Bilibili (BILI) Competitors

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IQV or BILI?

89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Bilibili shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of Bilibili shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, IQV or BILI?

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings than Bilibili. Bilibili is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IQVIA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IQVIA	$15.41B	2.03	$1.37B	$6.91	26.60
Bilibili	$3.68B	2.60	-$184.51M	-$0.20	-114.50

Which has more volatility & risk, IQV or BILI?

IQVIA has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bilibili has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer IQV or BILI?

IQVIA presently has a consensus price target of $228.62, indicating a potential upside of 24.36%. Bilibili has a consensus price target of $23.81, indicating a potential upside of 3.97%. Given IQVIA's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe IQVIA is more favorable than Bilibili.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Bilibili	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Is IQV or BILI more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Bilibili's net margin of -2.15%. IQVIA's return on equity of 30.05% beat Bilibili's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IQVIA	7.88%	30.05%	6.77%
Bilibili	-2.15%	-2.59%	-1.12%

Does the media prefer IQV or BILI?

In the previous week, IQVIA had 23 more articles in the media than Bilibili. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for IQVIA and 5 mentions for Bilibili. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Bilibili's score of 0.69 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IQVIA	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bilibili	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

IQVIA beats Bilibili on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.