UBER vs. BABA, SPGI, PDD, FISV, MELI, RELX, PYPL, DASH, WCN, and TCOM
Should you be buying Uber Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Uber Technologies include Alibaba Group (BABA), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), Fiserv (FISV), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), DoorDash (DASH), Waste Connections (WCN), and Trip.com Group (TCOM). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Uber Technologies vs.
Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than Uber Technologies. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Uber Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Uber Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $91.53, suggesting a potential upside of 36.00%. Alibaba Group has a consensus price target of $115.13, suggesting a potential upside of 35.20%. Given Uber Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than Alibaba Group.
In the previous week, Uber Technologies had 29 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Uber Technologies and 38 mentions for Alibaba Group. Uber Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Alibaba Group's score of 0.74 indicating that Uber Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Uber Technologies has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Alibaba Group's net margin of 8.98%. Uber Technologies' return on equity of 33.46% beat Alibaba Group's return on equity.
80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by 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 received 2146 more outperform votes than Uber Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 84.38% of users gave Alibaba Group an outperform vote while only 74.86% of users gave Uber Technologies an outperform vote.
Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Uber Technologies beats Alibaba Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UBER) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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