Reviewing DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) and Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL)

Swvl (NASDAQ:SWVL) and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Swvl has a beta of 0.21, indicating that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoorDash has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.0% of Swvl shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.9% of Swvl shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of DoorDash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Swvl and DoorDash’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Swvl	N/A	N/A	N/A
DoorDash	-4.24%	-5.91%	-3.69%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Swvl and DoorDash”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Swvl	$22.85 million	1.14	$3.06 million	N/A	N/A
DoorDash	$9.61 billion	6.47	-$558.00 million	($1.08)	-140.72

Swvl has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DoorDash.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Swvl and DoorDash, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Swvl	0	0	0	0	N/A
DoorDash	0	10	23	0	2.70

DoorDash has a consensus target price of $148.16, indicating a potential downside of 2.52%. Given DoorDash’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DoorDash is more favorable than Swvl.

Summary

DoorDash beats Swvl on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Swvl

Swvl Holdings Corp. provides mass transit ridesharing services. It offers B2C Swvl Retail, which provides riders with a network of minibuses and other vehicles running on fixed or semi-fixed routes within cities; Swvl Travel that allows riders to book rides on long-distance intercity routes on vehicle available through the Swvl platform or through third-party services; and Swvl Business, a transport as a service enterprise product for businesses, schools, municipal transit agencies, and other customers. Swvl Holdings Corp. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

About DoorDash

DoorDash, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a commerce platform that connects merchants, consumers, and independent contractors in the United States and internationally. The company operates DoorDash Marketplace and Wolt Marketplace, which provide various services, such as customer acquisition, demand generation, order fulfillment, merchandising, payment processing, and customer support. It also offers membership products, including DashPass and Wolt+; DoorDash Drive and Wolt Drive, which are white-label delivery fulfillment services that enable merchants that have generated consumer demand through their channels to fulfill demand using its platform; DoorDash Storefront that enables merchants to offer consumers on-demand access to e-commerce; and Bbot, which offers merchants digital ordering and payment solutions for in-store and online channels. In addition, the company enables merchants to advertise and promote on its platform to acquire consumers. The company was formerly known as Palo Alto Delivery Inc. and changed its name to DoorDash, Inc. in 2015. DoorDash, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.