Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL) Competitors

Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) and Cosan (NYSE:CSAN) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DDL or CSAN?

Dingdong (Cayman) received 10 more outperform votes than Cosan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.44% of users gave Dingdong (Cayman) an outperform vote while only 10.53% of users gave Cosan an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dingdong (Cayman)	Outperform Votes 12 44.44%	Underperform Votes 15 55.56%
Cosan	Outperform Votes 2 10.53%	Underperform Votes 17 89.47%

Does the media prefer DDL or CSAN?

In the previous week, Dingdong (Cayman) and Dingdong (Cayman) both had 3 articles in the media. Dingdong (Cayman)'s average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Cosan's score of 0.32 indicating that Dingdong (Cayman) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dingdong (Cayman)	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cosan	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, DDL or CSAN?

Dingdong (Cayman) has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cosan has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DDL or CSAN?

Cosan has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 251.85%. Given Cosan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cosan is more favorable than Dingdong (Cayman).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dingdong (Cayman)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cosan	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is DDL or CSAN more profitable?

Dingdong (Cayman) has a net margin of 0.90% compared to Cosan's net margin of 0.00%. Dingdong (Cayman)'s return on equity of 40.86% beat Cosan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dingdong (Cayman)	0.90%	40.86%	2.88%
Cosan	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DDL or CSAN?

24.7% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DDL or CSAN?

Cosan has higher revenue and earnings than Dingdong (Cayman). Cosan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dingdong (Cayman), 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
Dingdong (Cayman)	$23.07B	0.03	-$14.07M	$0.15	19.27
Cosan	$43.95B	0.06	$219.21M	$1.32	4.09

Summary

Dingdong (Cayman) and Cosan tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.