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

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

Duolingo vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Duolingo had 5 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Duolingo and 35 mentions for Datadog. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Duolingo's score of 0.46 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Duolingo
9 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Datadog
23 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.6% of Duolingo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. 15.7% of Duolingo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Datadog shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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
Duolingo13.24% 13.32% 8.57%
Datadog 4.13%5.04%2.59%

Duolingo has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Duolingo currently has a consensus price target of $419.32, suggesting a potential upside of 44.14%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $153.10, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. Given Duolingo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Duolingo is more favorable than Datadog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Duolingo
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Datadog
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

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
Duolingo$748.02M17.82$88.57M$2.43119.71
Datadog$2.68B18.04$183.75M$0.35396.63

Summary

Duolingo beats Datadog on 9 of the 17 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$13.33B$3.08B$26.76B$10.44B
Dividend YieldN/A1.60%2.75%4.57%
P/E Ratio119.7125.0827.1826.82
Price / Sales17.82111.41792.6690.94
Price / Cash132.2049.2228.4061.43
Price / Book15.858.057.796.39
Net Income$88.57M$34.56M$199.76M$271.80M
7 Day Performance-5.52%3.61%1.74%3.51%
1 Month Performance-15.81%19.14%22.64%9.58%
1 Year Performance8.41%96.93%66.54%28.53%

Duolingo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DUOL
Duolingo
4.1211 of 5 stars
$290.90
+0.4%
$419.32
+44.1%
+8.4%$13.33B$748.02M119.71600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
DDOG
Datadog
4.4935 of 5 stars
$135.16
-2.5%
$153.10
+13.3%
+21.0%$47.00B$3.02B385.066,500Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
TEAM
Atlassian
4.706 of 5 stars
$173.06
-0.5%
$255.45
+47.6%
+3.7%$45.28B$5.22B-174.3513,813Trending News
Insider Trade
XYZ
Block
3.4267 of 5 stars
$74.25
-0.5%
$80.64
+8.6%
N/A$45.26B$23.83B15.9011,372News Coverage
Insider Trade
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.447 of 5 stars
$273.32
-1.1%
$301.48
+10.3%
+28.9%$44.81B$2.75B56.147,291Trending News
Analyst Revision
ZS
Zscaler
4.0851 of 5 stars
$280.35
-1.9%
$307.00
+9.5%
+70.4%$44.29B$2.67B-1,036.147,923Insider Trade
EA
Electronic Arts
4.5276 of 5 stars
$172.23
+0.3%
$167.12
-3.0%
+24.0%$43.03B$7.46B43.1014,500
BIDU
Baidu
3.9906 of 5 stars
$118.21
+3.0%
$108.33
-8.4%
+56.9%$40.79B$132.85B10.8835,900Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
WIT
Wipro
2.706 of 5 stars
$2.79
+0.9%
N/A-56.3%$29.16B$10.43B17.97233,346Positive News
MDB
MongoDB
3.2542 of 5 stars
$328.82
-1.5%
$316.29
-3.8%
+16.2%$26.66B$2.22B-334.365,558Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7434 of 5 stars
$501.96
-1.2%
$722.93
+44.0%
-1.3%$26.40B$2.63B-2,178.298,246Positive News
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:DUOL) was last updated on 9/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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