Alibaba Group Holding Limited vs Corpay, Inc, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BABA and CPAY diverge most: on debt / equity, BABA reads 0.05 and CPAY reads 2.96; on revenue growth, BABA reads +2.6% and CPAY reads +20.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BABA price has a different growth bar priced in than CPAY (-3.7% implied for BABA vs -0.9% for CPAY); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BABA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What CPAY's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BABA | CPAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $111.37 | $397.87 |
| Market cap | $267.8B | $26.4B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.7% | -0.9% |
| P/E | 17.4 | 24.2 |
| P/B | 1.65 | 7.35 |
| P/S | 1.80 | 5.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.2 | 12.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +20.4% |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 35.3% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 22.7% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 31.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 4.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | 11.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.1% | 6.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.05 | 2.96 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 0.97 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.12 | 6.75 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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