Elastic (ESTC) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ESTC or HUBS?

97.0% of Elastic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of HubSpot shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Elastic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of HubSpot shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ESTC or HUBS?

Elastic presently has a consensus target price of $127.48, suggesting a potential upside of 49.01%. HubSpot has a consensus target price of $772.56, suggesting a potential upside of 28.27%. Given Elastic's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Elastic is more favorable than HubSpot.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elastic	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
HubSpot	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has more risk & volatility, ESTC or HUBS?

Elastic has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HubSpot has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ESTC or HUBS?

In the previous week, HubSpot had 33 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for HubSpot and 18 mentions for Elastic. Elastic's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat HubSpot's score of 0.71 indicating that Elastic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elastic	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HubSpot	21 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESTC or HUBS?

HubSpot received 559 more outperform votes than Elastic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.90% of users gave HubSpot an outperform vote while only 65.93% of users gave Elastic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elastic	Outperform Votes 360 65.93%	Underperform Votes 186 34.07%
HubSpot	Outperform Votes 919 76.90%	Underperform Votes 276 23.10%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ESTC or HUBS?

Elastic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than HubSpot. Elastic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HubSpot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elastic	$1.43B	6.25	$61.72M	-$1.30	-65.81
HubSpot	$2.63B	12.07	$4.63M	$0.09	6,692.33

Is ESTC or HUBS more profitable?

Elastic has a net margin of 4.39% compared to HubSpot's net margin of 0.17%. HubSpot's return on equity of -0.07% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elastic	4.39%	-13.20%	-4.59%
HubSpot	0.17%	-0.07%	-0.04%

Summary

HubSpot beats Elastic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.