DDOG vs OTEX vs CHOW Stock Comparison

Datadog, Open Text and ChowChow Cloud International Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$280.24 +4.5% 1M +79.1% 1Y
Market cap
$100.59B
P/E
562.2x
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
$6.69B
P/E
10.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.25B
Div. yield
4.04%
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.

QuestionDDOGOTEXCHOWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $100.59B $6.69B $70.98M DDOG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 562.2x 10.7x -22.1x 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 — 4.04% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +79.1% -29.8% -74.9% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.3%/yr -11.1%/yr — DDOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 69.2% 38.8% 346.2% OTEX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 50/100 — DDOG

Percentile Scorecard

DDOGOTEXCHOW

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

AxisDDOGOTEXCHOW
Valuation 50 #33 of 65 62 #6 of 14 7 #26 of 28
Growth 98 #2 of 56 27 #9 of 12 –
Profitability 82 #10 of 52 70 #4 of 11 –
Financial Health 78 #16 of 69 7 #14 of 15 82 #8 of 40
Shareholder Returns 74 #7 of 24 86 #2 of 8 –
Overall 76 50 –
  • DDOG ranked among 75 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • OTEX ranked among 16 companies in Workplace Software
  • CHOW ranked among 43 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDDOGOTEXCHOWSPY
1 month +4.5%+22.7%+203.0% -0.8%
3 months +11.3%+17.0%+455.6% +3.5%
6 months +111.2%+22.7%+359.8% +7.0%
Year to date +106.1%-15.2%+228.9% +12.2%
1 year +79.1%-29.8%-74.9% +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

MeasureDDOGOTEXCHOWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 69.2%38.8%346.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.7%40.3%288.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.280.83-0.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.14-0.77-0.22 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.1%-61.7%-98.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.4%-30.4%-82.9% -1.8%
52-week high $293.26$39.69$11.70 $779.14
52-week low $102.61$20.01$0.21 $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.

MultipleDDOGOTEXCHOW
P/E now vs peer median 562.2xmedian 50.3x 10.7xmedian 31.9x -22.1xmedian 15.3x
P/S now vs peer median 25.4xmedian 2.5x 1.3xmedian 2.3x 2.2xmedian 0.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 583.5xmedian 35.4x 6.7xmedian 7.7x —median 8.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 85.1xmedian 18.0x 8.3xmedian 12.2x -9.8xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 23.0xmedian 1.5x 1.7xmedian 1.7x 8.1xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median 9.89median 1.58 0.16median 1.00 —median 2.48

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 monthsDDOGOTEXCHOW
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 $434.96M $956.02M $2.78M
Total debt – $5.77B –
Shares (diluted) 371.02M 249.37M 33.38M
Enterprise value $82.23B $2.12B $68.20M

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
MetricDDOGOTEXCHOW
P/E 562.2x 10.7x -22.1x
P/FCF 85.1x 8.3x -9.8x
P/Operating cash flow 81.8x 6.6x –
P/S 25.4x 1.3x 2.2x
P/B 23.0x 1.7x 8.1x
P/Tangible book 23.2x 2.6x 8.3x
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
MetricDDOGOTEXCHOW
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
MetricDDOGOTEXCHOW
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
MetricDDOGOTEXCHOW
Debt / assets – 44.0% 4.9%
Debt / equity – 1.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.8x –
Debt / FCF – 7.1x –
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 69.4% 30.1%
Equity / assets 57.9% 30.6% 69.9%
Interest coverage 1.4x – –
Current ratio 3.2x 0.8x 3.4x
Quick ratio 3.2x 0.7x 2.8x
Cash ratio 2.7x 0.4x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 20.21 1.28 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDDOGOTEXCHOW
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.

ConsensusDDOGOTEXCHOW
Forward P/E 103.0xFY2026 6.7xFY2027 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.72FY2026 $4.14FY2027 –
EPS growth, next FY +32.7%FY2026 -5.0%FY2027 –
EPS growth, the year after +2.2% 0.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.18BFY2026 $5.03BFY2027 –
Revenue growth, next FY +21.7%FY2026 -2.9%FY2027 –
Revenue growth, the year after +24.9% +1.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDDOGOTEXCHOW
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.

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DDOG, OTEX and CHOW?

Datadog (DDOG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Datadog (DDOG) $100.59B, Open Text (OTEX) $6.69B, ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) $70.98M.

Which stock is cheaper, DDOG, OTEX and CHOW?

Open Text (OTEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Datadog (DDOG) 562.2x, Open Text (OTEX) 10.7x, ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) -22.1x). 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: Datadog (DDOG) +79.1%, Open Text (OTEX) -29.8%, ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) -74.9%. 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 pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Open Text (OTEX) 4.04%. Datadog (DDOG) and ChowChow Cloud International Holdings (CHOW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

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

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

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.