Alibaba Group Holding Limited vs MercadoLibre, Inc., two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BABA and MELI diverge most: on debt / equity, BABA reads 0.05 and MELI reads 1.36; on revenue growth, BABA reads +2.6% and MELI reads +45.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BABA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What MELI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BABA | MELI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $111.37 | $1889.35 |
| Market cap | $267.8B | $95.8B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.7% | — |
| P/E | 17.4 | 51.4 |
| P/B | 1.65 | 12.23 |
| P/S | 1.80 | 2.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.2 | 32.5 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +45.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 6.7% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 5.3% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 23.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | 12.1% |
| FCF yield | 4.1% | 13.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.05 | 1.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.12 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.12 | 2.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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