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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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, Elastic had 25 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Elastic and 39 mentions for Datadog. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Elastic's score of 0.70 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Elastic
30 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Datadog
27 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Elastic has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% 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% -1.73% -0.63%
Datadog 4.13%5.04%2.59%

Elastic currently has a consensus target price of $120.20, suggesting a potential upside of 41.31%. Datadog has a consensus target price of $153.10, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. 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
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

97.0% of Elastic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.7% of Elastic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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$1.48B6.09-$108.11M-$0.80-106.33
Datadog$2.68B17.45$183.75M$0.35383.74

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$9.04B$19.05B$29.57B$21.12B
Dividend YieldN/A3.40%3.18%3.49%
P/E Ratio-106.3077.92416.3028.93
Price / Sales6.0962.391,683.9349.78
Price / Cash174.6486.8034.2818.27
Price / Book9.588.196.984.56
Net Income-$108.11M$350.48M$807.18M$997.71M
7 Day Performance9.34%-0.23%-0.59%-0.32%
1 Month Performance6.82%2.61%3.53%6.15%
1 Year Performance11.64%56.83%23,981.78%10.92%

Elastic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESTC
Elastic
3.5885 of 5 stars
$85.06
+0.0%
$120.20
+41.3%
+11.8%$9.04B$1.48B-106.303,537News Coverage
Positive News
DDOG
Datadog
4.7834 of 5 stars
$140.96
+7.0%
$153.10
+8.6%
+17.6%$49.16B$2.68B402.756,500Positive News
TEAM
Atlassian
4.7744 of 5 stars
$176.78
+2.9%
$256.90
+45.3%
+7.4%$46.38B$5.22B-178.568,810Positive News
ZS
Zscaler
3.7658 of 5 stars
$280.42
+2.7%
$296.49
+5.7%
+38.5%$43.66B$2.55B-1,078.544,980Trending News
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CRM
Salesforce
4.9362 of 5 stars
$254.79
+1.9%
$340.54
+33.7%
+1.4%$243.58B$37.90B39.8773,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DT
Dynatrace
4.9638 of 5 stars
$50.88
+1.5%
$62.72
+23.3%
-0.1%$15.34B$1.70B31.215,200Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
HUBS
HubSpot
4.8659 of 5 stars
$476.43
+1.5%
$726.04
+52.4%
-3.2%$25.10B$2.85B-2,071.418,246Positive News
NET
Cloudflare
3.9544 of 5 stars
$213.26
+3.9%
$191.28
-10.3%
+154.4%$74.32B$1.67B-627.243,220Positive News
NOW
ServiceNow
4.7603 of 5 stars
$928.80
+4.6%
$1,115.20
+20.1%
+7.4%$193.19B$10.98B116.9820,400Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PATH
UiPath
2.8067 of 5 stars
$11.25
+1.0%
$13.83
+22.9%
-13.7%$6.02B$1.43B-93.773,868Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PD
PagerDuty
2.5931 of 5 stars
$16.92
-0.2%
$19.75
+16.7%
-15.5%$1.54B$467.50M-42.311,242News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
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