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$106.30 -3.31 (-3.02%)
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ESTC vs. DDOG, HUBS, RBLX, TTD, WIT, VEEV, BIDU, EA, IOT, and ZS

Should you be buying Elastic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Elastic include Datadog (DDOG), HubSpot (HUBS), Roblox (RBLX), Trade Desk (TTD), Wipro (WIT), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Baidu (BIDU), Electronic Arts (EA), Samsara (IOT), and Zscaler (ZS). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Elastic vs.

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

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Elastic. Elastic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Datadog$2.68B15.15$183.75M$0.51234.66
Elastic$1.27B8.69$61.72M$0.55193.27

Datadog has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elastic has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Datadog has a net margin of 6.85% compared to Elastic's net margin of 4.39%. Datadog's return on equity of 8.28% beat Elastic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Datadog6.85% 8.28% 4.55%
Elastic 4.39%-13.20%-4.59%

Datadog currently has a consensus target price of $158.39, indicating a potential upside of 32.35%. Elastic has a consensus target price of $125.35, indicating a potential upside of 17.92%. Given Datadog's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Elastic.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Datadog
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
22 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Elastic
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Elastic received 34 more outperform votes than Datadog when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.10% of users gave Datadog an outperform vote while only 65.03% of users gave Elastic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DatadogOutperform Votes
310
66.10%
Underperform Votes
159
33.90%
ElasticOutperform Votes
344
65.03%
Underperform Votes
185
34.97%

In the previous week, Elastic had 3 more articles in the media than Datadog. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Elastic and 39 mentions for Datadog. Datadog's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Elastic's score of 0.17 indicating that Datadog is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Datadog
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Elastic
9 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

78.3% of Datadog shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of Elastic shares are held by institutional investors. 11.8% of Datadog shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Elastic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Datadog beats Elastic on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ESTC vs. The Competition

MetricElasticPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.02B$25.49B$26.59B$20.21B
Dividend YieldN/A1.82%2.74%3.64%
P/E Ratio193.2789.6339.6530.80
Price / Sales8.6910.802,562.2515.58
Price / CashN/A87.6535.3520.60
Price / Book14.529.586.874.90
Net Income$61.72M$434.20M$731.18M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.10%-4.43%-2.03%-1.05%
1 Month Performance5.06%1.03%-0.09%-1.09%
1 Year Performance-16.70%23.36%19.97%13.70%

Elastic Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESTC
Elastic
2.5546 of 5 stars
$106.30
-3.0%
$125.35
+17.9%
-12.4%$11.36B$1.27B193.273,187Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
DDOG
Datadog
4.9521 of 5 stars
$131.01
-3.6%
$158.39
+20.9%
-4.9%$44.51B$2.13B247.195,200Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
HUBS
HubSpot
4.6647 of 5 stars
$812.44
-0.9%
$863.96
+6.3%
+23.3%$41.94B$2.17B-3,008.927,663Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
RBLX
Roblox
2.7569 of 5 stars
$66.62
+1.7%
$64.19
-3.6%
+53.4%$40.48B$3.60B-45.952,457Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
4.2113 of 5 stars
$80.16
-2.1%
$120.97
+50.9%
-12.2%$39.56B$1.95B131.413,115Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Options Volume
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WIT
Wipro
2.0538 of 5 stars
$3.64
+0.1%
N/A-43.5%$38.01B$10.77B25.07234,054Positive News
VEEV
Veeva Systems
4.2376 of 5 stars
$234.09
0.0%
$253.96
+8.5%
+4.5%$38.00B$2.36B57.807,172Positive News
BIDU
Baidu
4.7894 of 5 stars
$97.48
+0.9%
$112.08
+15.0%
-15.0%$34.18B$18.96B11.9339,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EA
Electronic Arts
4.7122 of 5 stars
$129.40
-0.3%
$155.24
+20.0%
-7.3%$33.72B$7.56B32.9313,700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
IOT
Samsara
2.2016 of 5 stars
$58.98
+4.6%
$51.67
-12.4%
+67.1%$33.10B$1.18B-125.482,895
ZS
Zscaler
4.1051 of 5 stars
$212.70
-1.0%
$225.63
+6.1%
-7.2%$32.64B$2.17B-850.807,348Analyst Forecast
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ESTC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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