Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) versus MONOTARO (OTCMKTS:MONOY) Head to Head Survey

Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) and MONOTARO (OTCMKTS:MONOY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Dingdong (Cayman) and MONOTARO, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dingdong (Cayman)	0	1	0	0	2.00
MONOTARO	0	1	0	0	2.00

Institutional and Insider Ownership

24.7% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of MONOTARO shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dingdong (Cayman) and MONOTARO”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dingdong (Cayman)	$3.21 billion	0.14	$40.43 million	$0.21	9.07
MONOTARO	$1.91 billion	N/A	$173.82 million	$0.48	27.30

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

Risk and Volatility

Dingdong (Cayman) has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MONOTARO has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dingdong (Cayman)	1.39%	41.69%	4.81%
MONOTARO	9.36%	33.81%	24.17%

Summary

MONOTARO beats Dingdong (Cayman) on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About MONOTARO

MonotaRO Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online MRO products store in Japan and internationally. The company offers safety protective equipment, work clothes, and safety shoes; logistics, storage, and packing supplies; tapes; safety, disaster prevention, and crime prevention products; safety signs; ship and fishing supplies; office supplies; office furniture/lighting/cleaning supplies; cutting tools and abrasives; measurement and surveying equipment; hand tools/electric and pneumatic tools; sprays, oils, greases, and paints; adhesives and repair materials; welding supplies; and piping and water related components/pumps/pneumatic and hydraulic equipment/hoses. It also provides mechanical parts; control equipment; soldering and anti-static products; architectural hardware, building materials, painting, and interior supplies; air conditioning and electrical equipment; electrical materials; screws, bolts, nails, and materials; automotive supplies; truck supplies; motorcycle supplies; bicycle supplies; scientific research and development supplies; clean room supplies; kitchen equipment and store supplies; agricultural and gardening supplies; and medical and nursing supplies. It serves factories, construction, automobile maintenance, and other industries. The company was formerly known as Sumisho Grainger Co., Ltd. and changed its name to MonotaRO Co., Ltd. in February 2006. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. MonotaRO Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Grainger Global Holdings, Inc.