“The increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $615 million in order management costs and an increase of $237 million in platform costs, both driven primarily by growth in Total Orders.”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
DoorDash, Inc.
DASH
Market read
DoorDash, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 35.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 1.5 percentage points.
- Total Orders rose to 933 (27% Y/Y) and Marketplace GOV to $31,604 (37% Y/Y) in Q1 2026, with revenue and contribution profit also increasing.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DASH's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 8 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 17 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 35.6% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin fell 1.5 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 29.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 4.2 percentage points.
- Total Orders rose to 933 (27% Y/Y) and Marketplace GOV to $31,604 (37% Y/Y) in Q1 2026, with revenue and contribution profit also increasing.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +27.9% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +5.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +5.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 2.2% in the latest annual period.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- P/E is 220% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 185% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
201.01Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“In the second quarter of 2026, Adjusted EBITDA increased to $914 million from $655 million in the same quarter of 2025, driven primarily by growth in Contribution Profit, partially offset by increases in adjusted research and development expense and adjusted…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“We believe it is appropriate to exclude the foregoing matters from our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA because (1) the timing and magnitude of such expenses are unpredictable and thus not part of management’s budgeting or forecasting process, and (2) with resp…”10-Q · May 6, 2026 ↗
“We believe it is appropriate to exclude the foregoing matters from our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA because (1) the timing and magnitude of such expenses are unpredictable and thus not part of management’s budgeting or forecasting process, and (2) with resp…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 6.4× · EV/sales 6.1×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DASH. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-06.
Capital and cash conversion
Cash conversion improved
Capital-spending intensity declined while free-cash-flow margin improved.
- Capital spending YoY
- -15.7%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +1.4%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +16.7%
- FCF margin change
- +0.9 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 35.6% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating margin fell 1.5 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 29.8% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 4.2 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“This consisted of net income including redeemable non-controlling interests of $476 million, adjusted for non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $517 million, non-cash depreciation and amortization expense of $311 million, non-cash reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets and accretion of operating lease liabilities of $53 million, non-cash office lease impairment expenses of $7 million, and other net non-cash expenses of $61 million, offset by a $69 million change in fair value of our Deal-Contingent Forward, as well as $217 million net outflows from changes in operating assets and liabilities primarily driven by changes in other assets and accounts receivable, net, and payme...”
“This consisted of net income including redeemable non-controlling interests of $382 million, adjusted for non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $580 million, non-cash depreciation and amortization expense of $564 million, non-cash reduction of operating lease right-of-use assets and accretion of operating lease liabilities of $72 million, amortization of deferred contract costs of $44 million, and other net non-cash expenses of $9 million, partially offset by $113 million net outflows from changes in operating assets and liabilities primarily driven by changes in accounts payable, other assets, and payments for operating lease liabilities, partially offset by changes in funds held by...”
“The increase was primarily driven by an increase of $165 million in amortization expense for acquired intangible assets and an increase of $62 million in amortization expense related to capitalized software and website development costs.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind DASH
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.competitorFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“Globally, we compete with other local on-demand delivery companies, including Amazon, Uber Eats, Prosus, Delivery Hero, and other local incumbents.”
UBERUber Technologies, Inc.competitorFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“Globally, we compete with other local on-demand delivery companies, including Amazon, Uber Eats, Prosus, Delivery Hero, and other local incumbents.”
Depended on by
EATBrinker International, Inc.partnerApr 29, 2026 ▾
“Our To-Go menu is available through the Chili’s mobile app, chilis.com, our delivery partners DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub, Google Food Ordering or by calling the restaurant directly.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
DASH is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Consumer Growth. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for DASH; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.