Chinese grocery app operator Dingdong Maicai, which translates to "dingdong buy vegetables," is coming to the Nasdaq with an initial public offering on June 29.
Shares will trade as DDL and the estimated is #13.50 to $25.50. The company said June 28 it would release 3.7 million shares, down from a planned 14 million.
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| Latest market close | $2.68 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $1.32 - $4.79 |
| 50-day moving average | $2.89 |
| 200-day moving average | $3.07 |
| Wall St. target price | $3.93 |
| PE ratio | 13.3684 |
| Dividend yield | N/A |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.19 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $2.68 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-25) | 5.51% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 14.53% |
| 3 months (2025-02-04) | -18.79% |
| 6 months (2024-11-04) | -28.72% |
| 1 year (2024-05-03) | 77.48% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-03) | -28.72% |
| 3 years (2022-05-03) | 5.26 |
| 5 years (2020-04-30) | N/A |
Valuing Dingdong Maicai stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Dingdong Maicai's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Dingdong Maicai's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Dingdong Maicai shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
However, Dingdong Maicai's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the grocery stores industry or those of similar companies.
Dingdong Maicai's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $337 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Dingdong Maicai's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put Dingdong Maicai's EBITDA into context you can compare it against that of similar companies.
| Revenue TTM | $23.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 1.17% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6.9 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.88% |
| Return on equity TTM | 42.79% |
| Profit margin | 1.32% |
| Book value | $3.73 |
| Market Capitalization | $559.3 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Dingdong Maicai to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
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Over the last 12 months, Dingdong Maicai's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.32 up to $4.79. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Dingdong Maicai's is 0.554. This would suggest that Dingdong Maicai's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
To put Dingdong Maicai's beta into context you can compare it against those of similar companies.
Dingdong (Cayman) Limited operates an e-commerce company in China. The company provides fresh groceries, including vegetables, meat and eggs, fruits, and seafood. It also offers prepared food, such as ready-to-eat, ready-to-heat, ready-to-cook, and ready-to-mix food; and other food products, such as baked goods, dairy, seasonings, beverages, instant food, oil, and snacks. The company 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. .
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