Dropbox (DBX) Competitors

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, DDOG or DBX?

Datadog has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dropbox has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DDOG or DBX more profitable?

Dropbox has a net margin of 17.75% compared to Datadog's net margin of 6.85%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%
Dropbox	17.75%	-132.63%	19.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DDOG or DBX?

Dropbox received 38 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.11% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Datadog	Outperform Votes 317 66.32%	Underperform Votes 161 33.68%
Dropbox	Outperform Votes 355 67.11%	Underperform Votes 174 32.89%

Does the media refer more to DDOG or DBX?

In the previous week, Datadog had 23 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Datadog and 9 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Datadog's score of 1.10 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Datadog	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dropbox	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DDOG or DBX?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Datadog	$2.68B	13.05	$183.75M	$0.51	200.31
Dropbox	$2.55B	3.38	$453.60M	$1.41	20.25

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DDOG or DBX?

78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Dropbox shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.6% of Dropbox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate DDOG or DBX?

Datadog currently has a consensus target price of $150.33, indicating a potential upside of 47.15%. Dropbox has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.09%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Dropbox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Datadog	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84
Dropbox	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Datadog beats Dropbox on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.