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ESTC vs. DDOG, TEAM, 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), Atlassian (TEAM), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

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$1.55B6.11-$108.11M-$0.80-111.45
Datadog$3.02B16.05$183.75M$0.35396.63

In the previous week, Datadog had 16 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Datadog and 19 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Datadog's score of 1.09 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Elastic
17 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Datadog
25 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Elastic has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Datadog has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Elastic's net margin of -5.38%. Datadog's return on equity of 5.04% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Elastic-5.38% -1.68% -0.62%
Datadog 4.13%5.04%2.59%

97.0% of Elastic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Elastic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Datadog shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Elastic presently has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.59%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $153.10, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. Given Elastic's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Elastic is more favorable than Datadog.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Elastic
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
Datadog
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Summary

Datadog beats Elastic on 12 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$9.48B$20.58B$32.13B$21.55B
Dividend YieldN/A3.53%3.16%3.50%
P/E Ratio-111.4579.94450.6029.98
Price / Sales6.11110.101,985.7279.17
Price / Cash178.8784.3737.2024.62
Price / Book9.759.287.594.59
Net Income-$108.11M$355.93M$809.77M$999.97M
7 Day Performance1.77%3.69%4.15%0.89%
1 Month Performance14.72%11.10%9.17%5.35%
1 Year Performance16.85%87.50%24,222.83%14.33%

Elastic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESTC
Elastic
3.7889 of 5 stars
$89.16
-0.5%
$120.00
+34.6%
+19.5%$9.48B$1.55B-111.453,537Insider Trade
DDOG
Datadog
4.5668 of 5 stars
$139.15
+0.0%
$153.10
+10.0%
+20.9%$48.53B$2.68B397.586,500Positive News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7318 of 5 stars
$176.71
+1.4%
$255.45
+44.6%
+6.1%$46.36B$5.22B-178.4913,813Trending News
Insider Trade
ZS
Zscaler
4.1019 of 5 stars
$286.66
+2.8%
$307.00
+7.1%
+72.7%$44.63B$2.67B-1,061.707,348Insider Trade
CRM
Salesforce
4.9792 of 5 stars
$246.26
+1.5%
$332.58
+35.1%
-3.2%$234.44B$37.90B35.7976,453Positive News
Insider Trade
DT
Dynatrace
4.8983 of 5 stars
$49.03
+2.9%
$62.72
+27.9%
-6.3%$14.78B$1.70B30.085,200Positive News
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7553 of 5 stars
$496.90
+1.6%
$722.93
+45.5%
+2.0%$26.18B$2.63B-2,160.428,246Positive News
Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.8669 of 5 stars
$224.86
+0.8%
$191.28
-14.9%
+186.3%$78.36B$1.67B-661.354,263Positive News
NOW
ServiceNow
4.7439 of 5 stars
$940.23
+1.8%
$1,115.20
+18.6%
+6.2%$195.57B$10.98B118.4226,293Positive News
PATH
UiPath
2.5988 of 5 stars
$11.70
+0.8%
$13.18
+12.6%
-1.0%$6.26B$1.43B390.003,868Insider Trade
PD
PagerDuty
3.7566 of 5 stars
$16.61
+4.2%
$18.70
+12.6%
-6.2%$1.55B$467.50M-103.811,242Positive News
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:ESTC) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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