MELI vs. BABA, SPGI, PDD, UBER, FISV, PYPL, RELX, DASH, WCN, and TCOM
Should you be buying MercadoLibre stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MercadoLibre include Alibaba Group (BABA), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), Uber Technologies (UBER), Fiserv (FISV), PayPal (PYPL), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), Waste Connections (WCN), and Trip.com Group (TCOM). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
MercadoLibre vs.
MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Alibaba Group received 2026 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.38% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.
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.
87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
MercadoLibre currently has a consensus price target of $2,247.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.42%. Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $115.13, suggesting a potential upside of 35.20%. Given Alibaba Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than MercadoLibre.
MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 17 more articles in the media than MercadoLibre. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Alibaba Group and 19 mentions for MercadoLibre. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.74 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MercadoLibre beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MELI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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