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IQV vs. UBER, PDD, FISV, MELI, RELX, PYPL, DASH, WCN, TCOM, and RDDT

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

IQVIA vs.

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

Uber Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than IQVIA. IQVIA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IQVIA$15.32B2.34$1.36B$7.6225.89
Uber Technologies$41.96B3.38$1.89B$2.0133.48

IQVIA presently has a consensus target price of $255.82, indicating a potential upside of 29.70%. Uber Technologies has a consensus target price of $91.53, indicating a potential upside of 36.00%. Given Uber Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than IQVIA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IQVIA
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90
Uber Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
31 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

IQVIA has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Uber Technologies has a net margin of 10.49% compared to IQVIA's net margin of 9.17%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 33.46% beat IQVIA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IQVIA9.17% 28.17% 6.89%
Uber Technologies 10.49%33.46%10.55%

89.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of IQVIA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Uber Technologies 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.

In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 44 more articles in the media than IQVIA. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Uber Technologies and 17 mentions for IQVIA. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat IQVIA's score of 0.61 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IQVIA
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Uber Technologies
36 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

IQVIA received 119 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.86% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote while only 68.32% of users gave IQVIA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IQVIAOutperform Votes
673
68.32%
Underperform Votes
312
31.68%
Uber TechnologiesOutperform Votes
554
74.86%
Underperform Votes
186
25.14%

Summary

Uber Technologies beats IQVIA on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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IQV vs. The Competition

MetricIQVIACommercial physical research IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$35.80B$4.16B$5.35B$19.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.82%5.13%3.70%
P/E Ratio25.8952.2789.4841.44
Price / Sales2.3438.921,252.3117.16
Price / Cash12.9123.2643.7519.84
Price / Book5.893.335.325.73
Net Income$1.36B$139.50M$122.60M$993.95M
7 Day Performance-3.23%-1.71%0.88%3.21%
1 Month Performance3.29%-3.54%4.81%5.20%
1 Year Performance-7.48%11.40%27.90%19.33%

IQVIA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQV
IQVIA
4.8966 of 5 stars
$197.25
-0.2%
$255.82
+29.7%
-6.5%$35.80B$15.32B25.8987,000Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.9972 of 5 stars
$66.23
+0.4%
$91.53
+38.2%
+6.6%$139.46B$41.96B32.9530,400Options Volume
PDD
PDD
4.7691 of 5 stars
$96.70
+2.1%
$173.40
+79.3%
-25.7%$133.05B$372.11B9.4412,992Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
FISV
Fiserv
0.4851 of 5 stars
$200.51
-2.3%
N/AN/A$125.95B$18.15B52.9141,000News Coverage
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.887 of 5 stars
$1,739.25
-1.1%
$2,247.67
+29.2%
+12.3%$88.17B$18.49B61.3715,638
RELX
Relx
1.8748 of 5 stars
$45.87
-1.1%
N/A+18.0%$85.38B$9.30B27.1436,500Positive News
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PYPL
PayPal
4.2713 of 5 stars
$83.43
+0.1%
$88.65
+6.3%
+53.3%$83.64B$31.46B19.9127,200Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Up
DASH
DoorDash
2.9059 of 5 stars
$168.15
-1.2%
$174.30
+3.7%
+69.6%$69.85B$8.64B-373.6719,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WCN
Waste Connections
4.7183 of 5 stars
$176.09
+0.7%
$199.69
+13.4%
+21.6%$45.44B$8.69B48.3822,539
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.703 of 5 stars
$63.71
+0.9%
$74.78
+17.4%
+87.0%$41.03B$48.74B19.0736,249Analyst Forecast
RDDT
Reddit
1.485 of 5 stars
$161.41
-3.4%
$136.75
-15.3%
N/A$28.34B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:IQV) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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