Free Trial

PDD (PDD) Competitors

PDD logo
$104.15 +1.06 (+1.03%)
Closing price 04/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$104.70 +0.55 (+0.53%)
As of 06:54 AM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

PDD vs. BABA, UBER, SPGI, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQV

Should you be buying PDD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDD include Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), DoorDash (DASH), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and IQVIA (IQV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

PDD vs.

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Alibaba Group received 2271 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.39% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes
2714
84.39%
Underperform Votes
502
15.61%
PDDOutperform Votes
443
59.22%
Underperform Votes
305
40.78%

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 28 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Alibaba Group and 33 mentions for PDD. Alibaba Group's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat PDD's score of 0.78 indicating that Alibaba Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alibaba Group
29 Very Positive mention(s)
15 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PDD
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alibaba Group$981.77B0.29$11.08B$6.9217.18
PDD$393.84B0.36$8.45B$10.559.87

Alibaba Group currently has a consensus target price of $150.36, indicating a potential upside of 26.45%. PDD has a consensus target price of $169.91, indicating a potential upside of 63.14%. Given PDD's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PDD is more favorable than Alibaba Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alibaba Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
PDD
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

PDD has a net margin of 29.05% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 12.29%. PDD's return on equity of 46.08% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alibaba Group12.29% 12.89% 7.69%
PDD 29.05%46.08%26.60%

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.8% of PDD shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of PDD shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Alibaba Group beats PDD on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get PDD News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PDD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

PDD vs. The Competition

MetricPDDBusiness services IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$143.30B$20.29B$23.75B$7.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.67%170.05%4.23%
P/E Ratio10.1733.6322.4818.52
Price / Sales0.367.534.22103.35
Price / Cash19.3832.3019.4134.62
Price / Book5.435.265.774.24
Net Income$8.45B$676.42M$781.29M$248.05M
7 Day Performance5.91%8.79%2.67%5.03%
1 Month Performance-13.53%3.22%-2.53%1.69%
1 Year Performance-17.88%19.24%2.08%4.20%

PDD Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDD
PDD
4.8672 of 5 stars
$104.15
+1.0%
$169.91
+63.1%
-17.9%$143.30B$393.84B10.1712,992
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.7924 of 5 stars
$108.21
-0.6%
$150.36
+38.9%
+55.6%$258.59B$981.77B15.64254,900
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.8206 of 5 stars
$71.36
-5.2%
$89.81
+25.8%
+17.8%$149.27B$43.98B15.6532,800Upcoming Earnings
SPGI
S&P Global
4.7473 of 5 stars
$445.62
-3.7%
$591.86
+32.8%
+18.4%$139.85B$14.21B36.0840,000Earnings Report
Positive News
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.2418 of 5 stars
$2,034.46
-3.1%
$2,415.94
+18.8%
+58.6%$103.14B$20.78B53.9640,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
RELX
Relx
2.8835 of 5 stars
$52.04
-0.3%
N/A+29.4%$96.31B$9.43B27.9835,700
DASH
DoorDash
2.709 of 5 stars
$169.88
-6.3%
$208.88
+23.0%
+44.7%$71.37B$10.72B629.1916,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PYPL
PayPal
4.7584 of 5 stars
$59.65
-2.2%
$86.84
+45.6%
-1.0%$59.01B$31.80B14.8829,900Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
WCN
Waste Connections
4.0978 of 5 stars
$193.35
-2.0%
$204.43
+5.7%
+18.7%$49.95B$8.92B80.9022,100Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.8715 of 5 stars
$54.68
-0.3%
$77.08
+41.0%
+20.8%$35.22B$53.29B16.3733,700Positive News
IQV
IQVIA
4.9378 of 5 stars
$139.81
-2.8%
$241.50
+72.7%
-34.8%$24.65B$15.41B18.6486,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:PDD) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners