Datadog (DDOG) Competitors

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, DDOG or SHOP?

Datadog has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DDOG or SHOP?

Datadog currently has a consensus price target of $158.70, suggesting a potential upside of 51.10%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $126.31, suggesting a potential upside of 21.12%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Shopify.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Datadog	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Shopify	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has better valuation & earnings, DDOG or SHOP?

Shopify has higher revenue and earnings than Datadog. Shopify 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
Datadog	$2.68B	13.41	$183.75M	$0.51	205.94
Shopify	$8.88B	15.21	$2.02B	$1.55	67.29

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DDOG or SHOP?

Shopify received 1104 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 66.17% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Datadog	Outperform Votes 311 66.17%	Underperform Votes 159 33.83%
Shopify	Outperform Votes 1415 66.37%	Underperform Votes 717 33.63%

Is DDOG or SHOP more profitable?

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Datadog's net margin of 6.85%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Datadog's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%
Shopify	22.74%	12.00%	9.79%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DDOG or SHOP?

78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to DDOG or SHOP?

In the previous week, Shopify had 32 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Shopify and 30 mentions for Datadog. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Shopify's score of 1.09 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Datadog	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Shopify	40 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Shopify beats Datadog on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.