New York, February 14, 2026, 17:36 ET — The market has closed.
- DoorDash ended Friday at $160.34, slipping another 0.5%. That followed Thursday’s 8.2% plunge.
- With U.S. markets closed Monday for Presidents Day, DoorDash will post its results on Feb. 18.
- DASH investors are once again keeping an eye on the grocery delivery battle, along with what the company plans to spend in 2026.
DoorDash (DASH.O) dipped 0.5% to close at $160.34 on Friday, following Thursday’s 8.2% tumble. Shares moved in a narrow band from $159.49 to $166.55, with roughly 7.3 million traded for the day.
The schedule is tight. U.S. markets get back to business Tuesday. Then DoorDash drops its fourth-quarter and 2025 full-year numbers after Wednesday’s close, Feb. 18. Management will jump on a conference call at 5 p.m. ET.
Investors are grappling with a sharper edge in the delivery and grocery sectors. Instacart’s first-quarter forecast on Friday came in strong, highlighting just how packed the field has gotten. Walmart, DoorDash, and Uber Eats are out there chasing both the weekly hauls and those smaller, quick orders. “It is not trivial to sustain double-digit growth in the brutally competitive grocery category,” said Michael Morton, an analyst at MoffettNathanson Research. Reuters flagged a big valuation gap, too: Instacart’s forward price-to-earnings ratio sits well under DoorDash’s. Reuters
The broader market hasn’t offered much support. U.S. stocks wrapped up Friday mixed—cooler inflation numbers failed to lift all boats, with the Nasdaq losing ground as traders dialed back tech and growth bets ahead of Presidents Day.
DoorDash outperformed some of its delivery rivals on Friday. Shares of Uber Technologies dropped 1.7% to finish at $69.99, while DoorDash edged down just 0.5%, MarketWatch figures show.
DoorDash popped up in an unusual headline toward the end of the week: Waymo and DoorDash jointly announced they’re testing a pilot in Atlanta, where local Dashers get paid to close robotaxi doors left ajar so the cars can keep moving. The pay? $6.25, with another $5 on top for finishing the task, according to Business Insider.
Traders next week will be watching to see if order demand holds up following a choppy run for the stock, and if grocery and convenience delivery is bringing in extra volume without the need for heavy incentives. Take rates — what DoorDash keeps from each order — will be in focus too.
The risk here? That’s nothing new: investors flinch at surprise costs. DoorDash shares took a beating back in November when the company announced plans to pour hundreds of millions more into its 2026 expansion. Michael Ashley Schulman of Running Point Capital called that drop “more of a kitchen reshuffle than a kitchen fire.” But if upcoming guidance suggests yet another spending hike, forgiveness from the market could be in short supply. Reuters
Wednesday brings the next key event. DoorDash will report earnings after the bell on Feb. 18, with investors zeroed in on the company’s 2026 priorities and any signal of a new approach to growth versus profit.
