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$478.45 -8.66 (-1.78%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Datadog shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Datadog$2.68B17.67$183.75M$0.46298.63
CrowdStrike$3.95B30.16-$19.27M-$0.69-693.41

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog5.85% 6.39% 3.27%
CrowdStrike -4.17%0.43%0.17%

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 9 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for CrowdStrike and 64 mentions for Datadog. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Datadog's score of 0.66 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
32 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CrowdStrike
46 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Datadog presently has a consensus price target of $144.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.02%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $456.29, suggesting a potential downside of 4.63%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Datadog
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Datadog has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Datadog beats CrowdStrike on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CRWD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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CRWD vs. The Competition

MetricCrowdStrikeSecurity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$121.41B$44.85B$27.61B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.11%4.00%
P/E Ratio-693.4169.8736.8020.27
Price / Sales30.1613.671,878.5598.48
Price / Cash183.69175.9338.1558.16
Price / Book35.7318.967.285.49
Net Income-$19.27M$481.55M$767.99M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-6.87%-6.44%-0.23%4.79%
1 Month Performance-0.68%-3.51%4.07%7.68%
1 Year Performance28.85%19.04%52,050.69%16.43%

CrowdStrike Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4827 of 5 stars
$478.45
-1.8%
$456.29
-4.6%
+29.2%$121.41B$3.95B-693.4110,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
DDOG
Datadog
4.1748 of 5 stars
$152.97
-1.4%
$143.90
-5.9%
+8.0%$52.79B$2.68B332.306,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FTNT
Fortinet
4.1637 of 5 stars
$107.31
+1.6%
$105.62
-1.6%
+68.5%$81.91B$5.96B44.0414,138News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
META
Meta Platforms
3.5719 of 5 stars
$723.18
+0.6%
$719.29
-0.5%
+39.9%$1.82T$164.50B28.1874,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.438 of 5 stars
$497.49
-0.3%
$524.71
+5.5%
+10.7%$3.70T$245.12B38.43228,000Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.5844 of 5 stars
$201.11
-0.4%
$208.00
+3.4%
+13.2%$134.07B$8.03B114.8915,289Positive News
Insider Trade
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.5325 of 5 stars
$138.26
+2.9%
$89.32
-35.4%
+414.1%$325.58B$2.87B599.833,936Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
4.3129 of 5 stars
$314.19
-0.2%
$296.82
-5.5%
+47.9%$48.94B$2.17B-1,208.817,348Trending News
NET
Cloudflare
3.8496 of 5 stars
$192.54
+0.7%
$145.92
-24.2%
+121.0%$66.60B$1.67B-835.434,263Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
S
SentinelOne
3.8823 of 5 stars
$18.34
-0.6%
$24.83
+35.4%
-14.4%$6.09B$821.46M-13.882,800
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8294 of 5 stars
$222.21
+0.3%
$225.36
+1.4%
+52.5%$74.06B$3.63B-52.697,834Trending News
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:CRWD) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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