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ESTC vs. DDOG, MDB, ZS, CRM, DT, HUBS, NET, NOW, PATH, and PD

Should you be buying Elastic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elastic include Datadog (DDOG), MongoDB (MDB), Zscaler (ZS), Salesforce (CRM), Dynatrace (DT), HubSpot (HUBS), Cloudflare (NET), ServiceNow (NOW), UiPath (PATH), and PagerDuty (PD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Elastic vs. Its Competitors

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Elastic shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Elastic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Datadog had 20 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Datadog and 14 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Datadog's score of 0.82 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
19 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Elastic
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Elastic. Elastic 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$2.68B18.69$183.75M$0.46315.80
Elastic$1.48B6.18-$108.11M-$1.05-82.66

Datadog presently has a consensus target price of $146.79, indicating a potential upside of 1.05%. Elastic has a consensus target price of $112.72, indicating a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Elastic's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Elastic is more favorable than Datadog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Datadog
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Elastic
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

Datadog has a net margin of 5.85% compared to Elastic's net margin of -7.29%. Datadog's return on equity of 6.39% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog5.85% 6.39% 3.27%
Elastic -7.29%-4.46%-1.61%

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

Summary

Datadog beats Elastic on 11 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 ESTC 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 NYSE 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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ESTC vs. The Competition

MetricElasticINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.16B$18.29B$28.71B$20.70B
Dividend YieldN/A2.81%3.06%3.65%
P/E Ratio-82.6676.4933.8127.47
Price / Sales6.1873.671,829.9156.34
Price / Cash178.1986.6834.3117.94
Price / Book9.778.727.524.63
Net Income-$108.11M$339.44M$779.61M$993.88M
7 Day Performance1.89%4.81%2.68%-0.40%
1 Month Performance5.65%13.71%11.07%6.48%
1 Year Performance-22.39%59.02%53,042.10%10.83%

Elastic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESTC
Elastic
3.6399 of 5 stars
$86.80
+0.0%
$112.72
+29.9%
-22.4%$9.16B$1.48B-82.663,537Analyst Forecast
DDOG
Datadog
4.2448 of 5 stars
$143.15
+2.7%
$145.34
+1.5%
+21.8%$49.44B$2.68B311.206,500Analyst Forecast
MDB
MongoDB
4.6191 of 5 stars
$218.53
+4.2%
$282.39
+29.2%
-12.0%$17.86B$2.01B-191.695,558Analyst Forecast
ZS
Zscaler
4.149 of 5 stars
$286.29
-0.5%
$296.82
+3.7%
+53.1%$44.58B$2.17B-1,101.127,348Positive News
CRM
Salesforce
4.8849 of 5 stars
$259.66
+0.7%
$348.16
+34.1%
+6.0%$248.23B$37.90B40.6376,453Positive News
DT
Dynatrace
4.7053 of 5 stars
$52.89
+1.7%
$62.26
+17.7%
+21.0%$15.96B$1.70B33.055,200Positive News
HUBS
HubSpot
4.8036 of 5 stars
$528.41
-2.4%
$764.93
+44.8%
+13.0%$27.87B$2.63B-1,174.258,246Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NET
Cloudflare
3.9156 of 5 stars
$191.23
+0.7%
$152.32
-20.3%
+150.2%$66.28B$1.67B-831.444,263Analyst Forecast
NOW
ServiceNow
4.6355 of 5 stars
$959.27
-0.8%
$1,073.13
+11.9%
+28.3%$198.55B$11.47B130.3426,293Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
PATH
UiPath
2.6886 of 5 stars
$12.34
-0.5%
$13.83
+12.1%
+4.1%$6.60B$1.45B-102.794,010Insider Trade
PD
PagerDuty
3.9102 of 5 stars
$14.65
-1.0%
$19.50
+33.1%
-27.7%$1.33B$467.50M-36.621,242Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ESTC) was last updated on 7/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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