PDD (PDD) Competitors $94.15 +0.17 (+0.18%) Closing price 04/9/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$95.60 +1.46 (+1.55%) As of 04/9/2025 06:42 PM 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. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock PDD vs. BABA, SPGI, UBER, MELI, RELX, DASH, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQVShould you be buying PDD stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PDD include Alibaba Group (BABA), S&P Global (SPGI), Uber Technologies (UBER), 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 S&P Global Uber Technologies MercadoLibre Relx DoorDash PayPal Waste Connections Trip.com Group IQVIA PDD (NASDAQ:PDD) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PDD or BABA? Alibaba Group received 2270 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPDDOutperform Votes44359.22% Underperform Votes30540.78% Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes271384.39% Underperform Votes50215.61% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PDD or BABA? 39.8% of PDD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of PDD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is PDD or BABA more profitable? 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 PDD29.05% 46.08% 26.60% Alibaba Group 12.29%12.89%7.69% Do analysts rate PDD or BABA? PDD presently has a consensus price target of $169.91, indicating a potential upside of 80.47%. Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $150.36, indicating a potential upside of 43.02%. Given PDD's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe PDD is more favorable than Alibaba Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score PDD 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.71Alibaba Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.07 Which has more volatility & risk, PDD or BABA? PDD has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor PDD or BABA? In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 30 more articles in the media than PDD. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Alibaba Group and 41 mentions for PDD. PDD's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.81 indicating that PDD is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment PDD 22 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 9 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Alibaba Group 43 Very Positive mention(s) 13 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PDD or BABA? 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 RatioPDD$393.84B0.33$8.45B$10.558.92Alibaba Group$981.77B0.25$11.08B$6.9215.19 SummaryPDD and Alibaba Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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 ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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 Export to ExcelMetricPDDBusiness services IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$129.54B$19.45B$22.76B$7.60BDividend YieldN/A2.84%171.48%4.27%P/E Ratio9.1932.9722.5418.06Price / Sales0.337.373.3990.67Price / Cash19.3832.3019.4134.64Price / Book4.914.875.453.95Net Income$8.45B$676.42M$781.29M$247.18M7 Day Performance-17.17%-1.58%3.54%0.06%1 Month Performance-18.58%6.89%4.17%-5.03%1 Year Performance-21.35%-1.05%-4.31%-3.63% PDD Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PDDPDD4.7397 of 5 stars$94.15+0.2%$169.91+80.5%-22.3%$129.54B$393.84B9.1912,992Options VolumeGap DownHigh Trading VolumeBABAAlibaba Group4.7893 of 5 stars$106.40-8.7%$148.14+39.2%+44.0%$251.75B$981.77B15.32254,900Analyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeSPGIS&P Global4.8158 of 5 stars$442.16-2.1%$590.86+33.6%+9.1%$139.24B$14.21B35.9240,000Positive NewsUBERUber Technologies4.772 of 5 stars$65.93+2.0%$90.41+37.1%-3.1%$137.88B$43.98B14.4632,800Analyst ForecastPositive NewsMELIMercadoLibre4.373 of 5 stars$1,823.01-1.0%$2,402.81+31.8%+32.5%$92.50B$20.78B48.4040,500Positive NewsRELXRelx2.3392 of 5 stars$45.81-4.9%N/A+14.9%$84.87B$9.43B24.5835,700News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownDASHDoorDash2.3137 of 5 stars$168.78+3.4%$207.00+22.6%+37.9%$70.94B$10.72B625.4516,800Analyst ForecastPYPLPayPal4.9138 of 5 stars$58.92+0.9%$89.13+51.3%-4.6%$58.18B$31.80B14.6729,900Analyst ForecastOptions VolumeWCNWaste Connections4.0612 of 5 stars$186.72-0.1%$204.00+9.3%+14.7%$48.25B$8.92B78.1522,100Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageTCOMTrip.com Group4.7647 of 5 stars$53.85-3.7%$77.08+43.1%+11.8%$34.71B$53.29B16.1436,249Positive NewsIQVIQVIA4.7891 of 5 stars$154.51-0.1%$249.05+61.2%-36.0%$27.29B$15.41B20.6486,000Analyst ForecastPositive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Alibaba Group Competitors S&P Global Competitors Uber Technologies Competitors MercadoLibre Competitors Relx Competitors DoorDash Competitors PayPal Competitors Waste Connections Competitors Trip.com Group Competitors IQVIA Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PDD) was last updated on 4/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. 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