Datadog (DDOG) Competitors

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

Is SHOP or DDOG 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
Shopify	22.74%	12.00%	9.79%
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%

Do analysts prefer SHOP or DDOG?

Shopify currently has a consensus price target of $126.31, indicating a potential upside of 50.90%. Datadog has a consensus price target of $156.67, indicating a potential upside of 70.25%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than Shopify.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SHOP or DDOG?

Shopify has a beta of 2.82, suggesting that its stock price is 182% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SHOP or DDOG?

In the previous week, Shopify had 9 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Shopify and 36 mentions for Datadog. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Shopify's score of 0.92 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shopify	28 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Datadog	23 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SHOP or DDOG?

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
Shopify	$8.88B	12.21	$2.02B	$1.55	54.01
Datadog	$2.68B	11.75	$183.75M	$0.51	180.43

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SHOP or DDOG?

69.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog 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 MarketBeat Community believe in SHOP or DDOG?

Shopify received 1102 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
Shopify	Outperform Votes 1415 66.37%	Underperform Votes 717 33.63%
Datadog	Outperform Votes 313 66.17%	Underperform Votes 160 33.83%

Summary

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