Alibaba Group Holding Limited vs PayPal Holdings, Inc., two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BABA and PYPL diverge most: on debt / equity, BABA reads 0.05 and PYPL reads 0.54; on return on invested capital, BABA reads 3.3% and PYPL reads 15.4%. 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 PYPL'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 | PYPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $122.26 | $57.20 |
| Market cap | $294.0B | $52.6B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.1% | — |
| P/E | 19.1 | 10.7 |
| P/B | 1.81 | 2.63 |
| P/S | 1.98 | 1.56 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.4 | 9.0 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +5.8% |
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 17.8% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 25.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.4% | 6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.3% | 15.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.8% | 10.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.05 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 1.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.26 | 1.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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