Head to Head Review: Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) vs. DHL Group (OTCMKTS:DHLGY)

Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) and DHL Group (OTCMKTS:DHLGY) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

Grab has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DHL Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Grab and DHL Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grab	1	1	8	1	2.82
DHL Group	0	6	2	1	2.44

Grab presently has a consensus price target of $6.01, indicating a potential upside of 75.60%. Given Grab’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Grab is more favorable than DHL Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grab and DHL Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grab	$3.37 billion	4.16	$268.00 million	$0.06	57.00
DHL Group	$93.72 billion	0.75	$3.96 billion	$2.86	11.13

DHL Group has higher revenue and earnings than Grab. DHL Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

55.5% of Grab shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Grab shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Grab and DHL Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grab	15.97%	8.83%	4.92%
DHL Group	4.38%	16.98%	5.40%

Summary

Grab beats DHL Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Grab

Grab Holdings Limited engages in the provision of superapps in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The company offers its Grab ecosystem, a single platform with superapps for driver- and merchant-partners and consumers, that allows access to mobility, delivery, digital financial services, and enterprise sector offerings. Grab Holdings Limited is headquartered in Singapore.

About DHL Group

Deutsche Post AG operates as a mail and logistics company in Germany, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company operates through five segments: Express; Global Forwarding, Freight; Supply Chain; eCommerce Solutions; and Post & Parcel Germany. The Express segment offers time-definite courier and express services to business and private customers. The Global Forwarding, Freight segment provides air, ocean, and overland freight forwarding services; and offers multimodal and sector-specific solutions. This segment's business model is based on brokering transport services between customers and freight carriers. The Supply Chain segment delivers customized supply chain solutions to its customers based on modular components, including warehousing and transport services; and value-added services, such as e-fulfilment, omnichannel solutions and returns management, lead logistics partner, real estate solutions, service logistics, and packaging solutions for various industrial sectors. The eCommerce Solutions segment provides parcel delivery and cross-border non-time definite international services. The Post & Parcel Germany segment transports and delivers mail communication, parcels, physical and hybrid letters, and special products for the delivery of goods; and offers additional services, such as registered mail, cash on delivery, and insured items. Deutsche Post AG was founded in 1490 and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.