S&P Global (SPGI) Competitors

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) and S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BABA or SPGI?

13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of S&P Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of S&P Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BABA or SPGI a better dividend stock?

Alibaba Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. S&P Global pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Alibaba Group pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. S&P Global pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to BABA or SPGI?

In the previous week, Alibaba Group had 28 more articles in the media than S&P Global. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Alibaba Group and 48 mentions for S&P Global. S&P Global's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.85 indicating that S&P Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alibaba Group	41 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
S&P Global	40 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than S&P Global. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&P Global, 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
Alibaba Group	$981.77B	0.33	$11.08B	$6.92	19.45
S&P Global	$14.21B	10.92	$3.85B	$12.35	40.81

Do analysts prefer BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group currently has a consensus price target of $144.07, suggesting a potential upside of 7.05%. S&P Global has a consensus price target of $590.86, suggesting a potential upside of 17.23%. Given S&P Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe S&P Global is more favorable than Alibaba Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alibaba Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07
S&P Global	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Is BABA or SPGI more profitable?

S&P Global has a net margin of 27.12% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 12.29%. S&P Global's return on equity of 14.33% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alibaba Group	12.29%	12.89%	7.69%
S&P Global	27.12%	14.33%	8.10%

Which has more volatility & risk, BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, S&P Global has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BABA or SPGI?

Alibaba Group received 2208 more outperform votes than S&P Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.40% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 73.72% of users gave S&P Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alibaba Group	Outperform Votes 2710 84.40%	Underperform Votes 501 15.60%
S&P Global	Outperform Votes 502 73.72%	Underperform Votes 179 26.28%

Summary

S&P Global beats Alibaba Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.