DoorDash
The year 2021 was financially excellent for DoorDash. Even though the economy in the world and in America has begun to recover, and people have gone to work, they prefer to eat in restaurants rather than sitting at home in prison. Let's talk about the company in a little more detail to understand what this growth is related to.
On the way with the pandemic
The food delivery service DoorDash has greatly benefited during the pandemic. Due to a series of difficult lockdowns, people were forced to order many goods and products at home. Moreover, it is the simplest, ordinary and average citizens who have many relatives and friends to tell how efficiently, quickly and conveniently the delivery company works.
Another growth catalyst is the restaurants themselves. The latter simply could not lose their customers even in lockdown conditions, and delivered their favorite dishes to their homes again using DoorDash services.
A no less significant step into the future was the multifaceted cooperation with a huge number of enterprises from different fields of activity. That is, not only with restaurants and other public catering as a result, the company worked, it began to deliver a variety of goods, ranging from groceries, ending with food for pets and many others.
The demand for the services of the service grew at a tremendous rate. Since 2018, the company's revenue of $291 million has reached $2.9 billion in 2020. By the report for the 4th quarter of 2021, this indicator promises to be even higher.
However, it was not possible to do without losses. On the 3rd quarter of 2021, the company received them in exchange for $313 million, which is significantly higher than in the same period of 2020.
Payment for comfort
In the last few years, DoorDash has really amazed others with its growth rate. In the period 2018-2019, the company has already shown outstanding results, and in 2020 it tripled those that were. In addition, the momentum remained strong in 2021.
Thus, according to the reports of the 3rd quarter of 2021, the company's revenue reached 3.6 billion dollars, and this is 89% higher than in 2020. The growth is really impressive, and considering the newly opened doors of the restaurant business, it remains really serious.
The basis of this growth is the level of comfort that the company offers to its customers. The latter are absolutely sure that the quality, speed and diversity of services offered by DoorDash is worth the money spent.
In this case, the main goal of the enterprise is not only to continue what has been started, but also to demonstrate further growth. The latter fails a bit today. Regardless of the fact that there has been a noticeable increase in the last 5 quarters, the profit is still holding at 2 to 3%.
Several risks of the enterprise
For Q3 2020, the company reported revenue growth of as much as 268%. This is the peak moment for this parameter. If you look closely, the following quarters do not show such a noticeable jump. In Q3 2021, this figure was only 45%.
To stimulate its own income, the company has discovered a new service sector - the delivery of goods no longer from catering outlets. By the end of September, the company had already signed about half a million contracts with distributors around the world.
At the same time, the service offers today not only food delivery, but also groceries, everyday goods and much more. If a simple person pays only for delivery services, then DoorDash takes a percentage of the cost of the customer's order from the customer companies. By adding new categories to the price list, the company can easily increase the total cost of the order.
For the 3rd quarter of 2021, the gross value of orders increased by 44% and amounted to $10.4 billion. The company has plans to achieve a gross cost of services of $10.7 billion.
The fate of assets
According to forecasts, DoorDash should report $1.28 million with a loss per share of $0.27. If analysts' forecasts coincide with reality, then the growth on the asset will correspond to 32.1% and 89.88%, respectively. This is if we compare the period of 2020.
Regardless of the fact that the business shows fairly stable results and the total market volume is estimated at $4.1 trillion, assets have recently been under pressure from sellers. The drawdown on them has already reached 48%. This caused the price-to-sales ratio to be within 7.5 - a step away from historical lows.
The issuer's ability to introduce new ways of interacting with customers, establishing partnerships with companies, all this can be an excellent impetus to the restoration of asset positions. However, the low price of securities and the real prospects for financial growth of the company itself are an interesting option for those who want to invest in a profitable and efficient enterprise.
Nvidia
By the end of the fall of 2021, Nvidia's assets showed a historical maximum, stopping at around $346 per unit. The paper just didn't have the strength to move higher. An obstacle to this was the statement of the American regulator on the increase in interest rates for the period 2022. This put pressure on the papers. Since that moment, the assets have been in the hands of sellers, and today it is not necessary to wait for their return to the highs. Are there any prospects for investment? Let's talk about this further.
Circles of History
Investors who closely monitor the state of affairs in major global concerns are aware of the fact that in 2018, the Fed raised interest rates 4 times in a row, and against this background, demand for GPUs fell sharply due to the oversupply of this product on the market. As a result, product prices flew down, and Nvidia assets went into a long correction.
If at that time the main incentive for the fall in the value of the company's shares was the global decline in the cost of manufactured goods, today it is the political and economic vicissitudes of the state.
Regarding the demand for microchips and video cards, there is only one thing to say now – it is very high. The reason is the lack of the required quantity of this product on the market. This fact is encouraging for most investors. In addition, the latter will very soon realize that the Fed's policy does not have too strong an impact on the manufacturing concern, and they will again be interested in its assets. If you want some details, then investors who believed in the company 4 years ago are now calculating quite impressive profits.
Cyclicity is the norm
For anyone who understands economics, Nvidia's risks and profitability are almost on the same level. Let's talk about them in more detail.
The company is considered one of the world's largest suppliers of the most powerful graphics processors. The growth of IT enterprises, technologies and the segment as a whole is cyclical, and each rise is followed by a drawdown.
Only in the last 3 quarters of 2020, revenue from data centers increased by half. Accordingly, this had a positive impact on Nvidia's financial efficiency. However, already in 2021, the company announced a decrease in this indicator by 31% compared to the previous one.
But such financial swings should not frighten investors, stopping them from buying assets. Nvidia is a fairly powerful and well-diversified business, and the weak reporting of one of the segments is usually quickly overlapped by the profitability of the other. A very noticeable decline in work efficiency is usually observed if the general situation in the market is unstable.
