DDOG vs FSLY vs NOW Stock Comparison

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DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$265.84 -1.0% 1M +70.4% 1Y
Market cap
$84.07B
P/E
473.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
2 wins
FSLY Fastly, Inc.
$25.64 +0.6% 1M +219.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.61B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$687.17M
Div. yield
–
Content Delivery Networks Technology
3 wins
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$109.65 -15.6% 1M -39.9% 1Y
Market cap
$108.68B
P/E
75.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

ServiceNow leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (ServiceNow 6, Fastly 3, Datadog 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDDOGFSLYNOWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $84.07B $3.61B $108.68B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 473.4x -44.5x 75.2x NOW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 97.7x 52.3x 28.5x NOW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.5% +20.4% +21.8% DDOG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% -11.8% 9.4% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -6.1% 5.2% NOW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -3.3x 0.8x FSLY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +70.4% +219.7% -39.9% FSLY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.7%/yr -12.7%/yr -4.7%/yr DDOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 69.2% 118.6% 66.6% NOW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 67/100 52/100 FSLY

Percentile Scorecard

DDOGFSLYNOW

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

AxisDDOGFSLYNOW
Valuation 31 #86 of 124 49 #20 of 38 36 #65 of 101
Growth 89 #13 of 113 94 #3 of 36 49 #50 of 97
Profitability 76 #27 of 109 49 #18 of 34 79 #20 of 93
Financial Health 76 #31 of 127 81 #8 of 37 53 #51 of 108
Shareholder Returns 53 #30 of 63 63 #8 of 20 42 #37 of 63
Overall 65 67 52
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • FSLY ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • NOW ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDDOGFSLYNOWSPY
1 month -1.0%+0.6%-15.6% +0.7%
3 months -1.0%+19.0%-0.4% +3.7%
6 months +101.1%+1.5%+24.2% +7.1%
Year to date +95.5%+151.9%-28.4% +12.8%
1 year +70.4%+219.7%-39.9% +11.9%
3 years +230.6%+79.9%-3.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +49.0%+21.6%-1.2% +22.8%
5 years +59.1%-49.3%-21.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.7%-12.7%-4.7% +10.9%
10 years ——+536.8% +262.0%
10 years, per year ——+20.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDDOGFSLYNOWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 69.2%118.6%66.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.0%108.3%75.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.291.450.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.021.85-0.60 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.1%-90.8%-64.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.4%-23.5%-41.3% -1.2%
52-week high $293.26$33.50$186.94 $779.14
52-week low $102.61$7.96$83.00 $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.

MultipleDDOGFSLYNOW
P/E now vs peer median 533.3xmedian 39.0x -49.8xmedian 27.6x 78.5xmedian 28.0x
P/S now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 4.6x 5.9xmedian 4.6x 7.4xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 552.0xmedian 32.7x 989.5xmedian 25.6x 33.9xmedian 16.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 80.7xmedian 27.4x 80.5xmedian 15.4x 24.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 21.9xmedian 3.2x 4.1xmedian 4.1x 8.7xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 9.39median 1.23 -1.88median 0.80 -22.98median 0.89

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 monthsDDOGFSLYNOW
Revenue $3.97B $687.17M $15.43B
Gross profit $3.15B $422.42M $11.28B
Operating income $16.33M -$82.21M $1.49B
Net income $177.58M -$81.10M $1.45B
Free cash flow $1.18B $50.68M $4.75B
R&D $1.73B $167.06M $3.47B
EPS (diluted) $0.48 $-0.51 $1.39
Cash & equivalents $434.96M $89.80M $2.39B
Total debt – $323.96M $7.52B
Shares (diluted) 371.02M 157.60M 1.04B
Enterprise value $65.71B $2.24B $87.94B

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
MetricDDOGFSLYNOW
P/E 533.3x -49.8x 78.5x
P/FCF 80.7x 80.5x 24.0x
P/Operating cash flow 77.6x 34.1x 21.3x
P/S 24.1x 5.9x 7.4x
P/B 21.9x 4.1x 8.7x
P/Tangible book 22.0x 4.2x 12.0x
EV/EBITDA 552.0x 989.5x 33.9x
EV/EBIT 5,539x -49.5x 78.2x
EV/Revenue 22.8x 5.9x 7.6x
EV/FCF 76.5x 80.2x 24.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 73.6x 34.0x 21.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 9.39 -1.88 -22.98

