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$44.45 -1.50 (-3.26%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

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

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

Relx vs.

Relx (NYSE:RELX) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

15.0% of Relx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Relx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $114.53, indicating a potential upside of 29.28%. Given Alibaba Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than Relx.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Relx
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alibaba Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx$9.91B8.36$2.22BN/AN/A
Alibaba Group$130.35B1.63$11.08B$3.8223.19

Relx has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Relx pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alibaba Group pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Alibaba Group received 2308 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.35% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RelxOutperform Votes
387
56.41%
Underperform Votes
299
43.59%
Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes
2695
84.35%
Underperform Votes
500
15.65%

Alibaba Group has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 12.08% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RelxN/A N/A N/A
Alibaba Group 7.31%12.08%7.46%

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 64 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Alibaba Group and 7 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.66 indicating that Relx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Relx
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alibaba Group
31 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alibaba Group beats Relx on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RELX vs. The Competition

MetricRelxBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$82.86B$20.46B$24.54B$19.79B
Dividend Yield1.08%2.44%2.79%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A27.42244.0441.87
Price / Sales8.3610.583,388.1420.82
Price / Cash25.1633.8935.6821.65
Price / Book19.584.986.854.66
Net Income$2.22B$511.00M$677.40M$983.45M
7 Day Performance-7.36%1.72%-2.23%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-8.52%2.16%-0.03%-0.39%
1 Year Performance19.97%42.46%16.82%23.34%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RELX
Relx
2.3163 of 5 stars
$44.45
-3.3%
N/A+20.8%$82.86B$9.91B0.0036,500Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.8868 of 5 stars
$91.99
+0.2%
N/A+12.0%$220.31B$950.25B24.08204,891Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
News Coverage
SPGI
S&P Global
4.8562 of 5 stars
$510.29
+1.4%
N/A+24.6%$158.34B$12.50B45.0440,450Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.9734 of 5 stars
$71.16
-0.3%
N/A+34.5%$149.84B$37.28B35.4030,400News Coverage
FISV
Fiserv
0.2836 of 5 stars
$213.18
-0.4%
N/AN/A$133.90B$18.15B56.2541,000Analyst Forecast
MELI
MercadoLibre
4.6761 of 5 stars
$1,930.95
-2.3%
N/A+27.9%$97.90B$14.47B68.1415,638Analyst Forecast
PYPL
PayPal
4.6127 of 5 stars
$87.31
+1.1%
N/A+51.1%$87.53B$31.46B20.8427,200Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5351 of 5 stars
$187.59
0.0%
N/A+36.0%$48.41B$8.02B51.5422,539Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.5173 of 5 stars
$62.08
-3.0%
N/A+68.2%$39.99B$6.27B21.7136,249Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
IQV
IQVIA
4.9864 of 5 stars
$211.49
-1.0%
N/A-5.9%$38.39B$14.98B27.7587,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
3.7931 of 5 stars
$370.77
-1.0%
N/AN/A$25.85B$3.76B26.4510,500Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:RELX) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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