DASH vs. BABA, UBER, SPGI, PDD, MELI, RELX, PYPL, WCN, TCOM, and IQV
Should you be buying DoorDash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DoorDash include Alibaba Group (BABA), Uber Technologies (UBER), S&P Global (SPGI), PDD (PDD), MercadoLibre (MELI), Relx (RELX), PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and IQVIA (IQV). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
DoorDash vs. Its Competitors
DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) and Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
DoorDash has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alibaba Group has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DoorDash presently has a consensus target price of $216.09, suggesting a potential downside of 12.34%. Alibaba Group has a consensus target price of $154.13, suggesting a potential upside of 35.90%. Given Alibaba Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alibaba Group is more favorable than DoorDash.
In the previous week, DoorDash had 25 more articles in the media than Alibaba Group. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for DoorDash and 57 mentions for Alibaba Group. Alibaba Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat DoorDash's score of 0.39 indicating that Alibaba Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alibaba Group has higher revenue and earnings than DoorDash. Alibaba Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoorDash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of DoorDash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Alibaba Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alibaba Group has a net margin of 13.03% compared to DoorDash's net margin of 3.02%. Alibaba Group's return on equity of 13.64% beat DoorDash's return on equity.
Summary
Alibaba Group beats DoorDash on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DASH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
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 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
