DDOG vs. TTWO, SPLK, NET, DT, ESTC, NOW, SNPS, CRWD, CDNS, and SHOP
Should you be buying Datadog stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Datadog include Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Splunk (SPLK), Cloudflare (NET), Dynatrace (DT), Elastic (ESTC), ServiceNow (NOW), Synopsys (SNPS), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), and Shopify (SHOP).
Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Take-Two Interactive Software received 696 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.09% of users gave Take-Two Interactive Software an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote.
Datadog has a net margin of 5.11% compared to Datadog's net margin of -69.99%. Take-Two Interactive Software's return on equity of 7.48% beat Datadog's return on equity.
Take-Two Interactive Software currently has a consensus target price of $177.22, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Datadog has a consensus target price of $137.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.80%. Given Take-Two Interactive Software's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Take-Two Interactive Software.
95.5% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Datadog had 8 more articles in the media than Take-Two Interactive Software. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Datadog and 11 mentions for Take-Two Interactive Software. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Take-Two Interactive Software's score of 0.99 indicating that Take-Two Interactive Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Datadog has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Take-Two Interactive Software. Take-Two Interactive Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Take-Two Interactive Software has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Datadog beats Take-Two Interactive Software on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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