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CFLT vs. DDOG, MDB, NET, PCOR, SNOW, HUBS, ZM, PINS, PTC, and CYBR

Should you be buying Confluent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Confluent include Datadog (DDOG), MongoDB (MDB), Cloudflare (NET), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Snowflake (SNOW), HubSpot (HUBS), Zoom Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), PTC (PTC), and CyberArk Software (CYBR). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Confluent vs. Its Competitors

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Datadog has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Confluent has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Confluent. Confluent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Datadog$3.02B15.84$183.75M$0.35391.29
Confluent$963.64M7.13-$345.07M-$0.94-21.20

In the previous week, Datadog had 26 more articles in the media than Confluent. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Datadog and 9 mentions for Confluent. Confluent's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Datadog's score of 1.09 indicating that Confluent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
24 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Confluent
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Datadog currently has a consensus target price of $153.10, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. Confluent has a consensus target price of $27.36, suggesting a potential upside of 37.28%. Given Confluent's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Confluent is more favorable than Datadog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Datadog
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Confluent
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Confluent shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Confluent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Datadog has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Confluent's net margin of -29.27%. Datadog's return on equity of 5.04% beat Confluent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog4.13% 5.04% 2.59%
Confluent -29.27%-27.34%-10.07%

Summary

Datadog beats Confluent on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CFLT vs. The Competition

MetricConfluentINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.87B$20.52B$32.08B$10.38B
Dividend YieldN/A3.53%3.17%4.64%
P/E Ratio-21.2079.81451.4926.78
Price / Sales7.13108.641,943.29167.11
Price / CashN/A84.3737.2060.63
Price / Book6.909.187.566.40
Net Income-$345.07M$355.93M$809.77M$271.62M
7 Day Performance3.58%3.32%4.08%3.33%
1 Month Performance14.66%10.64%9.15%10.15%
1 Year Performance-3.54%85.12%24,221.45%31.19%

Confluent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFLT
Confluent
3.3194 of 5 stars
$19.80
-2.0%
$27.36
+38.2%
-0.6%$6.83B$963.64M-21.093,060Positive News
DDOG
Datadog
4.5597 of 5 stars
$138.65
+1.6%
$153.10
+10.4%
+20.9%$48.35B$2.68B396.156,500Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
MDB
MongoDB
3.5025 of 5 stars
$333.97
+1.2%
$316.29
-5.3%
+12.9%$27.17B$2.01B-340.795,558Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
NET
Cloudflare
3.8819 of 5 stars
$226.32
+2.3%
$191.28
-15.5%
+186.3%$78.87B$1.67B-665.654,263Positive News
PCOR
Procore Technologies
3.633 of 5 stars
$71.04
+2.1%
$83.06
+16.9%
+27.7%$10.67B$1.15B-74.004,203Positive News
Insider Trade
SNOW
Snowflake
4.3026 of 5 stars
$225.51
+2.0%
$255.53
+13.3%
+100.3%$76.40B$3.63B-54.347,834Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7593 of 5 stars
$508.16
+3.4%
$722.93
+42.3%
+2.0%$26.78B$2.85B-2,209.398,246Positive News
Insider Trade
ZM
Zoom Communications
4.578 of 5 stars
$84.63
+0.8%
$90.30
+6.7%
+31.5%$25.60B$4.67B22.337,412Trending News
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PINS
Pinterest
3.959 of 5 stars
$36.25
+3.5%
$42.40
+17.0%
+21.6%$24.65B$3.65B12.994,666Positive News
Insider Trade
PTC
PTC
4.2199 of 5 stars
$204.15
-0.5%
$202.14
-1.0%
+17.7%$24.46B$2.47B48.157,501
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.67 of 5 stars
$475.95
+2.1%
$435.11
-8.6%
+81.3%$23.52B$1.20B-141.231,205Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:CFLT) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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