DDOG vs NOW vs DT Stock Comparison

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DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$265.84 -1.0% 1M +70.4% 1Y
Market cap
$95.43B
P/E
533.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
3 wins
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.
$109.65 -15.6% 1M -39.9% 1Y
Market cap
$113.82B
P/E
78.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 wins
DT Dynatrace, Inc.
$60.96 +5.9% 1M +24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$17.70B
P/E
117.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

ServiceNow leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (ServiceNow 4, Datadog 3, Dynatrace 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDDOGNOWDTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $95.43B $113.82B $17.70B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 533.3x 78.5x 117.7x NOW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 97.7x 28.5x 31.4x NOW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.5% +21.8% +17.9% DDOG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% 9.4% 7.2% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.2% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +70.4% -39.9% +24.4% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.7%/yr -4.7%/yr -4.1%/yr DDOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 69.2% 66.6% 43.1% DT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 52/100 66/100 DT

Percentile Scorecard

DDOGNOWDT

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

AxisDDOGNOWDT
Valuation 31 #86 of 124 36 #65 of 101 60 #50 of 124
Growth 89 #13 of 113 49 #50 of 97 46 #61 of 113
Profitability 76 #27 of 109 79 #20 of 93 85 #17 of 109
Financial Health 76 #31 of 127 53 #51 of 108 48 #67 of 127
Shareholder Returns 53 #30 of 63 42 #37 of 63 90 #7 of 63
Overall 65 52 66
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • NOW ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • DT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDDOGNOWDTSPY
1 month -1.0%-15.6%+5.9% +0.7%
3 months -1.0%-0.4%+38.3% +3.7%
6 months +101.1%+24.2%+68.4% +7.1%
Year to date +95.5%-28.4%+40.7% +12.8%
1 year +70.4%-39.9%+24.4% +11.9%
3 years +230.6%-3.6%+38.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +49.0%-1.2%+11.5% +22.8%
5 years +59.1%-21.4%-18.7% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.7%-4.7%-4.1% +10.9%
10 years —+536.8%— +262.0%
10 years, per year —+20.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDDOGNOWDTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 69.2%66.6%43.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 60.0%75.9%44.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.290.690.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.02-0.600.57 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.1%-64.5%-61.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.4%-41.3%-6.6% -1.2%
52-week high $293.26$186.94$65.25 $779.14
52-week low $102.61$83.00$32.36 $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.

MultipleDDOGNOWDT
P/E now vs peer median 533.3xmedian 39.0x 78.5xmedian 28.0x 117.7xmedian 39.0x
P/S now vs peer median 24.1xmedian 4.6x 7.4xmedian 2.8x 8.4xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 552.0xmedian 32.7x 33.9xmedian 16.9x 59.3xmedian 32.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 80.7xmedian 27.4x 24.0xmedian 15.9x 31.0xmedian 27.4x
P/B now vs peer median 21.9xmedian 3.2x 8.7xmedian 3.2x 7.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 9.39median 1.23 -22.98median 0.89 59.65median 1.23

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 monthsDDOGNOWDT
Revenue $3.97B $15.43B $2.10B
Gross profit $3.15B $11.28B $1.71B
Operating income $16.33M $1.49B $254.53M
Net income $177.58M $1.45B $151.37M
Free cash flow $1.18B $4.75B $570.56M
R&D $1.73B $3.47B $502.13M
EPS (diluted) $0.48 $1.39 $0.52
Cash & equivalents $434.96M $2.39B $1.06B
Total debt – $7.52B –
Shares (diluted) 371.02M 1.04B 293.74M
Enterprise value $77.07B $93.08B $12.92B

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
MetricDDOGNOWDT
P/E 533.3x 78.5x 117.7x
P/FCF 80.7x 24.0x 31.0x
P/Operating cash flow 77.6x 21.3x 29.6x
P/S 24.1x 7.4x 8.4x
P/B 21.9x 8.7x 7.2x
P/Tangible book 22.0x 12.0x 7.4x
EV/EBITDA 552.0x 33.9x 59.3x
EV/EBIT 5,539x 78.2x 65.2x
EV/Revenue 22.8x 7.6x 7.9x
EV/FCF 76.5x 24.6x 29.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 73.6x 21.9x 27.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 9.39 -22.98 59.65

