PagerDuty (PD) Competitors

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

Is PD or DDOG more profitable?

Datadog has a net margin of 4.13% compared to PagerDuty's net margin of -7.75%. Datadog's return on equity of 5.04% beat PagerDuty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PagerDuty	-7.75%	-8.73%	-1.32%
Datadog	4.13%	5.04%	2.59%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PD or DDOG?

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than PagerDuty. PagerDuty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, 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
PagerDuty	$467.50M	3.25	-$54.46M	-$0.40	-41.74
Datadog	$2.68B	17.05	$183.75M	$0.35	374.91

Which has more volatility & risk, PD or DDOG?

PagerDuty has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PD or DDOG?

PagerDuty presently has a consensus price target of $19.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $153.10, suggesting a potential upside of 16.68%. Given PagerDuty's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe PagerDuty is more favorable than Datadog.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PagerDuty	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Datadog	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PD or DDOG?

97.3% of PagerDuty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of PagerDuty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PD or DDOG?

In the previous week, Datadog had 18 more articles in the media than PagerDuty. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Datadog and 10 mentions for PagerDuty. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat PagerDuty's score of 1.02 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PagerDuty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Datadog	26 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Datadog beats PagerDuty on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.