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UL Solutions (ULS) Competitors

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$52.59 -0.23 (-0.44%)
(As of 12:03 PM ET)

ULS vs. TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, RDDT, KSPI, GRAB, TOST, Z, and AER

Should you be buying UL Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UL Solutions include Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Reddit (RDDT), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), Grab (GRAB), Toast (TOST), Zillow Group (Z), and AerCap (AER). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

UL Solutions vs.

UL Solutions (NYSE:ULS) and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ:TCOM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than UL Solutions.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UL Solutions$2.68B3.95$260MN/AN/A
Trip.com Group$6.27B6.70$1.40B$3.3419.54

In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 2 more articles in the media than UL Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Trip.com Group and 11 mentions for UL Solutions. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat UL Solutions' score of 1.02 indicating that Trip.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UL Solutions
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trip.com Group
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Trip.com Group received 81 more outperform votes than UL Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.00% of users gave UL Solutions an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UL SolutionsOutperform Votes
16
64.00%
Underperform Votes
9
36.00%
Trip.com GroupOutperform Votes
97
56.40%
Underperform Votes
75
43.60%

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to UL Solutions' net margin of 10.76%. UL Solutions' return on equity of 40.88% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UL Solutions10.76% 40.88% 11.13%
Trip.com Group 31.86%12.04%6.70%

UL Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.25%. Trip.com Group has a consensus target price of $74.18, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. Given Trip.com Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Trip.com Group is more favorable than UL Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UL Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Trip.com Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Trip.com Group beats UL Solutions on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ULS vs. The Competition

MetricUL SolutionsTesting laboratories IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.75B$3.26B$6.67B$20.48B
Dividend Yield0.93%1.55%2.95%3.45%
P/E RatioN/AN/A34.8536.89
Price / Sales3.952.45200.0219.15
Price / CashN/A38.2624.6722.41
Price / BookN/A2.765.395.72
Net Income$260M$106.45M$120.87M$984.47M
7 Day Performance-2.80%-0.49%1.44%0.64%
1 Month Performance2.38%1.61%17.93%6.66%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-28.68%35.61%24.58%

UL Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULS
UL Solutions
2.4083 of 5 stars
$52.59
-0.4%
$49.00
-6.8%
N/A$10.52B$2.68B0.0015,233News Coverage
Positive News
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.3124 of 5 stars
$65.10
+0.7%
$74.18
+13.9%
+91.1%$41.93B$48.74B19.3636,249Positive News
IQV
IQVIA
4.9255 of 5 stars
$202.73
+0.9%
$256.50
+26.5%
-7.0%$36.80B$15.32B26.3687,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
4.2026 of 5 stars
$381.49
+0.1%
$363.93
-4.6%
N/A$26.59B$3.76B27.1910,500Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.3719 of 5 stars
$113.23
+0.7%
$137.00
+21.0%
+9.3%$25.81B$10.79B20.8291,500Short Interest ↑
RDDT
Reddit
1.3409 of 5 stars
$140.23
-0.3%
$103.17
-26.4%
N/A$24.62B$804.03M0.002,013Analyst Forecast
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.0851 of 5 stars
$106.60
+0.2%
$147.20
+38.1%
N/A$21.27B$2.36T0.008,772Analyst Forecast
GRAB
Grab
1.5573 of 5 stars
$5.00
-3.5%
$5.42
+8.4%
+68.7%$20.14B$2.36B-250.009,490
TOST
Toast
3.3144 of 5 stars
$42.29
-2.9%
$34.43
-18.6%
+176.5%$19.92B$4.66B-334.925,500Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Z
Zillow Group
3.1517 of 5 stars
$83.66
-1.2%
$70.33
-15.9%
+93.0%$19.54B$1.95B-148.615,720Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.4864 of 5 stars
$98.67
-0.7%
$112.00
+13.5%
+41.6%$19.53B$7.58B7.80740Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ULS) was last updated on 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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