DoorDash (DASH) Competitors

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more risk and volatility, ACN or DASH?

Accenture has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoorDash has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ACN or DASH more profitable?

Accenture has a net margin of 11.20% compared to DoorDash's net margin of -1.69%. Accenture's return on equity of 26.83% beat DoorDash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accenture	11.20%	26.83%	14.27%
DoorDash	-1.69%	-2.41%	-1.48%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACN or DASH?

Accenture received 1062 more outperform votes than DoorDash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.83% of users gave Accenture an outperform vote while only 47.45% of users gave DoorDash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Accenture	Outperform Votes 1192 69.83%	Underperform Votes 515 30.17%
DoorDash	Outperform Votes 130 47.45%	Underperform Votes 144 52.55%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ACN or DASH?

75.1% of Accenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Accenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of DoorDash shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ACN or DASH?

Accenture presently has a consensus target price of $383.23, indicating a potential upside of 4.60%. DoorDash has a consensus target price of $168.39, indicating a potential downside of 1.52%. Given Accenture's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Accenture is more favorable than DoorDash.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accenture	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
DoorDash	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ACN or DASH?

Accenture has higher revenue and earnings than DoorDash. DoorDash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Accenture	$64.90B	3.53	$7.26B	$11.43	32.05
DoorDash	$10.15B	7.00	-$558M	-$0.45	-380.00

Does the media favor ACN or DASH?

In the previous week, Accenture had 30 more articles in the media than DoorDash. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Accenture and 32 mentions for DoorDash. Accenture's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat DoorDash's score of 0.62 indicating that Accenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accenture	17 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DoorDash	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Accenture beats DoorDash on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.