Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) & Seven & i (OTCMKTS:SVNDF) Financial Contrast

Seven & i (OTCMKTS:SVNDF) and Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Seven & i and Dingdong (Cayman), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seven & i	0	0	0	0	0.00
Dingdong (Cayman)	0	2	0	0	2.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Seven & i and Dingdong (Cayman)”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seven & i	N/A	N/A	N/A	$197.96	0.07
Dingdong (Cayman)	$3.42 billion	0.16	$31.70 million	$0.24	9.65

Dingdong (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than Seven & i. Seven & i is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dingdong (Cayman), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Seven & i and Dingdong (Cayman)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seven & i	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dingdong (Cayman)	1.54%	36.51%	5.54%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.6% of Seven & i shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.7% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are held by institutional investors. 29.8% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Dingdong (Cayman) beats Seven & i on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seven & i

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. operates convenience stores, superstores, department stores, supermarkets, and specialty stores. It operates through six segments: Domestic Convenience Store operations, Overseas Convenience Store Operations, Superstore Operations, Department and Specialty Store Operations, Financial Services, and Others. The company engages in the operation of convenience stores comprising directly managed corporate stores and franchised stores; retail business that provides daily life necessities, such as food and other daily necessities and dollar merchandise and services; banking, leasing, and credit card business; and real estate business. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

About Dingdong (Cayman)

Dingdong (Cayman) Limited operates an e-commerce company in China. The company offers fresh groceries, including vegetables, meat and eggs, fruits, and seafood; prepared food, and other food products, such as baked goods, dairy, seasonings, beverages, instant food, oil, and snacks. It offers its products through traditional offline, as well as online channels through Dingdong Fresh app, mini-programs, and third-party platforms. Dingdong (Cayman) Limited was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.