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$86.05 +0.08 (+0.09%)
As of 04/30/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

ESTC vs. DDOG, ZS, BIDU, WIT, HUBS, SRAD, TTD, GDDY, CHKP, and ZM

Should you be buying Elastic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elastic include Datadog (DDOG), Zscaler (ZS), Baidu (BIDU), Wipro (WIT), HubSpot (HUBS), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Trade Desk (TTD), GoDaddy (GDDY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), and Zoom Video Communications (ZM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Elastic vs.

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

In the previous week, Datadog had 16 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Datadog and 16 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Datadog's score of 1.10 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Elastic
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Datadog currently has a consensus target price of $150.33, indicating a potential upside of 47.15%. Elastic has a consensus target price of $127.48, indicating a potential upside of 48.14%. 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
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
Elastic
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Elastic received 43 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.32% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 65.93% of users gave Elastic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DatadogOutperform Votes
317
66.32%
Underperform Votes
161
33.68%
ElasticOutperform Votes
360
65.93%
Underperform Votes
186
34.07%

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$2.68B13.05$183.75M$0.51200.31
Elastic$1.43B6.28$61.72M-$1.30-66.19

78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Elastic shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Elastic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Datadog has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elastic has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Datadog has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Elastic's net margin of 4.39%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog6.85% 8.28% 4.55%
Elastic 4.39%-13.20%-4.59%

Summary

Datadog beats Elastic on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESTC vs. The Competition

MetricElasticPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.98B$23.96B$23.05B$18.97B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%2.98%4.03%
P/E Ratio156.45114.1542.1332.71
Price / Sales6.2817.722,076.9927.84
Price / CashN/A86.0634.7217.53
Price / Book11.768.556.134.47
Net Income$61.72M$440.05M$738.82M$1.02B
7 Day Performance11.05%12.41%3.57%2.26%
1 Month Performance-6.01%4.19%2.07%-2.86%
1 Year Performance-15.84%14.52%52,586.99%5.48%

Elastic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESTC
Elastic
3.3159 of 5 stars
$86.05
+0.1%
$127.48
+48.1%
-15.8%$8.98B$1.43B156.452,980Positive News
Gap Down
DDOG
Datadog
4.8556 of 5 stars
$88.13
-3.3%
$150.33
+70.6%
-18.6%$30.21B$2.68B172.814,800Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Down
ZS
Zscaler
3.5156 of 5 stars
$192.91
-4.1%
$234.77
+21.7%
+30.8%$29.85B$2.42B-771.644,980Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
BIDU
Baidu
4.9094 of 5 stars
$82.54
-0.1%
$110.83
+34.3%
-15.1%$28.94B$133.13B9.0045,500
WIT
Wipro
1.7804 of 5 stars
$2.72
+0.7%
N/A-47.0%$28.44B$887.93B18.76240,000
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7014 of 5 stars
$512.42
-5.1%
$818.04
+59.6%
+1.2%$26.72B$2.63B5,694.197,430Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
SRAD
Sportradar Group
3.2503 of 5 stars
$22.78
-4.9%
$26.91
+18.1%
+148.0%$25.35B$1.11B113.912,960Positive News
TTD
Trade Desk
3.6589 of 5 stars
$47.68
-5.1%
$104.10
+118.3%
-35.3%$23.65B$2.44B61.132,770Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.53 of 5 stars
$164.69
-4.1%
$210.73
+28.0%
+53.9%$23.28B$4.57B25.536,910Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
Positive News
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.2825 of 5 stars
$207.14
-3.6%
$235.50
+13.7%
+46.9%$22.78B$2.57B27.735,800Analyst Revision
ZM
Zoom Video Communications
4.2147 of 5 stars
$69.87
-2.3%
$86.62
+24.0%
+26.9%$21.33B$4.67B23.298,480Insider Trade
Positive News

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