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RELX vs. BABA, SPGI, UBER, PDD, FISV, MELI, PYPL, DASH, WCN, and TCOM

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), PDD (PDD), Fiserv (FISV), MercadoLibre (MELI), PayPal (PYPL), DoorDash (DASH), Waste Connections (WCN), and Trip.com Group (TCOM). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Alibaba Group received 2312 more outperform votes than Relx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.38% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 56.48% of users gave Relx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RelxOutperform Votes
388
56.48%
Underperform Votes
299
43.52%
Alibaba GroupOutperform Votes
2700
84.38%
Underperform Votes
500
15.63%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Relx.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Relx$9.91B9.04$2.22BN/AN/A
Alibaba Group$130.35B1.56$11.08B$4.9317.27

Alibaba Group has a net margin of 8.98% compared to Relx's net margin of 0.00%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 12.28% beat Relx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RelxN/A N/A N/A
Alibaba Group 8.98%12.28%7.44%

Relx has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $115.13, suggesting a potential upside of 35.20%. Given Alibaba Group's higher probable 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)
1 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

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 38 more articles in the media than Relx. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Alibaba Group and 2 mentions for Relx. Relx's average media sentiment score of 0.78 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alibaba Group
16 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Relx pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alibaba Group pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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$89.67B$21.19B$26.95B$19.88B
Dividend Yield1.03%2.67%2.78%3.70%
P/E RatioN/A27.51235.8441.44
Price / Sales9.048.793,187.1817.21
Price / Cash26.2533.3834.2419.84
Price / Book21.225.808.365.73
Net Income$2.22B$526.53M$669.74M$993.95M
7 Day Performance3.85%3.03%2.06%3.14%
1 Month Performance2.46%2.25%4.13%1.89%
1 Year Performance18.02%13.47%27.10%19.67%

Relx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RELX
Relx
1.8748 of 5 stars
$48.18
+0.6%
N/A+18.0%$89.67B$9.91B0.0036,500Positive News
Gap Down
BABA
Alibaba Group
4.92 of 5 stars
$80.75
+0.3%
$115.13
+42.6%
+23.6%$192.42B$961.96B16.38204,891Options Volume
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9001 of 5 stars
$482.77
+0.0%
$583.62
+20.9%
+14.6%$149.80B$13.77B42.6140,000Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
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
4.8587 of 5 stars
$1,739.25
-1.1%
$2,247.67
+29.2%
+12.3%$88.17B$18.49B61.3715,638Gap Up
PYPL
PayPal
4.2728 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

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