DDOG vs CRWV vs ANET Stock Comparison

Datadog, CoreWeave and Arista Networks Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$188.72 -31.7% 1M +19.8% 1Y
Market cap
$62.51B
P/E
238.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.28B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
2 wins
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc.
$48.42 -44.6% 1M -58.2% 1Y
Market cap
$23.29B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.59B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
1 win
ANET Arista Networks, Inc.
$178.49 -13.8% 1M +16.2% 1Y
Market cap
$204.35B
P/E
50.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.54B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Arista Networks leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Arista Networks 6, Datadog 2, CoreWeave 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDDOGCRWVANETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $62.51B $23.29B $204.35B ANET
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 238.6x -12.1x 50.5x ANET
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 69.4x — 44.7x ANET
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +33.2% +115.3% +32.6% CRWV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.1% -25.4% 38.4% ANET
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -1.2% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.5x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.8% -58.2% +16.2% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.3%/yr — +40.1%/yr ANET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 72.4% 97.3% 56.0% ANET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 48/100 65/100 DDOG

Percentile Scorecard

DDOGCRWVANET

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

AxisDDOGCRWVANET
Valuation 42 #72 of 124 66 #14 of 39 16 #94 of 112
Growth 98 #3 of 114 57 #16 of 36 85 #17 of 108
Profitability 76 #28 of 111 52 #17 of 34 92 #9 of 104
Financial Health 80 #27 of 128 38 #24 of 38 78 #26 of 116
Shareholder Returns 51 #36 of 73 29 #16 of 22 54 #40 of 85
Overall 69 48 65
  • DDOG ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • CRWV ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • ANET ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDDOGCRWVANETSPY
1 month -31.7%-44.6%-13.8% -1.0%
3 months -33.4%-46.1%-9.5% -0.4%
6 months +31.3%-64.9%+21.4% +4.5%
Year to date +38.8%-32.4%+36.2% +12.4%
1 year +19.8%-58.2%+16.2% +13.6%
3 years +130.0%—+236.0% +76.4%
3 years, per year +32.0%—+49.8% +20.8%
5 years +1.7%—+438.3% +63.7%
5 years, per year +0.3%—+40.1% +10.4%
10 years ——+3,325.9% +267.7%
10 years, per year ——+42.4% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureDDOGCRWVANETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 72.4%97.3%56.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.7%93.8%58.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.253.552.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.27-0.600.29 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.1%-73.6%-50.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.6%-64.9%-17.6% -1.6%
52-week high $293.26$137.98$216.61 $779.14
52-week low $102.61$48.42$116.13 $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.

MultipleDDOGCRWVANET
P/E now vs peer median 258.3xmedian 41.0x -13.8xmedian 28.9x 55.6xmedian 28.1x
P/S now vs peer median 15.9xmedian 4.4x 3.5xmedian 3.7x 21.4xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 245.1xmedian 28.9x 6.4xmedian 22.5x 45.6xmedian 18.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 55.5xmedian 23.9x -2.0xmedian 16.4x 43.7xmedian 26.6x
P/B now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 3.1x 5.3xmedian 3.4x 15.2xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.37median 1.36 —median 1.27 1.69median 1.11

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 monthsDDOGCRWVANET
Revenue $4.28B $7.59B $10.54B
Gross profit $3.40B $5.12B $6.64B
Operating income $96.84M -$230.74M $4.55B
Net income $262.02M -$1.93B $4.04B
Free cash flow $1.23B -$13.66B $5.16B
R&D $1.82B – $1.37B
EPS (diluted) $0.70 $-3.50 $3.17
Cash & equivalents $881.23M $5.52B $2.29B
Total debt – $3.66B –
Shares (diluted) 375.01M 551.00M 1.28B
Enterprise value $43.06B $10.38B $157.80B

