IQVIA (IQV) Competitors

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

Is MELI or IQV more profitable?

IQVIA has a net margin of 8.91% compared to MercadoLibre's net margin of 7.57%. MercadoLibre's return on equity of 40.71% beat IQVIA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MercadoLibre	7.57%	40.71%	7.24%
IQVIA	8.91%	28.81%	7.02%

Which has more risk and volatility, MELI or IQV?

MercadoLibre has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IQVIA has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MELI or IQV?

87.6% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of MercadoLibre shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MELI or IQV?

IQVIA received 4 more outperform votes than MercadoLibre when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.41% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote while only 65.89% of users gave MercadoLibre an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MercadoLibre	Outperform Votes 676 65.89%	Underperform Votes 350 34.11%
IQVIA	Outperform Votes 680 68.41%	Underperform Votes 314 31.59%

Do analysts rate MELI or IQV?

MercadoLibre presently has a consensus price target of $2,244.69, indicating a potential upside of 6.36%. IQVIA has a consensus price target of $251.22, indicating a potential upside of 29.49%. 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
MercadoLibre	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
IQVIA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MELI or IQV?

IQVIA has higher revenue and earnings 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
MercadoLibre	$14.47B	7.39	$987M	$28.34	74.47
IQVIA	$15.41B	2.22	$1.37B	$7.50	25.87

Does the media prefer MELI or IQV?

In the previous week, MercadoLibre had 15 more articles in the media than IQVIA. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for MercadoLibre and 31 mentions for IQVIA. MercadoLibre's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat IQVIA's score of 0.96 indicating that MercadoLibre is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MercadoLibre	29 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IQVIA	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

MercadoLibre beats IQVIA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.