ANET vs DDOG vs ESTC Stock Comparison

Arista Networks, Datadog and Elastic Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ANET Arista Networks, Inc.
$177.20 -14.2% 1M +15.2% 1Y
Market cap
$236.06B
P/E
58.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.54B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
5 wins
DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$280.24 +4.5% 1M +79.1% 1Y
Market cap
$100.03B
P/E
563.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
1 win
ESTC Elastic N.V.
$106.26 +20.7% 1M +20.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.02B
P/E
29.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Arista Networks leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Arista Networks 5, Elastic 3, Datadog 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionANETDDOGESTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $236.06B $100.03B $11.02B ANET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 58.4x 563.3x 29.3x ESTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 44.4x 103.0x 30.3x ESTC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.6% +31.5% +16.2% ANET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 38.4% 4.5% 20.8% ANET
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 0.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -10.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.2% +79.1% +20.5% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +47.8%/yr +12.3%/yr -8.8%/yr ANET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.8% 69.2% 58.2% ANET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 65/100 71/100 ESTC

Percentile Scorecard

ANETDDOGESTC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisANETDDOGESTC
Valuation 21 #88 of 111 30 #87 of 124 70 #38 of 124
Growth 85 #17 of 108 89 #13 of 113 82 #21 of 113
Profitability 92 #9 of 104 75 #28 of 110 66 #38 of 110
Financial Health 77 #27 of 115 77 #30 of 129 53 #61 of 129
Shareholder Returns 59 #34 of 81 53 #32 of 67 85 #11 of 67
Overall 67 65 71
  • ANET ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ESTC ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodANETDDOGESTCSPY
1 month -14.2%+4.5%+20.7% -0.8%
3 months +3.8%+11.3%+73.6% +3.5%
6 months +2.7%+111.2%+122.2% +7.0%
Year to date +35.2%+106.1%+40.9% +12.2%
1 year +15.2%+79.1%+20.5% +13.0%
3 years +302.3%+243.1%+40.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +59.1%+50.9%+12.1% +23.1%
5 years +604.0%+78.4%-37.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year +47.8%+12.3%-8.8% +11.0%
10 years +3,268.8%—— +258.0%
10 years, per year +42.2%—— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureANETDDOGESTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.8%69.2%58.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.7%59.7%59.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.261.281.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.281.140.35 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.4%-68.1%-76.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.2%-4.4%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $216.61$293.26$106.26 $779.14
52-week low $116.13$102.61$43.30 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleANETDDOGESTC
P/E now vs peer median 55.2xmedian 32.0x 562.2xmedian 38.1x 29.6xmedian 38.1x
P/S now vs peer median 21.2xmedian 2.8x 25.4xmedian 4.3x 6.2xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 45.3xmedian 19.4x 583.5xmedian 35.4x 124.2xmedian 35.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 43.4xmedian 29.0x 85.1xmedian 27.1x 32.0xmedian 27.1x
P/B now vs peer median 15.1xmedian 2.9x 23.0xmedian 3.4x 8.6xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.68median 1.13 9.89median 1.27 0.55median 1.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsANETDDOGESTC
Revenue $10.54B $3.97B $1.80B
Gross profit $6.64B $3.15B $1.36B
Operating income $4.55B $16.33M -$47.61M
Net income $4.04B $177.58M $375.64M
Free cash flow $5.16B $1.18B $349.04M
R&D $1.37B $1.73B $455.30M
EPS (diluted) $3.17 $0.48 $3.59
Cash & equivalents $2.29B $434.96M $879.87M
Total debt – – $571.20M
Shares (diluted) 1.28B 371.02M 104.64M
Enterprise value $189.52B $81.67B $5.55B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricANETDDOGESTC
P/E 55.2x 562.2x 29.6x
P/FCF 43.4x 85.1x 32.0x
P/Operating cash flow 42.1x 81.8x 31.5x
P/S 21.2x 25.4x 6.2x
P/B 15.1x 23.0x 8.6x
P/Tangible book 15.1x 23.2x 8.7x
EV/EBITDA 45.3x 583.5x 124.2x
EV/EBIT 46.2x 5,855x -215.9x
EV/Revenue 19.9x 24.1x 5.7x
EV/FCF 40.8x 80.9x 29.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.6x 77.8x 29.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.68 9.89 0.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricANETDDOGESTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.6% 31.5% 16.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 26.1% 27.9% 17.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.0% 30.8% 16.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 28.0% 18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 32.6% 189.5% -56.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.7% 28.7% 37.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 24.4% 42.5% 549.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 33.3% 60.5% 55.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 23.9% 37.8% 555.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 32.9% 56.8% 53.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 31.1% 27.3% 11.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 75.4% 36.3% 62.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 29.7% 27.7% 11.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 76.0% 37.6% 63.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricANETDDOGESTC
Gross margin 63.0% 79.5% 75.5%
EBITDA margin 44.0% 4.1% 4.6%
Operating margin 43.1% 0.4% -2.6%
Pretax margin 47.3% 5.0% -1.1%
Net margin 38.4% 4.5% 20.8%
FCF margin 48.9% 29.8% 19.4%
Operating cash flow margin 50.3% 31.0% 19.6%
Return on equity 28.6% 4.2% 29.2%
Return on assets 17.8% 2.4% 12.2%
Return on invested capital – – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 28.7% 0.3% -2.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 6.9x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 4.8% 20.7% 16.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricANETDDOGESTC
Debt / assets – – 19.0%
Debt / equity – – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -10.8x
Debt / FCF – – 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 37.6% 42.1% 56.8%
Equity / assets 62.4% 57.9% 43.2%
Interest coverage – 1.4x -1.9x
Current ratio 3.0x 3.2x 1.8x
Quick ratio 2.3x 3.2x 1.6x
Cash ratio 2.0x 2.7x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 17.47 20.21 4.47

