monday.com (MNDY) Competitors

Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) and monday.com (NASDAQ:MNDY) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ESTC or MNDY?

Elastic has higher revenue and earnings than monday.com. Elastic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than monday.com, 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
Elastic	$1.27B	9.13	$61.72M	$0.53	214.60
monday.com	$729.70M	15.88	-$1.88M	$0.38	631.54

Which has more volatility & risk, ESTC or MNDY?

Elastic has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, monday.com has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ESTC or MNDY more profitable?

Elastic has a net margin of 4.87% compared to Elastic's net margin of 2.53%. Elastic's return on equity of 2.42% beat monday.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elastic	4.87%	-20.83%	-6.21%
monday.com	2.53%	2.42%	1.52%

Do analysts rate ESTC or MNDY?

Elastic currently has a consensus target price of $118.05, suggesting a potential upside of 3.41%. monday.com has a consensus target price of $255.53, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Given Elastic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe monday.com is more favorable than Elastic.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elastic	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
monday.com	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESTC or MNDY?

Elastic received 216 more outperform votes than monday.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Elastic an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave monday.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elastic	Outperform Votes 309 64.78%	Underperform Votes 168 35.22%
monday.com	Outperform Votes 93 62.42%	Underperform Votes 56 37.58%

Does the media refer more to ESTC or MNDY?

In the previous week, monday.com had 9 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for monday.com and 8 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat monday.com's score of 0.59 indicating that monday.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elastic	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
monday.com	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ESTC or MNDY?

97.0% of Elastic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of monday.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Elastic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of monday.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

monday.com beats Elastic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.