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDDOGNOWDT
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.5% 21.8% 17.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.9% 22.1% 19.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.8% 14.1% 17.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 19.2% 19.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 189.5% -14.9% 27.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.7% 32.1% 33.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 42.5% -16.5% -69.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 60.5% -3.1% 1.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 37.8% -16.2% -68.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 56.8% -3.4% 2.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 27.3% 10.2% 20.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 21.8% 20.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.7% 20.0% 21.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 25.9% 21.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDDOGNOWDT
Gross margin 79.5% 73.1% 81.4%
EBITDA margin 4.1% 22.3% 13.4%
Operating margin 0.4% 9.7% 12.1%
Pretax margin 5.0% 13.1% 14.3%
Net margin 4.5% 9.4% 7.2%
FCF margin 29.8% 30.8% 27.2%
Operating cash flow margin 31.0% 34.6% 28.6%
Return on equity 4.2% 11.3% 6.0%
Return on assets 2.4% 4.6% 3.6%
Return on invested capital – 5.2% –
Return on capital employed 0.3% 7.5% 9.0%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.9x 3.7x 4.0x
Stock comp / revenue 20.7% 10.4% 14.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDDOGNOWDT
Debt / assets – 23.6% –
Debt / equity – 0.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.8x –
Debt / FCF – 1.6x –
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 58.9% 40.4%
Equity / assets 57.9% 41.1% 59.6%
Interest coverage 1.4x 14.6x –
Current ratio 3.2x 0.7x 1.2x
Quick ratio 3.2x 0.6x 1.0x
Cash ratio 2.7x 0.4x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 19.24 4.44 7.37

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDDOGNOWDT
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 2.3% 3.8%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 2.3% 3.8%
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.

ConsensusDDOGNOWDT
Forward P/E 97.7xFY2026 28.5xFY2026 31.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.72FY2026 $3.85FY2026 $1.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.7%FY2026 +9.7%FY2026 +14.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +27.0% +10.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.18BFY2026 $15.25BFY2026 $2.16BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.7%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026 +7.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.9% +17.7% +19.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDDOGNOWDT
Held by institutions 90.4% 81.6% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,266 2,225 594
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.1% -2.1% +2.0%
Institutions buying 738 1,286 315
Institutions selling 433 779 219
Buyers to sellers 1.70 1.65 1.44

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.

DDOGNOWDT
DDOG 1.00 0.41 0.53
NOW 0.41 1.00 0.60
DT 0.53 0.60 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DDOG, NOW and DT?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Datadog (DDOG) $95.43B, ServiceNow (NOW) $113.82B, Dynatrace (DT) $17.70B.

Which stock is cheaper, DDOG, NOW and DT?

ServiceNow (NOW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Datadog (DDOG) 533.3x, ServiceNow (NOW) 78.5x, Dynatrace (DT) 117.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, ServiceNow (NOW) is cheapest (Datadog (DDOG) 97.7x, ServiceNow (NOW) 28.5x, Dynatrace (DT) 31.4x). 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%, ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%, Dynatrace (DT) +17.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

ServiceNow (NOW) has the highest net margin (Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, ServiceNow (NOW) 9.4%, Dynatrace (DT) 7.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Datadog (DDOG) +70.4%, ServiceNow (NOW) -39.9%, Dynatrace (DT) +24.4%. Over five years, Datadog (DDOG) compounded fastest (Datadog (DDOG) +9.7%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) -4.7%/yr, Dynatrace (DT) -4.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dynatrace (DT) has been the steadiest (Datadog (DDOG) 69.2%, ServiceNow (NOW) 66.6%, Dynatrace (DT) 43.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.