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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

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

In the previous week, Datadog had 56 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Datadog and 13 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Datadog's score of 0.92 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
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
33 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Elastic presently has a consensus price target of $112.72, indicating a potential upside of 54.06%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $151.72, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Elastic's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Elastic is more favorable than Datadog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elastic
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76
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 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
Elastic$1.48B5.21-$108.11M-$1.05-69.68
Datadog$2.68B16.59$183.75M$0.35368.46

Datadog has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Elastic's net margin of -7.29%. Datadog's return on equity of 5.04% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elastic-7.29% -4.46% -1.61%
Datadog 4.13%5.04%2.59%

Elastic has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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$7.66B$19.21B$29.63B$20.66B
Dividend YieldN/A3.20%3.11%3.65%
P/E Ratio-69.6872.4551.2328.37
Price / Sales5.2168.751,446.4960.54
Price / Cash148.9380.9335.5322.93
Price / Book8.2417.959.195.38
Net Income-$108.11M$347.70M$803.11M$994.60M
7 Day Performance-9.20%-1.84%0.58%1.47%
1 Month Performance-13.21%-0.23%0.47%0.48%
1 Year Performance-31.75%64.95%24,040.53%14.95%

Elastic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESTC
Elastic
3.8879 of 5 stars
$73.16
+0.9%
$112.72
+54.1%
-28.8%$7.66B$1.48B-69.683,537
DDOG
Datadog
4.5394 of 5 stars
$136.38
-0.4%
$149.90
+9.9%
+15.0%$47.10B$2.83B296.486,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
MDB
MongoDB
4.4754 of 5 stars
$227.86
-3.4%
$281.31
+23.5%
-10.6%$18.62B$2.10B-199.885,558Positive News
ZS
Zscaler
3.316 of 5 stars
$272.50
-5.8%
$296.82
+8.9%
+59.6%$42.43B$2.55B-1,048.087,348
CRM
Salesforce
4.9127 of 5 stars
$240.63
-3.4%
$348.16
+44.7%
-8.0%$230.04B$38.59B37.6676,453Trending News
Insider Trade
DT
Dynatrace
4.9032 of 5 stars
$46.83
-7.3%
$62.57
+33.6%
-0.5%$14.13B$1.70B29.275,200Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7983 of 5 stars
$462.18
-6.2%
$737.07
+59.5%
-9.8%$24.38B$2.63B-1,027.088,246Positive News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
NET
Cloudflare
4.2641 of 5 stars
$210.34
-2.4%
$186.88
-11.2%
+163.7%$72.91B$1.88B-618.644,263Positive News
NOW
ServiceNow
4.8891 of 5 stars
$872.31
-4.4%
$1,115.20
+27.8%
+5.7%$181.44B$10.98B109.8626,293Trending News
Insider Trade
PATH
UiPath
3.1575 of 5 stars
$10.92
-2.7%
$13.83
+26.7%
-5.7%$5.84B$1.43B-90.953,868Options Volume
PD
PagerDuty
3.8876 of 5 stars
$15.58
-3.9%
$19.75
+26.8%
-14.6%$1.42B$476.13M-38.941,242

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This page (NYSE:ESTC) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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