ESTC vs. NET, RBLX, EA, HUBS, WIT, VEEV, BIDU, ZS, GDDY, and IOT
Should you be buying Elastic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elastic include Cloudflare (NET), Roblox (RBLX), Electronic Arts (EA), HubSpot (HUBS), Wipro (WIT), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Baidu (BIDU), Zscaler (ZS), GoDaddy (GDDY), and Samsara (IOT). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Elastic vs.
Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) and Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Elastic has a net margin of 4.39% compared to Cloudflare's net margin of -5.97%. Cloudflare's return on equity of -7.18% beat Elastic's return on equity.
Elastic received 159 more outperform votes than Cloudflare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Elastic an outperform vote while only 49.60% of users gave Cloudflare an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cloudflare had 14 more articles in the media than Elastic. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cloudflare and 9 mentions for Elastic. Cloudflare's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Elastic's score of 0.79 indicating that Cloudflare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Elastic presently has a consensus price target of $125.70, suggesting a potential upside of 25.09%. Cloudflare has a consensus price target of $107.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.65%. Given Elastic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Elastic is more favorable than Cloudflare.
Elastic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cloudflare. Cloudflare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elastic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Elastic has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cloudflare has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of Elastic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cloudflare shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Elastic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Cloudflare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Elastic beats Cloudflare on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ESTC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
