MELI vs. BABA, SPGI, FISV, UBER, PYPL, RELX, TCOM, WCN, IQV, and RDDT
Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include Alibaba Group (BABA), S&P Global (SPGI), Fiserv (FISV), Uber Technologies (UBER), PayPal (PYPL), Relx (RELX), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Waste Connections (WCN), IQVIA (IQV), and Reddit (RDDT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MercadoLibre vs.
Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. MercadoLibre pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Alibaba Group pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MercadoLibre pays out 2.1% 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.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 16 more articles in the media than MercadoLibre. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Alibaba Group and 18 mentions for MercadoLibre. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.33 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 8.98% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 7.57%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 40.71% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than MercadoLibre. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alibaba Group presently has a consensus price target of $114.07, suggesting a potential upside of 38.63%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $2,267.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.81%. Given Alibaba Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than MercadoLibre.
13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre 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.
Alibaba Group received 2026 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.37% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.
Summary
MercadoLibre beats Alibaba Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MELI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
