IQVIA (IQV) Competitors

IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, IQV or MELI?

IQVIA has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, IQV or MELI?

IQVIA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MercadoLibre. IQVIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MercadoLibre, 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
IQVIA	$15.41B	2.11	$1.37B	$7.50	24.55
MercadoLibre	$20.78B	5.33	$987M	$37.70	57.93

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IQV or MELI?

IQVIA and MercadoLibre both received 681 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 68.30% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 65.99% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 681 68.30%	Underperform Votes 316 31.70%
MercadoLibre	Outperform Votes 681 65.99%	Underperform Votes 351 34.01%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IQV or MELI?

89.6% of IQVIA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer IQV or MELI?

IQVIA currently has a consensus price target of $249.05, indicating a potential upside of 35.26%. MercadoLibre has a consensus price target of $2,402.81, indicating a potential upside of 10.02%. Given IQVIA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IQVIA is more favorable than MercadoLibre.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
MercadoLibre	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06

Is IQV or MELI more profitable?

MercadoLibre has a net margin of 9.20% compared to IQVIA's net margin of 8.91%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 51.89% beat IQVIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IQVIA	8.91%	28.81%	7.02%
MercadoLibre	9.20%	51.89%	9.29%

Does the media favor IQV or MELI?

In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 11 more articles in the media than IQVIA. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for MercadoLibre and 32 mentions for IQVIA. IQVIA's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat MercadoLibre's score of 1.37 indicating that IQVIA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IQVIA	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MercadoLibre	36 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

MercadoLibre beats IQVIA on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.