Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DAVE scored 84.2, SHOP scored 61.5 — DAVE leads.
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DAVE
Dave Inc.
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
84.2
$368.42 · $4.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
22.7
DAVE leads
SHOP
Shopify Inc.
Software - Application · Quality-Growth
61.5
$170.85 · $221.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDAVE23.8x
Fastest growthDAVE+59.7%
Strongest balance sheetSHOP0.01
Highest qualityDAVE76 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DAVE
stronger →← stronger
SHOP
76
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
69
99
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
96
80
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
35
DAVE is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DAVE
SHOP
$319mC
FCF
$2.4bB
+59.7%A
Rev
+32.5%A
1.29C
D/E
0.01A
23.8xB+
P/E
115.4xD
0.85B+
PEG
1.73C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
DAVE
SHOP
3% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
562% above
~16%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
>60%/yr
-25%
1-yr DCF upside
-88%
-3%
5-yr DCF upside
-85%
+36%
10-yr DCF upside
-79%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DAVE
Why this score
Durable high returns
Diluting shareholders
SHOP
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
DAVEDave Inc.
Software - Application · $368.42 · beta 3.93
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $4.7b. 20% off the 52-week high of $458.25. Revenue growing +60% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.85 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $444.21 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
Net margin 35% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. FCF converts 143% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
Beta 3.93 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. SaaS displacement — recurring revenue is sticky in good times but accelerates in churn during a downturn as customers consolidate vendors and renegotiate seat counts.
SHOPShopify Inc.
Software - Application · $170.85 · beta 2.63
Why now
Software - Application · market cap $221.7b. 6% off the 52-week high of $182.19. Revenue growing +33% — in hypergrowth territory. 48 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $173.19 (implying +1% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 15% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 122% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 115.4x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Beta 2.63 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. P/S 16.7x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where DAVE and SHOP diverge
On the headline score the gap is 22.7 points in favor of DAVE. The widest single difference is Value, where DAVE leads by 45.3 points.
ValueDAVE 80.2 · SHOP 34.9DAVE +45.3
QualityDAVE 75.5 · SHOP 69.2DAVE +6.3
GrowthDAVE 98.6 · SHOP 96.3level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DAVE or SHOP the better stock?
DAVE scores higher: DAVE 84.2, SHOP 61.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DAVE and SHOP differ most?
The widest gap is value, where DAVE leads by 45 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DAVE also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are DAVE and SHOP scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.