CHOW vs DDOG vs OTEX Stock Comparison

ChowChow Cloud International Holdings, Datadog and Open Text Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$280.24 +4.5% 1M +79.1% 1Y
Market cap
$98.69B
P/E
555.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
5 wins
OTEX Open Text Corp
$27.63 +22.7% 1M -29.8% 1Y
Market cap
$6.80B
P/E
10.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
–
Productivity Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Datadog leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Datadog 5, Open Text 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHOWDDOGOTEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $78.10M $98.69B $6.80B DDOG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -22.1x 555.7x 10.6x OTEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 103.0x 6.7x OTEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +31.5% +1.5% DDOG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 4.5% 12.3% OTEX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 8.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -74.9% +79.1% -29.8% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +12.3%/yr -11.1%/yr DDOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 346.2% 69.2% 38.8% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 65/100 58/100 DDOG

Percentile Scorecard

CHOWDDOGOTEX

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

AxisCHOWDDOGOTEX
Valuation 6 #47 of 50 30 #87 of 124 86 #5 of 29
Growth – 89 #13 of 113 42 #16 of 27
Profitability – 75 #28 of 110 68 #9 of 26
Financial Health 84 #11 of 62 77 #30 of 129 13 #27 of 31
Shareholder Returns – 53 #32 of 67 81 #4 of 17
Overall – 65 58
  • CHOW ranked among 66 companies in Technology Services
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • OTEX ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCHOWDDOGOTEXSPY
1 month +203.0%+4.5%+22.7% -0.8%
3 months +455.6%+11.3%+17.0% +3.5%
6 months +359.8%+111.2%+22.7% +7.0%
Year to date +228.9%+106.1%-15.2% +12.2%
1 year -74.9%+79.1%-29.8% +13.0%
3 years —+243.1%-14.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+50.9%-5.2% +23.1%
5 years —+78.4%-44.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+12.3%-11.1% +11.0%
10 years ——-11.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——-1.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCHOWDDOGOTEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 346.2%69.2%38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 288.0%59.7%40.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.161.280.83 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.221.14-0.77 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.3%-68.1%-61.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -82.9%-4.4%-30.4% -1.8%
52-week high $11.70$293.26$39.69 $779.14
52-week low $0.21$102.61$20.01 $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.

MultipleCHOWDDOGOTEX
P/E now vs peer median -22.1xmedian 17.9x 562.2xmedian 38.1x 10.7xmedian 31.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 0.7x 25.4xmedian 4.3x 1.3xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.0x 583.5xmedian 35.4x 6.7xmedian 11.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -9.8xmedian 12.1x 85.1xmedian 27.1x 8.3xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 8.1xmedian 1.4x 23.0xmedian 3.4x 1.7xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.49 9.89median 1.27 0.16median 0.77

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 monthsCHOWDDOGOTEX
Revenue – $3.97B $5.25B
Gross profit – $3.15B $3.87B
Operating income – $16.33M $1.08B
Net income – $177.58M $643.26M
Free cash flow – $1.18B $807.52M
R&D – $1.73B $647.71M
EPS (diluted) – $0.48 $2.58
Cash & equivalents $2.78M $434.96M $956.02M
Total debt – – $5.77B
Shares (diluted) 33.38M 371.02M 249.37M
Enterprise value $78.10M $80.33B $2.23B

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
MetricCHOWDDOGOTEX
P/E -22.1x 562.2x 10.7x
P/FCF -9.8x 85.1x 8.3x
P/Operating cash flow – 81.8x 6.6x
P/S 2.2x 25.4x 1.3x
P/B 8.1x 23.0x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 8.3x 23.2x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA – 583.5x 6.7x
EV/EBIT – 5,855x 10.6x
EV/Revenue – 24.1x 2.2x
EV/FCF – 80.9x 14.2x
EV/Operating cash flow – 77.8x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 9.89 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHOWDDOGOTEX
Revenue growth (1Y) – 31.5% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 27.9% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 30.8% 3.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 28.0% 6.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 189.5% 21.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 28.7% 28.0%
Net income growth (1Y) – 42.5% 47.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 60.5% 62.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 37.8% 56.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 56.8% 66.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 27.3% 21.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 36.3% 8.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 27.7% 17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 37.6% 7.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHOWDDOGOTEX
Gross margin – 79.5% 73.7%
EBITDA margin – 4.1% 32.6%
Operating margin – 0.4% 20.6%
Pretax margin – 5.0% 16.4%
Net margin – 4.5% 12.3%
FCF margin – 29.8% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 31.0% 19.2%
Return on equity – 4.2% 16.1%
Return on assets – 2.4% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – – 8.1%
Return on capital employed – 0.3% 10.2%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 6.9x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 20.7% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHOWDDOGOTEX
Debt / assets 4.9% – 44.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.8x
Debt / FCF – – 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 30.1% 42.1% 69.4%
Equity / assets 69.9% 57.9% 30.6%
Interest coverage – 1.4x –
Current ratio 3.4x 3.2x 0.8x
Quick ratio 2.8x 3.2x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.9x 2.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 20.21 1.28

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHOWDDOGOTEX
Dividend yield – – 4.0%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% 6.2%
Shareholder yield – -0.1% 10.2%
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.

ConsensusCHOWDDOGOTEX
Forward P/E – 103.0xFY2026 6.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.72FY2026 $4.15FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +32.7%FY2026 -4.8%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +1.8% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $4.18BFY2026 $5.05BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY – +21.7%FY2026 -2.5%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after – +24.9% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHOWDDOGOTEX
Held by institutions – 90.4% 81.5%
Institutions holding – 1,265 270
Change in shares held, QoQ – +6.1% +6.5%
Institutions buying – 738 159
Institutions selling – 432 82
Buyers to sellers – 1.71 1.94

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.

CHOWDDOGOTEX
CHOW 1.00 0.07 -0.08
DDOG 0.07 1.00 0.33
OTEX -0.08 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHOW, DDOG and OTEX?

Datadog (DDOG) is the largest by market capitalisation: ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) $78.10M, Datadog (DDOG) $98.69B, Open Text (OTEX) $6.80B.

Which stock is cheaper, CHOW, DDOG and OTEX?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) -22.1x, Datadog (DDOG) 555.7x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Open Text (OTEX) is cheapest (Datadog (DDOG) 103.0x, Open Text (OTEX) 6.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Datadog (DDOG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Datadog (DDOG) +31.5%, Open Text (OTEX) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Open Text (OTEX) has the highest net margin (Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, Open Text (OTEX) 12.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) -74.9%, Datadog (DDOG) +79.1%, Open Text (OTEX) -29.8%. Over five years, Datadog (DDOG) compounded fastest (Datadog (DDOG) +12.3%/yr, Open Text (OTEX) -11.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Open Text (OTEX) has been the steadiest (ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) 346.2%, Datadog (DDOG) 69.2%, Open Text (OTEX) 38.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHOW, DDOG and OTEX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Datadog (DDOG) 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.