Paylocity (PCTY) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, PCTY or DDOG?

Paylocity has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PCTY or DDOG?

94.8% of Paylocity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of Paylocity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Datadog 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PCTY or DDOG?

Paylocity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Datadog. Paylocity 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
Paylocity	$1.55B	6.62	$206.77M	$4.01	46.40
Datadog	$2.83B	14.45	$183.75M	$0.46	257.89

Does the media refer more to PCTY or DDOG?

In the previous week, Datadog had 40 more articles in the media than Paylocity. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Datadog and 7 mentions for Paylocity. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Paylocity's score of 0.96 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paylocity	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Datadog	29 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PCTY or DDOG?

Paylocity presently has a consensus price target of $223.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.84%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $141.59, suggesting a potential upside of 19.36%. Given Paylocity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Paylocity is more favorable than Datadog.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paylocity	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Datadog	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Is PCTY or DDOG more profitable?

Paylocity has a net margin of 14.76% compared to Datadog's net margin of 6.85%. Paylocity's return on equity of 22.45% beat Datadog's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paylocity	14.76%	22.45%	5.35%
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PCTY or DDOG?

Paylocity received 253 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Paylocity an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paylocity	Outperform Votes 583 68.03%	Underperform Votes 274 31.97%
Datadog	Outperform Votes 330 66.67%	Underperform Votes 165 33.33%

Summary

Paylocity beats Datadog on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.