DDOG vs CSCO vs CRWV Stock Comparison

Datadog, Cisco Systems and CoreWeave Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$269.65 +7.2% 1M +72.2% 1Y
Market cap
$99.86B
P/E
562.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
2 wins
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
$106.50 +0.1% 1M +51.6% 1Y
Market cap
$436.07B
P/E
32.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$63.33B
Div. yield
–
Networking Equipment Technology
7 wins
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc.
$54.24 -37.6% 1M -56.0% 1Y
Market cap
$30.42B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$7.59B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cisco Systems leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Cisco Systems 7, CoreWeave 2, Datadog 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDDOGCSCOCRWVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $99.86B $436.07B $30.42B CSCO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 562.3x 32.9x -15.8x CSCO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 99.5x 22.5x — CSCO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.5% +11.8% +115.3% CRWV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% 21.0% -25.4% CSCO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 15.9% -1.2% CSCO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x -0.5x CRWV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +72.2% +51.6% -56.0% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.7%/yr +14.1%/yr — CSCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.9% 35.4% 95.9% CSCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 53/100 49/100 DDOG

Percentile Scorecard

DDOGCSCOCRWV

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

AxisDDOGCSCOCRWV
Valuation 31 #86 of 124 32 #77 of 112 65 #14 of 38
Growth 89 #13 of 113 40 #66 of 109 57 #16 of 36
Profitability 75 #28 of 110 88 #14 of 105 52 #17 of 34
Financial Health 77 #31 of 129 28 #84 of 117 41 #23 of 38
Shareholder Returns 52 #33 of 68 77 #20 of 82 29 #16 of 22
Overall 65 53 49
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • CSCO ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CRWV ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDDOGCSCOCRWVSPY
1 month +7.2%+0.1%-37.6% -1.0%
3 months +9.2%-6.7%-24.5% +2.9%
6 months +108.3%+19.6%-50.8% +6.4%
Year to date +98.3%+38.3%-24.3% +11.4%
1 year +72.2%+51.6%-56.0% +13.1%
3 years +206.9%+100.9%— +79.4%
3 years, per year +45.4%+26.2%— +21.5%
5 years +66.1%+93.2%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +10.7%+14.1%— +10.9%
10 years —+253.2%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —+13.5%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureDDOGCSCOCRWVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.9%35.4%95.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.5%37.3%92.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.261.093.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.051.46-0.58 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.1%-38.6%-70.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.1%-18.1%-61.2% -2.5%
52-week high $293.26$130.00$139.93 $779.14
52-week low $102.61$70.27$54.24 $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.

MultipleDDOGCSCOCRWV
P/E now vs peer median 540.9xmedian 37.4x 31.7xmedian 31.3x -15.5xmedian 29.1x
P/S now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 4.4x 6.6xmedian 2.6x 3.9xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 560.3xmedian 35.0x 24.2xmedian 19.6x 7.2xmedian 21.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 81.9xmedian 27.2x 32.9xmedian 28.3x -2.2xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 22.2xmedian 3.4x 8.4xmedian 2.9x 5.9xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 9.52median 1.27 11.78median 1.15 —median 0.33

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 monthsDDOGCSCOCRWV
Revenue $3.97B $63.33B $7.59B
Gross profit $3.15B $40.86B $5.12B
Operating income $16.33M $15.37B -$230.74M
Net income $177.58M $13.27B -$1.93B
Free cash flow $1.18B $12.77B -$13.66B
R&D $1.73B $9.56B –
EPS (diluted) $0.48 $3.33 $-3.50
Cash & equivalents $434.96M $7.22B $5.52B
Total debt – $29.53B –
Shares (diluted) 371.02M 3.99B 551.00M
Enterprise value $81.50B $371.99B $17.51B

