DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) vs. HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) Head-To-Head Review

DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) and HealthStream (NASDAQ:HSTM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.6% of HealthStream shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of DoorDash shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of HealthStream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for DoorDash and HealthStream, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DoorDash	0	9	25	2	2.81
HealthStream	1	2	0	0	1.67

DoorDash presently has a consensus target price of $259.58, indicating a potential upside of 62.96%. HealthStream has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.88%. Given DoorDash’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DoorDash is more favorable than HealthStream.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares DoorDash and HealthStream”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DoorDash	$13.72 billion	5.06	$935.00 million	$2.10	75.85
HealthStream	$304.06 million	2.40	$18.34 million	$0.67	37.27

DoorDash has higher revenue and earnings than HealthStream. HealthStream 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 DoorDash and HealthStream’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DoorDash	6.29%	9.58%	4.99%
HealthStream	6.39%	6.47%	4.44%

Risk & Volatility

DoorDash has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HealthStream has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DoorDash beats HealthStream on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About HealthStream

HealthStream, Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) based applications for healthcare organizations in the United States. The company’s solutions help healthcare organizations in meeting their ongoing clinical development, talent management, training, education, assessment, competency management, safety and compliance, and scheduling, as well as provider credentialing, privileging, and enrollment needs. It offers hStream, a technology platform that powers a range of healthcare workforce solutions. The company provides its solutions to customers across a range of entities within the healthcare industry, including private, not-for-profit, and government entities, as well as pharmaceutical and medical device companies through its direct sales teams. The company was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.