DOORDASH, INC. vs PayPal Holdings, Inc., two Internet Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
DoorDash runs a food-delivery network; PayPal runs a payments rail. The valuations sit at opposite ends. DoorDash trades at 86.71 times earnings, PayPal at 8.31, a tenfold gap that says the market prices DoorDash for growth it has not yet banked. PayPal earns 25.26% on equity to DoorDash's 9.08% and converts 13.51% of its value into free cash against DoorDash's 2.66%. Both run thin net margins, PayPal's 15% edging DoorDash's 6.29%. DoorDash carries no debt; PayPal a light 0.54. A buyer pays a steep premium for the delivery platform's runway or a single-digit multiple for the payments company's proven cash.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | DASH | PYPL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $191.79 | $46.33 |
| Market cap | $84.8B | $42.6B |
| Sector | Internet Retail | Internet Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 90.9 | 8.7 |
| P/B | 8.32 | 2.13 |
| P/S | 5.76 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 50.7 | 7.4 |
| Revenue growth | +30.8% | +5.8% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 17.8% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 25.3% |
| Return on assets | 4.7% | 6.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 15.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | 12.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 1.43 | 1.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.98 | 1.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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