DoubleVerify (DV) Competitors

DoubleVerify (NYSE:DV) and Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do analysts prefer DV or ESTC?

DoubleVerify presently has a consensus target price of $19.31, indicating a potential upside of 29.26%. Elastic has a consensus target price of $113.63, indicating a potential upside of 36.50%. Given Elastic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Elastic is more favorable than DoubleVerify.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DoubleVerify	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
Elastic	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DV or ESTC?

Elastic received 253 more outperform votes than DoubleVerify when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave Elastic an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave DoubleVerify an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DoubleVerify	Outperform Votes 126 63.64%	Underperform Votes 72 36.36%
Elastic	Outperform Votes 379 66.61%	Underperform Votes 190 33.39%

Which has more risk & volatility, DV or ESTC?

DoubleVerify has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elastic has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DV or ESTC?

In the previous week, DoubleVerify had 4 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for DoubleVerify and 32 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat DoubleVerify's score of 0.10 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DoubleVerify	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	27 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Elastic	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DV or ESTC more profitable?

DoubleVerify has a net margin of 10.33% compared to Elastic's net margin of 4.39%. DoubleVerify's return on equity of 5.99% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DoubleVerify	10.33%	5.99%	5.18%
Elastic	4.39%	-13.20%	-4.59%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DV or ESTC?

97.3% of DoubleVerify shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Elastic shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of DoubleVerify shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Elastic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DV or ESTC?

DoubleVerify has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Elastic. Elastic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DoubleVerify, 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
DoubleVerify	$681.13M	3.56	$71.47M	$0.28	53.34
Elastic	$1.48B	5.86	$61.72M	-$1.05	-79.28

Summary

Elastic beats DoubleVerify on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.