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricANETDDOGESTC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.3% -0.1% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 0.3% -0.1% 3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusANETDDOGESTC
Forward P/E 44.4xFY2026 103.0xFY2026 30.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.99FY2026 $2.72FY2026 $3.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +33.9%FY2026 +32.7%FY2026 +36.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +36.1% +1.8% +19.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.21BFY2026 $4.18BFY2026 $1.88BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +46.6%FY2026 +21.7%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +22.3% +24.9% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersANETDDOGESTC
Held by institutions 71.2% 90.4% 86.4%
Institutions holding 2,254 1,265 371
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +6.1% +1.7%
Institutions buying 1,328 738 199
Institutions selling 732 432 129
Buyers to sellers 1.81 1.71 1.54

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ANETDDOGESTC
ANET 1.00 0.21 0.11
DDOG 0.21 1.00 0.50
ESTC 0.11 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ANET, DDOG and ESTC?

Arista Networks (ANET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Arista Networks (ANET) $236.06B, Datadog (DDOG) $100.03B, Elastic (ESTC) $11.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, ANET, DDOG and ESTC?

Elastic (ESTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arista Networks (ANET) 58.4x, Datadog (DDOG) 563.3x, Elastic (ESTC) 29.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Elastic (ESTC) is cheapest (Arista Networks (ANET) 44.4x, Datadog (DDOG) 103.0x, Elastic (ESTC) 30.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Arista Networks (ANET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arista Networks (ANET) +32.6%, Datadog (DDOG) +31.5%, Elastic (ESTC) +16.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arista Networks (ANET) has the highest net margin (Arista Networks (ANET) 38.4%, Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, Elastic (ESTC) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Arista Networks (ANET) +15.2%, Datadog (DDOG) +79.1%, Elastic (ESTC) +20.5%. Over five years, Arista Networks (ANET) compounded fastest (Arista Networks (ANET) +47.8%/yr, Datadog (DDOG) +12.3%/yr, Elastic (ESTC) -8.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arista Networks (ANET) has been the steadiest (Arista Networks (ANET) 54.8%, Datadog (DDOG) 69.2%, Elastic (ESTC) 58.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ANET, DDOG and ESTC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Arista Networks (ANET) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.