DASH vs. AMZN, LYFT, FVRR, SHOP, UBER, BABA, SPGI, PDD, MELI, and RELX
Should you be buying DoorDash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoorDash include Amazon.com (AMZN), Lyft (LYFT), Fiverr International (FVRR), Shopify (SHOP), Uber Technologies (UBER), Alibaba Group (BABA), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), and Relx (RELX).
DoorDash vs. Its Competitors
DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of DoorDash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to DoorDash's net margin of 6.57%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat DoorDash's return on equity.
DoorDash currently has a consensus target price of $266.71, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 13.82%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than DoorDash.
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than DoorDash. Amazon.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoorDash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DoorDash has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 189 more articles in the media than DoorDash. MarketBeat recorded 247 mentions for Amazon.com and 58 mentions for DoorDash. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat DoorDash's score of 0.59 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Amazon.com beats DoorDash on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:DASH) was last updated on 9/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff