Dropbox (DBX) Competitors

Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

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

94.8% of Dropbox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.6% of Dropbox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DBX or DDOG more profitable?

Dropbox has a net margin of 17.75% compared to Datadog's net margin of 6.85%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Dropbox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dropbox	17.75%	-132.63%	19.58%
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DBX or DDOG?

Dropbox has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Datadog. Dropbox 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
Dropbox	$2.55B	3.19	$453.60M	$1.41	19.10
Datadog	$2.68B	11.82	$183.75M	$0.51	181.47

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DBX or DDOG?

Dropbox received 39 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.11% of users gave Dropbox an outperform vote while only 66.39% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dropbox	Outperform Votes 355 67.11%	Underperform Votes 174 32.89%
Datadog	Outperform Votes 316 66.39%	Underperform Votes 160 33.61%

Do analysts rate DBX or DDOG?

Dropbox presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.74%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $153.41, suggesting a potential upside of 65.76%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Dropbox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dropbox	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Datadog	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84

Which has more volatility & risk, DBX or DDOG?

Dropbox has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DBX or DDOG?

In the previous week, Datadog had 27 more articles in the media than Dropbox. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Datadog and 15 mentions for Dropbox. Dropbox's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Datadog's score of 0.70 indicating that Dropbox is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dropbox	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Datadog	22 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Datadog beats Dropbox on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.