Elastic (ESTC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC) develops search, observability and security software for organizations that need to collect, analyze and act on large volumes of data. Its platform helps users search structured and unstructured information, monitor applications and infrastructure, detect security threats and build artificial intelligence-powered experiences.

The company’s principal offerings include Elasticsearch, its distributed search and analytics engine; Kibana, a visualization and data exploration interface; and Elastic Cloud, a managed cloud service for deploying Elastic products. Elastic also provides solutions for enterprise search, application and infrastructure observability, and security operations, including tools for log analytics, threat detection and incident investigation.

Elastic was founded in 2012 by Shay Bannon, Uri Boness and Simon Willnauer and was initially known as Elasticsearch. The company later adopted the Elastic name as its product portfolio expanded beyond search. It serves customers worldwide across industries and supports deployments through public cloud providers, customer-managed environments and its own hosted services. Elastic is led by Chief Executive Officer Ashutosh “Ash” Kulkarni.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $94.35 to $97.62
• 50-Day Range: $69.65 to $99.75
• 52-Week Range: $42.05 to $108.00
• Volume: 967,041 shs
• Average Volume: 2.13 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.94 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.54
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $97.92
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Elastic Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Elastic scored higher than 62% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 315th out of 593 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Elastic has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.62, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 16 buy ratings, 12 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Elastic is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Elastic has been the subject of 26 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 56.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Elastic are expected to grow by 56.92% in the coming year, from $0.65 to $1.02 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Elastic is 26.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Elastic is 26.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 79.40.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Elastic has a PEG Ratio of 8.25. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Elastic has a P/B Ratio of 7.72. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.17% of the float of Elastic has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Elastic has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.58, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Elastic has recently increased by 12.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Elastic does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Elastic does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Elastic has a news sentiment score of 0.43. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 28 news articles for Elastic this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 9 people have searched for ESTC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Elastic to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Elastic insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $234,551,366.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

12.70% of the stock of Elastic is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

97.03% of the stock of Elastic is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/27/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/19/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 4/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ESTC
• CIK: 1707753
• Web: www.elastic.co
• Phone: (650) 880-1260
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,019
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Elastic: $97.92
• High Price Target: $130.00
• Low Price Target: $49.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.62
• Research Coverage: 29 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 146.30
• P/E Growth: 8.25
• Net Income: $367.77 million
• Net Margins: 20.84%
• Pretax Margin: -1.08%
• Return on Equity: -0.35%
• Return on Assets: -0.14%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.44
• Current Ratio: 1.81
• Quick Ratio: 1.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.74 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.74
• Cash Flow: $0.82 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 116.32
• Book Value: $12.28 per share
• Price / Book: 7.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 104,990,000
• Free Float: 91,657,000
• Market Cap: $9.98 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.03