PDD Holdings Inc. vs Trip.com Group Limited, two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where PDD and TCOM diverge most: on debt / equity, PDD reads 0.00 and TCOM reads 0.18; on p/b, PDD reads 8.54 and TCOM reads 1.21. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What PDD's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What TCOM'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 | PDD | TCOM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $85.11 | $42.79 |
| Market cap | $504.7B | $29.9B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 36.1 | — |
| P/B | 8.54 | 1.21 |
| P/S | 8.17 | 3.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 36.5 | 12.2 |
| Revenue growth | +45.5% | +36.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 80.5% |
| Operating margin | 21.6% | 25.3% |
| Net margin | 22.7% | 53.3% |
| Return on equity | 23.7% | 19.3% |
| Return on assets | 15.5% | 12.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.4% | 6.1% |
| FCF yield | 3.0% | 6.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 2.43 | 1.55 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.39 | 1.94 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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