should you be buying Relx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Relx include Alibaba Group (BABA), PDD (PDD), Accenture (ACN), Uber Technologies (UBER), Fiserv (FI), MercadoLibre (MELI), PayPal (PYPL), DoorDash (DASH), Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), and MSCI (MSCI). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Relx pays an annual dividend of $1.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alibaba Group pays out 22.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Relx has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat Relx's return on equity.
Alibaba Group received 2296 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.36% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.
Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $108.79, indicating a potential upside of 37.74%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Relx.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 20 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Alibaba Group and 8 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.81 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Alibaba Group beats Relx on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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