Alibaba Group (BABA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group currently has a consensus target price of $150.36, indicating a potential upside of 39.36%. S&P Global has a consensus target price of $595.14, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than S&P Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alibaba Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07
S&P Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group received 2210 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.39% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 73.75% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alibaba Group	Outperform Votes 2713 84.39%	Underperform Votes 502 15.61%
S&P Global	Outperform Votes 503 73.75%	Underperform Votes 179 26.25%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BABA or SPGI?

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of S&P Global shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BABA or SPGI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alibaba Group	$981.77B	0.26	$11.08B	$6.92	15.59
S&P Global	$14.21B	10.27	$3.85B	$12.35	37.66

Does the media favor BABA or SPGI?

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 20 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Alibaba Group and 48 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.74 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
Alibaba Group	35 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
S&P Global	35 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BABA or SPGI a better dividend stock?

Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alibaba Group pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&P Global pays out 31.1% 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 53 consecutive years. Alibaba Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BABA or SPGI more profitable?

S&P Global has a net margin of 27.12% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 12.29%. S&P Global's return on equity of 14.33% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alibaba Group	12.29%	12.89%	7.69%
S&P Global	27.12%	14.33%	8.10%

Summary

Alibaba Group beats S&P Global on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.