Trip.com Group (TCOM) Competitors

Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, TCOM or SPGI?

Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to TCOM or SPGI?

In the previous week, S&P Global had 32 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for S&P Global and 2 mentions for Trip.com Group. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Trip.com Group's score of 0.44 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Trip.com Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
S&P Global	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TCOM or SPGI?

S&P Global has higher revenue and earnings than Trip.com Group. Trip.com Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, 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
Trip.com Group	$6.27B	6.88	$1.40B	$3.34	20.05
S&P Global	$12.50B	12.66	$2.63B	$11.33	45.01

Is TCOM or SPGI more profitable?

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to S&P Global's net margin of 25.80%. S&P Global's return on equity of 13.72% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Trip.com Group	31.86%	12.04%	6.70%
S&P Global	25.80%	13.72%	7.80%

Do analysts rate TCOM or SPGI?

Trip.com Group presently has a consensus price target of $74.78, suggesting a potential upside of 11.67%. S&P Global has a consensus price target of $584.54, suggesting a potential upside of 14.63%. Given S&P Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Trip.com Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Trip.com Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
S&P Global	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TCOM or SPGI?

35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of S&P Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TCOM or SPGI?

S&P Global received 396 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.55% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 56.90% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Trip.com Group	Outperform Votes 99 56.90%	Underperform Votes 75 43.10%
S&P Global	Outperform Votes 495 73.55%	Underperform Votes 178 26.45%

Summary

S&P Global beats Trip.com Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.