MercadoLibre (MELI) Competitors

MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Does the media prefer MSCI or MELI?

In the previous week, MSCI had 11 more articles in the media than MercadoLibre. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for MSCI and 26 mentions for MercadoLibre. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat MSCI's score of 0.81 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MSCI	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MercadoLibre	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MSCI or MELI?

90.0% of MSCI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of MSCI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by company 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.

Is MSCI or MELI more profitable?

MSCI has a net margin of 43.06% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 7.57%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 40.71% beat MSCI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSCI	43.06%	-162.06%	21.32%
MercadoLibre	7.57%	40.71%	7.24%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MSCI or MELI?

MSCI has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MercadoLibre. MSCI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, 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
MSCI	$2.53B	18.04	$1.15B	$15.23	38.21
MercadoLibre	$14.47B	6.77	$987M	$28.34	68.15

Do analysts rate MSCI or MELI?

MSCI currently has a consensus target price of $631.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.56%. MercadoLibre has a consensus target price of $2,269.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.52%. Given MercadoLibre's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MercadoLibre is more favorable than MSCI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSCI	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
MercadoLibre	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MSCI or MELI?

MercadoLibre received 132 more outperform votes than MSCI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave MSCI an outperform vote while only 65.82% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MSCI	Outperform Votes 540 65.85%	Underperform Votes 280 34.15%
MercadoLibre	Outperform Votes 672 65.82%	Underperform Votes 349 34.18%

Which has more risk and volatility, MSCI or MELI?

MSCI has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MercadoLibre beats MSCI on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.