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Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR Class ADDLCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Staples›Food Retail
Momentum laggard 18
Mkt cap
$413M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
76%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$514,785
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.1×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 7.4%
Hurdle
-36 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
12 days
18 Nov 2026
Close · USD$1.79
1D-1.1%
1W-4.8%
1M-13.1%
3M-24.5%
6M-29.8%
YTD-28.1%
1Y+2.3%
ATR %4.4%
Beta0.66
52w lowhigh47.5% off high

What Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR does

Employees: 3,658

Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR at a glance

Size Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR (DDL) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Food Retail) with a market value of $413M, the 2836th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $1.79 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 29.8%, against -7.9% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 44.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.6%); the operating margin is -0.9% (peer median 2.7%).

Valuation It trades at 6.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.1× (2nd cheapest of 11).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -36 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Short interest Short interest is 1.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 18 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

70809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 93DDL 72
Six months, rebased to 100: Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.84B$3.39B$3.21B$2.82B$3.60B
Revenue growth—+6%+14%-22%—
Gross profit$128M$246M$259M$199M$1.11B
EBITDAn/a$11.7M$32.9M$3.19M-$75.9M
Net income$78.6M$30.8M$41.0M-$14.1M-$121M
Free cash flown/a$49.8M$115M-$44.9M-$5.87M
Capital expenditure$0$24.7M$13.6M$11.8M$18.8M
Total debt$10.1M$348M$415M$638M$807M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%-10%0%2517ARKO8167339535392742000759994660136660078527919823VLGEA6037198198NGVC75128276601116SMWHDDL6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-40%-20%0%+20%0×50×100×150×2517ARKO339535396007852791603719SMWHDDLRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%-20%0%20%2517ARKO81673395353927426013666007859823VLGEA6037198198NGVCSMWHDDLGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR is the large dot.

Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR competitors and peer comparison

How Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDDLPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-13.1%-2.4%2nd lowest of 21
6-month return-29.8%-7.9%3rd lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-47.5%-25.4%5th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)-44.4%+2.6%lowest of 21
Operating margin-0.9%2.7%4th lowest of 21
Forward P/E6.1×13.1×2nd cheapest of 11
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-20.2%-3.8%least demanding of 16
Growth delivered (Del g)+15.6%+5.1%2nd highest of 16
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-35.8 pp-8.6 pp2nd least demanding of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR DDLUnited States$413M-30%-44%-1%6.1×-20.2%+15.6%
Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company 2517.HKHong Kong$422M-62%+25%6%5.2×-17.7%+20.5%
ARKO ARKOUnited States$445M-42%-2%2%39.7×-4.2%+13.8%
Retail Partners 8167.TJapan$380M+6%+4%2%n/a-7.3%+2.8%
Saint Marc 3395.TJapan$353M-5%+17%5%18.3×-4.3%+15.0%
JM Holdings Co., Ltd. 3539.TJapan$493M+12%+7%5%10.2×-12.4%+8.9%
Halows 2742.TJapan$500M-7%+6%5%n/a-12.8%+8.2%
Zhongbai 000759.SZChina$521M0%-22%-11%n/an/an/a
Ministop 9946.TJapan$325M-5%+3%-8%n/an/an/a
Liqun Commercial 601366.SSChina$528M-9%-25%-4%n/a2.9%-4.2%
Yinchuan Xinhua Commercial 600785.SSChina$540M-8%-2%4%21.8×2.7%+0.9%
Daikokutenbussan 2791.TJapan$315M-23%+8%1%10.5×n/an/a
Mammy Mart 9823.TJapan$311M-18%+21%3%n/a0.5%+9.1%
Village Super Market VLGEAUnited States$551M-8%+4%3%n/a-2.5%+3.5%
Bestore 603719.SSChina$587M-11%0%0%140.6×6.3%-7.0%
Maxvalu Tokai 8198.TJapan$621M-10%+1%3%n/a-20.0%+1.6%
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage NGVCUnited States$659M+8%+2%5%12.9×10.6%+5.1%
Aeon Hokkaido 7512.TJapan$719M-4%+3%2%n/an/an/a
Heiwado 8276.TJapan$749M-2%+2%3%13.3×-3.8%+0.7%
Sanjiang Shopping Club 601116.SSChina$833M-26%-7%3%n/an/an/a
WH Smith SMWH.LUnited Kingdom$851M-10%-31%8%11.0×9.1%+8.8%

Questions

Which companies are Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Guoquan Food (Shanghai) Company (2517.HK), ARKO (ARKO), Retail Partners (8167.T), Saint Marc (3395.T), JM Holdings Co., Ltd. (3539.T), Halows (2742.T), Zhongbai (000759.SZ), Ministop (9946.T).
Is Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.1× against a peer median of 13.1×, 2nd cheapest of 11 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -20% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +16%, so the hurdle is -36 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Dingdong (Cayman) Ltd. Sponsored ADR stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -29.8% against -7.9% for the median peer; over one year +2.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.