DDOG vs. ANSS, VEEV, HUBS, CRWD, NET, MDB, ADSK, PAYC, TYL, and TEAM
Should you be buying Datadog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Datadog include ANSYS (ANSS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), HubSpot (HUBS), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Cloudflare (NET), MongoDB (MDB), Autodesk (ADSK), Paycom Software (PAYC), Tyler Technologies (TYL), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Datadog vs.
ANSYS (NASDAQ:ANSS) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) 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 community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.
ANSYS received 186 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.79% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave ANSYS an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Datadog had 4 more articles in the media than ANSYS. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Datadog and 7 mentions for ANSYS. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat ANSYS's score of 0.92 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ANSYS has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of ANSYS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of ANSYS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ANSYS presently has a consensus price target of $311.92, suggesting a potential downside of 3.85%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.23%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than ANSYS.
ANSYS has a net margin of 25.74% compared to Datadog's net margin of -4.68%. ANSYS's return on equity of 12.73% beat Datadog's return on equity.
ANSYS has higher revenue and earnings than Datadog. Datadog is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ANSYS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ANSYS beats Datadog on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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