DSV (OTCMKTS:DSDVY) versus Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) Head-To-Head Contrast

Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER) and DSV (OTCMKTS:DSDVY) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Uber Technologies and DSV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uber Technologies	15.91%	41.40%	18.21%
DSV	2.41%	9.38%	3.79%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Uber Technologies and DSV, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uber Technologies	3	4	31	1	2.77
DSV	1	0	3	0	2.50

Uber Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $104.60, suggesting a potential upside of 55.63%. Given Uber Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Uber Technologies is more favorable than DSV.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

80.2% of Uber Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of DSV shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Uber Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Uber Technologies and DSV”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uber Technologies	$52.02 billion	2.63	$10.05 billion	$4.01	16.76
DSV	$37.45 billion	1.33	$1.23 billion	$3.29	31.38

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

Volatility and Risk

Uber Technologies has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DSV has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Uber Technologies beats DSV on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Uber Technologies

Uber Technologies, Inc. develops and operates proprietary technology applications in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia excluding China and Southeast Asia. It operates through three segments: Mobility, Delivery, and Freight. The Mobility segment connects consumers with a range of transportation modalities, such as ridesharing, carsharing, micromobility, rentals, public transit, taxis, and other modalities; and offers riders in a variety of vehicle types, as well as financial partnerships products and advertising services. The Delivery segment allows to search for and discover restaurants to grocery, alcohol, convenience, and other retails; order a meal or other items; and Uber direct, a white-label Delivery-as-a-Service for retailers and restaurants, as well as advertising. The Freight segment manages transportation and logistics network, which connects shippers and carriers in digital marketplace including carriers upfronts, pricing, and shipment booking; and provides on-demand platform to automate logistics end-to-end transactions for small-and medium-sized business to global enterprises. The company was formerly known as Ubercab, Inc. and changed its name to Uber Technologies, Inc. in February 2011. Uber Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About DSV

DSV A/S offers transport and logistics services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. It operates through three segments: Air & Sea, Road, and Solutions. The company provides air freight, air freight compliance and carrier, and rail freight services; sea freight, and sea freight compliance and carrier services, as well as freight containers. It also offers road freight services, such as part and full loads, groupage, specialized transport, express, and online and document handling services; and workshops. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions for automotive, technology, healthcare, energy, industrial, retail/ fashion, and chemical sectors; and inventory management solutions. Further, it offers special project transport services, such as industrial projects, renewable energy, government logistics, ship charter, and air charter services; and courier and warehousing services. The company was formerly known as DSV Panalpina A/S and changed its name to DSV A/S in September 2021. DSV A/S was incorporated in 1976 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.