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
MetricDDOGCRWVANET
P/E 258.3x -13.8x 55.6x
P/FCF 55.5x -2.0x 43.7x
P/Operating cash flow 53.8x 3.9x 42.4x
P/S 15.9x 3.5x 21.4x
P/B 14.4x 5.3x 15.2x
P/Tangible book 14.5x 5.6x 15.2x
EV/EBITDA 245.1x 6.4x 45.6x
EV/EBIT 649.5x -107.5x 46.6x
EV/Revenue 14.7x 3.3x 20.1x
EV/FCF 51.3x -1.8x 41.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 49.6x 3.6x 39.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.37 – 1.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDDOGCRWVANET
Revenue growth (1Y) 33.2% 115.3% 32.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.7% – 26.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 32.6% 94.9% 30.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.5% – 28.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 318.4% -204.2% 32.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 44.4% – 33.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 145.4% -89.8% 24.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 112.6% – 33.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 136.9% -50.8% 23.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 109.0% – 32.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.3% 983.6% 31.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.8% – 75.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.5% -72.1% 29.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 32.5% – 76.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDDOGCRWVANET
Gross margin 79.6% 67.4% 63.0%
EBITDA margin 6.0% 51.2% 44.0%
Operating margin 2.3% -3.0% 43.1%
Pretax margin 6.7% -25.3% 47.3%
Net margin 6.1% -25.4% 38.4%
FCF margin 28.7% -179.9% 48.9%
Operating cash flow margin 29.6% 91.1% 50.3%
Return on equity 5.8% -39.4% 28.6%
Return on assets 3.4% -2.9% 17.8%
Return on invested capital – -1.2% –
Return on capital employed 1.6% -0.5% 28.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.1x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.8x -3.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 20.1% 8.2% 4.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDDOGCRWVANET
Debt / assets – 4.8% –
Debt / equity – 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.5x –
Debt / FCF – -0.3x –
Liabilities / assets 39.8% 93.5% 37.6%
Equity / assets 60.2% 6.5% 62.4%
Interest coverage 7.9x – –
Current ratio 3.5x 0.5x 3.0x
Quick ratio 3.5x 0.4x 2.3x
Cash ratio 2.9x 0.3x 2.0x
Altman Z-score 14.42 0.06 17.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDDOGCRWVANET
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% -11.3% 0.2%
Shareholder yield -0.1% -11.3% 0.2%
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.

ConsensusDDOGCRWVANET
Forward P/E 69.4xFY2026 – 44.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.72FY2026 $-3.88FY2026 $3.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.7%FY2026 – +33.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% – +36.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.18BFY2026 $13.22BFY2026 $13.21BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.7%FY2026 +157.7%FY2026 +46.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.9% +113.8% +22.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDDOGCRWVANET
Held by institutions 84.3% 87.2% 71.2%
Institutions holding 1,268 964 2,259
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.1% +27.1% +2.3%
Institutions buying 739 691 1,330
Institutions selling 434 172 735
Buyers to sellers 1.70 4.02 1.81

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.

DDOGCRWVANET
DDOG 1.00 0.19 0.21
CRWV 0.19 1.00 0.47
ANET 0.21 0.47 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DDOG, CRWV and ANET?

Arista Networks (ANET) is the largest by market capitalisation: Datadog (DDOG) $62.51B, CoreWeave (CRWV) $23.29B, Arista Networks (ANET) $204.35B.

Which stock is cheaper, DDOG, CRWV and ANET?

Arista Networks (ANET) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Datadog (DDOG) 238.6x, CoreWeave (CRWV) -12.1x, Arista Networks (ANET) 50.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Arista Networks (ANET) is cheapest (Datadog (DDOG) 69.4x, Arista Networks (ANET) 44.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CoreWeave (CRWV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Datadog (DDOG) +33.2%, CoreWeave (CRWV) +115.3%, Arista Networks (ANET) +32.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Arista Networks (ANET) has the highest net margin (Datadog (DDOG) 6.1%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -25.4%, Arista Networks (ANET) 38.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Datadog (DDOG) +19.8%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -58.2%, Arista Networks (ANET) +16.2%. Over five years, Arista Networks (ANET) compounded fastest (Datadog (DDOG) +0.3%/yr, Arista Networks (ANET) +40.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Arista Networks (ANET) has been the steadiest (Datadog (DDOG) 72.4%, CoreWeave (CRWV) 97.3%, Arista Networks (ANET) 56.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.