Trip.com Group (TCOM) Competitors

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

Is SPGI or TCOM a better dividend stock?

S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Trip.com Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. S&P Global pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trip.com Group pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. S&P Global has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. S&P Global is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global presently has a consensus price target of $595.14, suggesting a potential upside of 26.18%. Trip.com Group has a consensus price target of $77.08, suggesting a potential upside of 35.82%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than S&P Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
S&P Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Trip.com Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global received 402 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.75% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
S&P Global	Outperform Votes 503 73.75%	Underperform Votes 179 26.25%
Trip.com Group	Outperform Votes 101 57.06%	Underperform Votes 76 42.94%

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

87.2% of S&P Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of S&P Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SPGI or TCOM more profitable?

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to S&P Global's net margin of 27.12%. S&P Global's return on equity of 14.33% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
S&P Global	27.12%	14.33%	8.10%
Trip.com Group	31.86%	12.04%	6.70%

Which has more risk and volatility, SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SPGI or TCOM?

In the previous week, S&P Global had 33 more articles in the media than Trip.com Group. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for S&P Global and 17 mentions for Trip.com Group. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Trip.com Group's score of 1.33 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
S&P Global	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trip.com Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SPGI or TCOM?

S&P Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
S&P Global	$14.21B	10.42	$3.85B	$12.35	38.19
Trip.com Group	$53.29B	0.69	$1.40B	$3.49	16.26

Summary

S&P Global beats Trip.com Group on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.