Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) & Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) Critical Comparison

Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART) and Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Maplebear has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dingdong (Cayman) has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Maplebear and Dingdong (Cayman)”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Maplebear	$3.74 billion	2.49	$447.00 million	$1.59	24.38
Dingdong (Cayman)	$3.42 billion	0.18	$31.11 million	$0.13	20.04

Maplebear has higher revenue and earnings than Dingdong (Cayman). Dingdong (Cayman) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Maplebear and Dingdong (Cayman)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Maplebear	11.89%	16.28%	11.95%
Dingdong (Cayman)	0.91%	23.14%	3.21%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. 26.0% of Maplebear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Maplebear and Dingdong (Cayman), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Maplebear	2	9	14	1	2.54
Dingdong (Cayman)	0	2	0	0	2.00

Maplebear presently has a consensus target price of $51.29, indicating a potential upside of 32.30%. Given Maplebear’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Maplebear is more favorable than Dingdong (Cayman).

Summary

Maplebear beats Dingdong (Cayman) on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Maplebear

Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

About Dingdong (Cayman)

Dingdong (Cayman) Limited operates an e-commerce company in China. The company offers fresh groceries, including vegetables, meat and eggs, fruits, and seafood; prepared food, and other food products, such as baked goods, dairy, seasonings, beverages, instant food, oil, and snacks. It offers its products through traditional offline, as well as online channels through Dingdong Fresh app, mini-programs, and third-party platforms. Dingdong (Cayman) Limited was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.