About the Nvidia Metaverse
As the next hype, the metaverse took shape in 2021. The pioneer is Mark Zuckerberg, who announced its creation publicly. Large tech giants could not leave such an attack without attention, and they actively joined in this process. In this regard, Nvidia could not stay on the sidelines either.
By the end of autumn 2021, the company announced the launch of the first platform for working in a new environment called "Omniverse". Many enterprises believe that this system is adaptive to work in different spheres of human activity. For example, Lockheed Martin is already testing it as a visualizer platform designed for training in fighting forest fires. Other enterprises use to create virtual clones of real buildings and objects.
Nvidia-Arm: the collapse of hopes or a bright future?
Today it is already known for certain that the deal on the purchase of Nvidia by Arm has been terminated. The reasons for this decision were violations identified by the regulator. The company began preparing for this purchase back in September 2020. At that time, the company's market value was at the level of $40 billion. Today it has already reached $80 billion.
This purchase initially raised doubts among investors and experts about its feasibility. Arm company specializes in designing chips based on its own architecture. These elements are applicable to all mobile devices running on any databases. The company has never made privileges in this regard, producing products for Android and iOS.
If the purchase had occurred, this parity would have been violated immediately. Why? Because Nvidia would have technologies in its possession, on which the goods of manufacturers in many countries directly depend. To conclude the deal, the company needed the support of many antimonopoly agencies, including the countries of the USA, Great Britain and China. It is for the reason mentioned above that the company did not receive this permission.
The termination of the agreement brought more benefits to everyone, including the company itself. First of all, the question arises about the company's ability to recoup the $80 billion invested. It is much easier and more efficient to direct these funds to the development of your own business, for example, those segments that bring consistently high profits. After the breakdown of the agreement, Arm is going to enter the stock exchange by 2023, becoming public.
And, what's next?
If you are making a decision about the acquisition of assets of an enterprise, then you need to know that today the shares are growing in price due to the high demand for video cards and the high need for accelerators for data centers. These catalysts are pushing stocks up.
Thus, the company's revenue in the 3rd quarter of 2021 increased to $7.1 billion, and this is 50% more than in the same period of 2020. The company's adjusted profit increased by 60%, and year-on-year reached $1.17 per 1 asset.
According to forecasts, in Q4 the issuer should show revenue of $74 billion, which is 48% higher than last year. Gaming centers and data centers will be in consistently high demand for a long time, and it is from them that the company will receive up to 90% of revenue.
Nvidia is not going to give up leading positions in its own production segment in the near future, and its share in the GPU market should approach the position of $54 billion by 2025. One has only to remember that in 2020 this figure was at the position of $23.6 billion. It turns out that over the five-year period it will grow by 83%.
Taking into account analysts' forecasts, by 2027 the GPU market will reach a scale of $20 billion, and will add 42% annually.
It's worth noting that Nvidia is relentlessly testing new territories. For example, take the same metaverse, or even more promising developments of self-driving cars. By the way, in case of successful completion of both cases, this will bring the company $10 and $8 billion, respectively, in the next decade.
Undoubtedly, the issuer's powerful positions in the market and the development of new ideas make the company's position more stable than ever. The high demand for assets will bring new funds to invest in their own projects, which will very quickly return the shares to the vertical direction. Despite the high cost, the company's securities are trustworthy.
Past weeks' reports
AbbVie
Already at the beginning of this month, AbbVie reported for the 2021 reporting year, plus for the last quarter. The total revenue of the company amounted to $14.89 billion, falling short of the forecast of $14.97 billion. The net profit of the pharmaceutical company increased to $4.04 billion, and the company earned $3.31 per asset.
The company's management reported that the adjusted profit for the period of the end of 2022 should be in the range of $14 to $14.2 per paper, experts show the figure of $13.99. The company's powerful report pushed its shares to the ascent. After testing the $140 level, they quickly moved to the $142 mark and now everyone is waiting for a position of $165.
Ford Motor Company
The report of the legendary auto giant did not please investors much. Low financial indicators were the result of a shortage of microchips on the world market. Earnings per share were only $0.26 with a forecast of $0.45, while sales almost coincided. So the report indicated a figure of $35.3 billion, and the forecast – $0.2 billion more.
The company still managed to turn losses into profit, and reach the figure of $12.3 billion, having fulfilled the production plan. According to management estimates, in the new financial year the company is going to receive from 11.5 to 12.5 billion dollars of adjusted profit, exceeding by almost 25% the indicator of 20221. Free cash flow should remain at the level of 5.5 to 6.5 billion dollars.
Before the release of the report, the market was stable, so we recommend buying stocks. Today, sellers are pressing on the market, who have driven assets to a position of $18. The potential of the enterprise is quite large, and very soon the shares will go in the opposite direction. However, before the breakdown of the level of $22, it is not recommended to buy.
Pfizer
Now Pfizer has also reported for the final quarter of 2021. High financial reporting indicators did not keep the company's shares at a height, and now the price is being pressed by sellers. The reason? It's just that the issuer did not show high revenue forecasts for next year. Adjusted profit per paper was $1.08, and according to experts' expectations, this figure was equal to $0.87. Unadjusted – $3.39 billion, that is 4 times more.
The company's revenue amounted to $23.8 billion with a forecast of $24.12 billion. Over the year, this figure increased by 95%, which in monetary terms amounted to 81.2 billion dollars. The indicator for the year on the asset reached $4.42.
The company has made an excellent forecast for 2022, and has already failed to meet expectations. Fears of failure are reinforced by another factor - the approaching end of the pandemic. This will worsen the concern's prospects, even with the expectation that sales of medicines not related to coronavirus will be at the level of at least $46 billion.