** Shares in delivery platform DoorDash DASH.O up ~3% at $218.1 in premarket trading
** Jefferies upgrades stock to "buy" from "hold"; raises PT to $260 from $220
** Brokerage says recent expectations reset gives DASH flexibility for long-term investments and upside to consensus
** Notes faster growth in U.S. restaurant delivery and advertising revenue as key margin drivers
** Earlier this month, DoorDash posted Q3 profit below estimates and flagged plans to spend several hundred million dollars more in 2026 on new initiatives amid rising costs
** Average rating is "buy"; median PT is $280 - data compiled by LSEG
** Up to last close, stock had risen ~26.5% so far this year
(Reporting by Rashika Singh in Bengaluru)
((Rashika.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))