Critical Survey: Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) & Dazed (OTCMKTS:MEDH)

Grab (NASDAQ:GRAB) and Dazed (OTCMKTS:MEDH) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

55.5% of Grab shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Grab shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Grab has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dazed has a beta of 3.13, indicating that its share price is 213% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Grab and Dazed”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grab	$2.69 billion	6.73	-$434.00 million	($0.02)	-224.50
Dazed	$450,000.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dazed has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grab.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grab	-3.57%	-1.50%	-1.11%
Dazed	-55.24%	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Grab and Dazed, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grab	0	4	8	0	2.67
Dazed	0	0	0	0	0.00

Grab presently has a consensus target price of $5.55, indicating a potential upside of 23.51%. Given Grab’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grab is more favorable than Dazed.

Summary

Grab beats Dazed on 7 of the 10 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 Dazed

Dazed, Inc. focuses on retail, distribution, hospitality, licensing, and franchising of portfolio of counterculture brands. The company was formerly known as MedX Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Dazed, Inc. in October 2022. Dazed, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.