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDDOGFSLYNOW
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.5% 20.4% 21.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.9% 13.6% 22.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.8% 37.3% 14.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 20.8% 19.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 189.5% 45.2% -14.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.7% 27.0% 32.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 42.5% 45.0% -16.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 60.5% 21.2% -3.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 37.8% 49.2% -16.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 56.8% 26.5% -3.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 27.3% 124.3% 10.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 91.8% 21.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.7% 49.6% 20.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 47.1% 25.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDDOGFSLYNOW
Gross margin 79.5% 61.5% 73.1%
EBITDA margin 4.1% 0.6% 22.3%
Operating margin 0.4% -12.0% 9.7%
Pretax margin 5.0% -12.2% 13.1%
Net margin 4.5% -11.8% 9.4%
FCF margin 29.8% 7.4% 30.8%
Operating cash flow margin 31.0% 17.4% 34.6%
Return on equity 4.2% -8.3% 11.3%
Return on assets 2.4% -5.4% 4.6%
Return on invested capital – -6.1% 5.2%
Return on capital employed 0.3% -6.0% 7.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.9x -1.5x 3.7x
Stock comp / revenue 20.7% 19.7% 10.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDDOGFSLYNOW
Debt / assets – 21.5% 23.6%
Debt / equity – 0.3x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – -3.3x 0.8x
Debt / FCF – 6.4x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 34.1% 58.9%
Equity / assets 57.9% 65.9% 41.1%
Interest coverage 1.4x -6.3x 14.6x
Current ratio 3.2x 3.4x 0.7x
Quick ratio 3.2x 3.2x 0.6x
Cash ratio 2.7x 2.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 19.24 4.25 4.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDDOGFSLYNOW
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% -0.2% 2.3%
Shareholder yield -0.1% -0.2% 2.3%
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.

ConsensusDDOGFSLYNOW
Forward P/E 97.7xFY2026 52.3xFY2026 28.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.72FY2026 $0.49FY2026 $3.85FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.7%FY2026 +276.9%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +22.4% +27.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.18BFY2026 $724.28MFY2026 $15.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.7%FY2026 +16.1%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.9% +13.0% +17.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDDOGFSLYNOW
Held by institutions 90.4% 93.1% 81.6%
Institutions holding 1,266 284 2,225
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.1% +7.5% -2.1%
Institutions buying 738 156 1,286
Institutions selling 433 89 779
Buyers to sellers 1.70 1.75 1.65

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.

DDOGFSLYNOW
DDOG 1.00 0.24 0.42
FSLY 0.24 1.00 0.15
NOW 0.42 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DDOG, FSLY and NOW?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Datadog (DDOG) $84.07B, Fastly (FSLY) $3.61B, ServiceNow (NOW) $108.68B.

Which stock is cheaper, DDOG, FSLY and NOW?

ServiceNow (NOW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Datadog (DDOG) 473.4x, Fastly (FSLY) -44.5x, ServiceNow (NOW) 75.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, ServiceNow (NOW) is cheapest (Datadog (DDOG) 97.7x, Fastly (FSLY) 52.3x, ServiceNow (NOW) 28.5x). 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%, Fastly (FSLY) +20.4%, ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

ServiceNow (NOW) has the highest net margin (Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, Fastly (FSLY) -11.8%, ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%). On return on invested capital, ServiceNow (NOW) leads (Fastly (FSLY) -6.1%, ServiceNow (NOW) 5.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fastly (FSLY) returned the most: Datadog (DDOG) +70.4%, Fastly (FSLY) +219.7%, ServiceNow (NOW) -39.9%. Over five years, Datadog (DDOG) compounded fastest (Datadog (DDOG) +9.7%/yr, Fastly (FSLY) -12.7%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) -4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ServiceNow (NOW) has been the steadiest (Datadog (DDOG) 69.2%, Fastly (FSLY) 118.6%, ServiceNow (NOW) 66.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DDOG, FSLY and NOW?

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