CRWD vs. DDOG, FTNT, META, MSFT, PANW, PLTR, ZS, NET, S, and SNOW
Should you be buying CrowdStrike stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrowdStrike include Datadog (DDOG), Fortinet (FTNT), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Zscaler (ZS), Cloudflare (NET), SentinelOne (S), and Snowflake (SNOW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
CrowdStrike vs. Its Competitors
Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Datadog has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Datadog has a net margin of 5.85% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -4.17%. Datadog's return on equity of 6.39% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.
78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Datadog presently has a consensus price target of $143.90, suggesting a potential downside of 5.59%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $453.88, suggesting a potential downside of 10.20%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than CrowdStrike.
Datadog has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 11 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for CrowdStrike and 49 mentions for Datadog. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Datadog's score of 0.95 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Datadog beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 16 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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This page (NASDAQ:CRWD) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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