Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT – Get Free Report) and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH – Get Free Report) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Flutter Entertainment and DoorDash, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Flutter Entertainment | 3 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2.60 |
| DoorDash | 1 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 2.74 |
Flutter Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $156.88, indicating a potential upside of 57.22%. DoorDash has a consensus price target of $256.97, indicating a potential upside of 27.01%. Given Flutter Entertainment’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than DoorDash.
Valuation and Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Flutter Entertainment | $16.38 billion | 1.06 | -$310.00 million | ($4.30) | -23.21 |
| DoorDash | $13.72 billion | 6.39 | $935.00 million | $1.91 | 105.93 |
DoorDash has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flutter Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoorDash, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Flutter Entertainment and DoorDash’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Flutter Entertainment | -4.39% | 7.27% | 2.33% |
| DoorDash | 5.29% | 8.48% | 4.37% |
Risk & Volatility
Flutter Entertainment has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoorDash has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.9% of DoorDash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
DoorDash beats Flutter Entertainment on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Flutter Entertainment
Flutter Entertainment plc operates as a sports betting and gaming company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the United States, Italy, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: UK & Ireland, Australia, International, and US. It offers sports betting, iGaming, daily fantasy sports, online racing wagering, and TV broadcasting products; sportsbooks and exchange sports betting products, and gaming products; and online sports betting. In addition, it provides online poker, casino, and rummy. Further, it provides sports betting and gaming services through paddypower.com, betfair.com, sportsbet.com.au, tvg.com, us.betfair.com, fanduel.com, adjarabet.com, pokerstars.com, Skybet.com, tombola.com, sisal.com, and maxbet.rs websites under the FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, TVG, Stardust, Junglee Games, and Adjarabet brands, as well as live poker tours and events. The company was formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair plc and changed its name to Flutter Entertainment plc in 2019. Flutter Entertainment plc was incorporated in 1958 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
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.
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