- Prev close
- $193.83
- Day range
- $191.98 – $200.59
- Next earnings
- in 42 days
DoorDash finished down -0.8% in a session where the S&P 500 was -0.1%, the Nasdaq 100 was +0.6%, and delivery peers were mixed, so the move reads as mostly stock-specific but not tied to fresh fundamental deterioration. The backdrop is still strong growth and solid margins, but a PE 99.4 and beta 1.98 mean the shares can move sharply on limited news.
DASH
DOORDASH INC - A
As of Sep 20, 2026
58/100
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DoorDash fell -0.8% to $192.94 even though the S&P 500 was -0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 was +0.6%, so the broader market does not explain it. Same-sector peers were mixed — MCD -0.1%, SBUX -0.9%, YUM +1.7%, and CMG -0.2% — which points to a mostly stock-specific move rather than a clean sector sell-off. The session also faded from an open of $194.56 to a low of $192.35 before closing at $192.94, which looks like mild intraday pressure rather than a sharp reversal tied to new company news.
Volatility check
This looks like ordinary volatility for a high-beta name, but with a valuation that can magnify the swing. DoorDash has beta 1.98, revenue growth of +33.6% YoY (TTM) and +35.6% YoY in the latest quarter, and gross margin of +51.4% with operating margin of +4.5%, so the underlying business is still expanding at a solid clip. At the same time, PE 99.4, forward PE 53.6, and PEG 2.31 show that strong growth is already priced in; the PEG, or P/E divided by growth, suggests the stock is not cheap even with positive growth. That combination makes a -0.8% move unsurprising on its own, but it is not backed by deteriorating fundamentals or a weak consensus signal, since the analyst mix is 13 strong-positive, 29 positive, 11 neutral, 0 negative, and 0 strong-negative.
Earnings preview
The next earnings date is 2026-11-03. The current fact set does not include revenue or EPS consensus for that report, and it does not give prior post-earnings reaction history, so I cannot quantify those pieces here. What the market is likely to focus on is whether revenue can keep compounding at a pace near the recent +35.6% YoY quarter, whether operating margin can hold above +4.5%, and whether management confirms that the premium valuation — PE 99.4 and forward PE 53.6 — is still justified by execution.
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