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Alibaba Group (BABA) Competitors

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$82.28 -2.03 (-2.41%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

BABA vs. SPGI, UBER, MELI, PYPL, RELX, FISV, TCOM, WCN, IQV, and RDDT

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

Alibaba Group vs.

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

87.2% of S&P Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of S&P Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 17 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Alibaba Group and 16 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.37 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alibaba Group
9 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. S&P Global pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alibaba Group pays out 19.9% 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 increased its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Alibaba Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

S&P Global has a net margin of 25.80% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 8.98%. S&P Global's return on equity of 13.72% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
S&P Global25.80% 13.72% 7.80%
Alibaba Group 8.98%12.28%7.44%

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than S&P Global. Alibaba 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
S&P Global$13.77B11.08$2.63B$11.3343.41
Alibaba Group$961.96B0.20$11.08B$4.9316.69

Alibaba Group received 2207 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.37% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 73.43% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
S&P GlobalOutperform Votes
492
73.43%
Underperform Votes
178
26.57%
Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes
2699
84.37%
Underperform Votes
500
15.63%

S&P Global has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

S&P Global presently has a consensus price target of $575.14, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $114.07, indicating a potential upside of 38.63%. Given Alibaba Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Alibaba Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87

Summary

S&P Global beats Alibaba Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BABA vs. The Competition

MetricAlibaba GroupBusiness services IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$196.63B$19.94B$24.60B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.15%2.57%165.84%3.58%
P/E Ratio16.6927.94108.7941.22
Price / Sales0.2010.813.7617.58
Price / Cash8.4235.3421.7421.28
Price / Book1.375.905.425.32
Net Income$11.08B$525.34M$675.22M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-6.31%-0.65%-2.92%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-3.90%-2.17%0.23%-3.73%
1 Year Performance7.89%18.44%8.77%12.06%

Alibaba Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.8757 of 5 stars
$82.28
-2.4%
$114.07
+38.6%
+12.2%$196.63B$961.96B16.69204,891Gap Down
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8234 of 5 stars
$505.93
+0.0%
$573.23
+13.3%
+15.0%$156.99B$12.50B44.6440,450Analyst Forecast
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.9735 of 5 stars
$60.67
+1.2%
$90.51
+49.2%
+0.1%$127.75B$37.28B30.1430,400Analyst Forecast
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.9419 of 5 stars
$1,799.99
-1.3%
$2,267.67
+26.0%
+7.7%$91.25B$18.49B64.3615,638Positive News
PYPL
PayPal
3.9739 of 5 stars
$90.69
-0.4%
$86.74
-4.4%
+41.1%$90.92B$29.77B21.6627,200Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
RELX
Relx
2.0272 of 5 stars
$47.14
+0.2%
N/A+17.5%$87.75B$9.91B0.0036,500
FISV
Fiserv
0.6818 of 5 stars
$114.23
+1.8%
N/AN/A$71.75B$18.15B30.1441,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.1039 of 5 stars
$72.29
-0.4%
$74.18
+2.6%
+115.0%$46.56B$48.74B21.7236,249Gap Down
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5298 of 5 stars
$180.04
+0.1%
$199.88
+11.0%
+19.1%$46.46B$8.69B49.4422,539Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.9214 of 5 stars
$198.41
-0.3%
$256.19
+29.1%
-12.3%$36.01B$14.98B26.1287,000Analyst Forecast
RDDT
Reddit
1.1771 of 5 stars
$177.79
+3.0%
$124.42
-30.0%
N/A$31.22B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:BABA) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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