PDD (PDD) Competitors

Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, MA or PDD?

Mastercard has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PDD. PDD is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, 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
Mastercard	$27.23B	17.90	$11.20B	$13.22	40.17
PDD	$34.88B	3.90	$8.45B	$10.24	9.67

Does the media refer more to MA or PDD?

In the previous week, Mastercard had 37 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Mastercard and 24 mentions for PDD. Mastercard's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat PDD's score of 0.90 indicating that Mastercard is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mastercard	43 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PDD	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, MA or PDD?

Mastercard has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PDD has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MA or PDD more profitable?

Mastercard has a net margin of 45.26% compared to PDD's net margin of 29.05%. Mastercard's return on equity of 178.27% beat PDD's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mastercard	45.26%	178.27%	29.81%
PDD	29.05%	46.08%	26.60%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MA or PDD?

97.3% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of PDD shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Mastercard 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate MA or PDD?

Mastercard currently has a consensus price target of $549.16, indicating a potential upside of 3.40%. PDD has a consensus price target of $173.40, indicating a potential upside of 75.19%. Given PDD's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PDD is more favorable than Mastercard.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mastercard	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
PDD	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MA or PDD?

Mastercard received 1089 more outperform votes than PDD when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.93% of users gave Mastercard an outperform vote while only 59.43% of users gave PDD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mastercard	Outperform Votes 1530 72.93%	Underperform Votes 568 27.07%
PDD	Outperform Votes 441 59.43%	Underperform Votes 301 40.57%

Summary

Mastercard beats PDD on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.