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DUOL vs. DDOG, EA, ZS, VEEV, XYZ, BIDU, TEAM, NBIS, WIT, and MDB

Should you be buying Duolingo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duolingo include Datadog (DDOG), Electronic Arts (EA), Zscaler (ZS), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Block (XYZ), Baidu (BIDU), Atlassian (TEAM), Nebius Group (NBIS), Wipro (WIT), and MongoDB (MDB). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Duolingo vs. Its Competitors

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL) are both large-cap computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, Datadog had 26 more articles in the media than Duolingo. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Datadog and 18 mentions for Duolingo. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Duolingo's score of 0.41 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Duolingo
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Datadog currently has a consensus target price of $162.37, suggesting a potential upside of 6.21%. Duolingo has a consensus target price of $416.68, suggesting a potential upside of 28.60%. Given Duolingo's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Datadog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Datadog
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Duolingo
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Datadog has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duolingo has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Duolingo shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Datadog shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.7% of Duolingo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Duolingo has a net margin of 13.24% compared to Datadog's net margin of 4.13%. Duolingo's return on equity of 13.32% beat Datadog's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog4.13% 5.04% 2.59%
Duolingo 13.24%13.32%8.57%

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Duolingo. Duolingo 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$3.02B17.68$183.75M$0.35436.77
Duolingo$748.02M19.85$88.57M$2.43133.34

Summary

Datadog and Duolingo tied by winning 8 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 DUOL 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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DUOL vs. The Competition

MetricDuolingoTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$14.85B$3.09B$6.72B$10.53B
Dividend YieldN/A1.71%2.90%4.83%
P/E Ratio133.3424.5726.2427.13
Price / Sales19.8554.371,285.74179.19
Price / Cash147.2655.9830.7060.81
Price / Book17.667.227.646.52
Net Income$88.57M$27.08M$197.59M$276.93M
7 Day Performance-0.30%0.71%0.65%1.93%
1 Month Performance11.39%0.97%-0.60%2.19%
1 Year Performance13.25%48.24%47.93%34.62%

Duolingo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DUOL
Duolingo
3.7486 of 5 stars
$324.02
-2.0%
$416.68
+28.6%
+13.2%$14.85B$748.02M133.34600
DDOG
Datadog
4.425 of 5 stars
$159.90
-2.6%
$159.54
-0.2%
+19.3%$55.76B$2.68B456.886,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
EA
Electronic Arts
4.317 of 5 stars
$200.29
0.0%
$177.00
-11.6%
+38.8%$50.11B$7.46B50.2014,500Trending News
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
3.5938 of 5 stars
$303.79
-3.0%
$307.43
+1.2%
+58.0%$48.09B$2.67B-1,125.167,923Analyst Downgrade
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.2563 of 5 stars
$284.30
-0.6%
$307.58
+8.2%
+28.2%$46.60B$2.75B58.387,291Trending News
Analyst Forecast
XYZ
Block
3.834 of 5 stars
$75.10
+0.1%
$80.64
+7.4%
N/A$45.78B$24.12B16.0811,372News Coverage
Negative News
Analyst Revision
BIDU
Baidu
4.1349 of 5 stars
$119.64
-4.8%
$126.54
+5.8%
+27.1%$41.27B$18.24B11.0135,900Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TEAM
Atlassian
4.6506 of 5 stars
$150.29
+0.6%
$248.74
+65.5%
-20.7%$39.42B$5.22B-151.8013,813Insider Trade
NBIS
Nebius Group
1.3973 of 5 stars
$130.42
-3.7%
$91.20
-30.1%
+498.9%$30.75B$117.50M-228.811,371Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
WIT
Wipro
2.5285 of 5 stars
$2.70
+0.2%
N/A-60.5%$28.22B$10.43B17.39233,346Trending News
Earnings Report
MDB
MongoDB
3.5799 of 5 stars
$312.01
-2.3%
$342.69
+9.8%
+15.6%$25.39B$2.01B-318.385,558Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Up

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This page (NASDAQ:DUOL) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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