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
MetricDDOGCSCOCRWV
P/E 540.9x 31.7x -15.5x
P/FCF 81.9x 32.9x -2.2x
P/Operating cash flow 78.8x 29.6x 4.3x
P/S 24.4x 6.6x 3.9x
P/B 22.2x 8.4x 5.9x
P/Tangible book 22.3x 9.8x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA 560.3x 24.2x 7.2x
EV/EBIT 5,622x 28.2x -121.4x
EV/Revenue 23.1x 6.9x 3.7x
EV/FCF 77.7x 34.0x -2.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 74.7x 30.6x 4.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 9.52 11.78 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDDOGCSCOCRWV
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.5% 11.8% 115.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.9% 3.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.8% 11.1% 94.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 4.6% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 189.5% 30.7% -204.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.7% 0.7% –
Net income growth (1Y) 42.5% 30.3% -89.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 60.5% 1.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) 37.8% 30.7% -50.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 56.8% 2.7% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 27.3% -0.1% 983.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.3% -10.7% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.7% -3.9% -72.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.6% -12.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDDOGCSCOCRWV
Gross margin 79.5% 64.5% 67.4%
EBITDA margin 4.1% 28.3% 51.2%
Operating margin 0.4% 24.3% -3.0%
Pretax margin 5.0% 25.3% -25.3%
Net margin 4.5% 21.0% -25.4%
FCF margin 29.8% 20.2% -179.9%
Operating cash flow margin 31.0% 22.4% 91.1%
Return on equity 4.2% 26.8% -39.4%
Return on assets 2.4% 10.4% -2.9%
Return on invested capital – 15.9% -1.2%
Return on capital employed 0.3% 17.9% -0.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.9x 1.1x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 20.7% 6.0% 8.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDDOGCSCOCRWV
Debt / assets – 22.8% 4.8%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x -0.5x
Debt / FCF – 2.3x -0.3x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 61.2% 93.5%
Equity / assets 57.9% 38.8% 6.5%
Interest coverage 1.4x 10.5x –
Current ratio 3.2x 0.9x 0.5x
Quick ratio 3.2x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash ratio 2.7x 0.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 19.49 4.05 0.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDDOGCSCOCRWV
Dividend yield – 1.6% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 1.3% -10.0%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 2.9% -10.0%
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.

ConsensusDDOGCSCOCRWV
Forward P/E 99.5xFY2026 22.5xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.71FY2026 $4.74FY2027 $-3.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.2%FY2026 +9.5%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +20.7% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.17BFY2026 $74.93BFY2027 $13.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.5%FY2026 +18.3%FY2027 +157.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.9% +0.6% +112.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDDOGCSCOCRWV
Held by institutions 90.4% 80.1% 72.3%
Institutions holding 1,265 4,044 962
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.1% +5.0% +27.1%
Institutions buying 738 1,846 690
Institutions selling 432 1,816 171
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.02 4.04

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.

DDOGCSCOCRWV
DDOG 1.00 0.11 0.14
CSCO 0.11 1.00 0.21
CRWV 0.14 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DDOG, CSCO and CRWV?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Datadog (DDOG) $99.86B, Cisco Systems (CSCO) $436.07B, CoreWeave (CRWV) $30.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, DDOG, CSCO and CRWV?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Datadog (DDOG) 562.3x, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 32.9x, CoreWeave (CRWV) -15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cisco Systems (CSCO) is cheapest (Datadog (DDOG) 99.5x, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 22.5x). 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) +31.5%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +11.8%, CoreWeave (CRWV) +115.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has the highest net margin (Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 21.0%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -25.4%). On return on invested capital, Cisco Systems (CSCO) leads (Cisco Systems (CSCO) 15.9%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -1.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Datadog (DDOG) +72.2%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +51.6%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -56.0%. Over five years, Cisco Systems (CSCO) compounded fastest (Datadog (DDOG) +10.7%/yr, Cisco Systems (CSCO) +14.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cisco Systems (CSCO) has been the steadiest (Datadog (DDOG) 68.9%, Cisco Systems (CSCO) 35.4%, CoreWeave (CRWV) 95.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cisco Systems (CSCO) leads on 7. 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.