Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BABA scored 21.9, PDD scored 65.9 — PDD leads.
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Different reporting periods. BABA's fundamentals are as of March 2026, but PDD's are as of December 2025 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
BABA
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Internet Retail · Quality-Growth
21.9
$111.37 · $277.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
44.0
PDD leads
PDD
PDD Holdings Inc.
Internet Retail · Quality-Growth
65.9
$81.35 · $115.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthPDD+9.7%
Strongest balance sheetPDD0.01
Highest qualityPDD89 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePDD-59%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BABA
stronger →← stronger
PDD
43
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
89
60
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
69
7
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
84
PDD is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BABA
PDD
-$7.2bF
FCF
$16.5bA-
+2.7%C
Rev
+9.7%B
0.24A-
D/E
0.01A
1.8xC+
P/S
—
0.49A
PEG
0.68A-
—
P/E
9.2xA
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BABA
PDD
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
59% below
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-14%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
+124%
—
5-yr DCF upside
+141%
—
10-yr DCF upside
+169%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BABA
Why this score
Foreign reporter (CNY)
PDD
Why this score
Durable high returns
Foreign reporter (CNY)
The companies
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Limited
Internet Retail · $111.37 · beta 0.46
Why now
Internet Retail · market cap $277.1b. Down 39% from 52-week high of $182.50 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.49 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 39 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $186.25 (implying +67% upside).
Moat
$277.1b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$7.2b) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Down 39% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. E-commerce competition — Amazon, Walmart, Shein, and Temu have each forced the rest of the category to compete on price, fulfillment speed, or assortment; sustaining margins requires one of those being structurally defended.
PDDPDD Holdings Inc.
Internet Retail · $81.35 · beta -0.05
Why now
Internet Retail · market cap $115.8b. Down 42% from 52-week high of $139.41 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.68 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 34 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $114.96 (implying +41% upside).
Moat
Net margin 23% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 24% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 120% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 42% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. E-commerce competition — Amazon, Walmart, Shein, and Temu have each forced the rest of the category to compete on price, fulfillment speed, or assortment; sustaining margins requires one of those being structurally defended.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BABA and PDD diverge
On the headline score the gap is 44.0 points in favor of PDD. The widest single difference is Value, where PDD leads by 77.1 points.
ValueBABA 7.3 · PDD 84.4PDD +77.1
QualityBABA 43.5 · PDD 89.1PDD +45.6
GrowthBABA 60.0 · PDD 69.1PDD +9.1
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is PDD or BABA the better stock?
PDD scores higher: PDD 65.9, BABA 21.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do PDD and BABA differ most?
The widest gap is value, where PDD leads by 77 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. PDD leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are PDD and BABA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.