DDOG vs PLTR vs CRWV Stock Comparison

Datadog, Palantir Technologies 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
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
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionDDOGPLTRCRWVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $99.86B $477.64B $30.42B PLTR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 562.3x 158.3x -15.8x PLTR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 99.5x 118.5x — DDOG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +31.5% +78.9% +115.3% CRWV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.5% 49.0% -25.4% PLTR
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 +72.2% +9.0% -56.0% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.7%/yr +51.8%/yr — PLTR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.9% 59.5% 95.9% PLTR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 65/100 68/100 49/100 PLTR

Percentile Scorecard

DDOGPLTRCRWV

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

AxisDDOGPLTRCRWV
Valuation 31 #86 of 124 22 #79 of 101 65 #14 of 38
Growth 89 #13 of 113 100 #1 of 97 57 #16 of 36
Profitability 75 #28 of 110 96 #5 of 94 52 #17 of 34
Financial Health 77 #31 of 129 98 #3 of 109 41 #23 of 38
Shareholder Returns 52 #33 of 68 25 #48 of 64 29 #16 of 22
Overall 65 68 49
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • PLTR ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications
  • 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

PeriodDDOGPLTRCRWVSPY
1 month +7.2%+2.6%-37.6% -1.0%
3 months +9.2%+60.1%-24.5% +2.9%
6 months +108.3%+37.5%-50.8% +6.4%
Year to date +98.3%+10.7%-24.3% +11.4%
1 year +72.2%+9.0%-56.0% +13.1%
3 years +206.9%+1,082.4%— +79.4%
3 years, per year +45.4%+127.9%— +21.5%
5 years +66.1%+705.4%— +67.7%
5 years, per year +10.7%+51.8%— +10.9%

Risk

MeasureDDOGPLTRCRWVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.9%59.5%95.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.5%56.1%92.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.261.983.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.050.15-0.58 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.1%-77.6%-70.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.1%-5.9%-61.2% -2.5%
52-week high $293.26$209.05$139.93 $779.14
52-week low $102.61$107.27$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.

MultipleDDOGPLTRCRWV
P/E now vs peer median 540.9xmedian 37.4x 156.5xmedian 29.9x -15.5xmedian 29.1x
P/S now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 4.4x 76.8xmedian 2.8x 3.9xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 560.3xmedian 35.0x 174.0xmedian 17.4x 7.2xmedian 21.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 81.9xmedian 27.2x 140.8xmedian 16.9x -2.2xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 22.2xmedian 3.4x 47.8xmedian 3.1x 5.9xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 9.52median 1.27 0.55median 0.86 —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 monthsDDOGPLTRCRWV
Revenue $3.97B $6.16B $7.59B
Gross profit $3.15B $5.22B $5.12B
Operating income $16.33M $2.63B -$230.74M
Net income $177.58M $3.03B -$1.93B
Free cash flow $1.18B $3.36B -$13.66B
R&D $1.73B $641.24M –
EPS (diluted) $0.48 $1.17 $-3.50
Cash & equivalents $434.96M $2.03B $5.52B
Shares (diluted) 371.02M 2.57B 551.00M
Enterprise value $81.50B $446.59B $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
MetricDDOGPLTRCRWV
P/E 540.9x 156.5x -15.5x
P/FCF 81.9x 140.8x -2.2x
P/Operating cash flow 78.8x 139.0x 4.3x
P/S 24.4x 76.8x 3.9x
P/B 22.2x 47.8x 5.9x
P/Tangible book 22.3x 47.8x 6.3x
EV/EBITDA 560.3x 174.0x 7.2x
EV/EBIT 5,622x 175.9x -121.4x
EV/Revenue 23.1x 75.3x 3.7x
EV/FCF 77.7x 138.0x -2.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 74.7x 136.3x 4.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 9.52 0.55 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDDOGPLTRCRWV
Revenue growth (1Y) 31.5% 78.9% 115.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 27.9% 44.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.8% 89.6% 94.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 28.0% 47.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 189.5% 362.6% -204.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.7% 247.7% –
Net income growth (1Y) 42.5% 292.3% -89.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 60.5% 308.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) 37.8% 294.3% -50.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 56.8% 286.3% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 27.3% 96.6% 983.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.3% 103.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.7% 96.5% -72.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 37.6% 107.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDDOGPLTRCRWV
Gross margin 79.5% 84.8% 67.4%
EBITDA margin 4.1% 43.3% 51.2%
Operating margin 0.4% 42.8% -3.0%
Pretax margin 5.0% 49.9% -25.3%
Net margin 4.5% 49.0% -25.4%
FCF margin 29.8% 54.6% -179.9%
Operating cash flow margin 31.0% 55.2% 91.1%
Return on equity 4.2% 32.9% -39.4%
Return on assets 2.4% 27.7% -2.9%
Return on invested capital – – -1.2%
Return on capital employed 0.3% 28.0% -0.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.9x 1.1x -3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 20.7% 13.6% 8.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDDOGPLTRCRWV
Debt / assets – – 4.8%
Debt / equity – – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.5x
Debt / FCF – – -0.3x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 15.4% 93.5%
Equity / assets 57.9% 84.6% 6.5%
Interest coverage 1.4x – –
Current ratio 3.2x 7.2x 0.5x
Quick ratio 3.2x 7.1x 0.4x
Cash ratio 2.7x 6.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 19.49 160.20 0.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDDOGPLTRCRWV
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.0% -10.0%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 0.0% -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.

ConsensusDDOGPLTRCRWV
Forward P/E 99.5xFY2026 118.5xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $2.71FY2026 $1.66FY2026 $-3.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.2%FY2026 +121.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +45.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.17BFY2026 $8.41BFY2026 $13.22BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +21.5%FY2026 +87.8%FY2026 +157.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.9% +37.5% +112.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDDOGPLTRCRWV
Held by institutions 90.4% 60.3% 72.3%
Institutions holding 1,265 2,836 962
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.1% +10.9% +27.1%
Institutions buying 738 1,480 690
Institutions selling 432 1,093 171
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.35 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.

DDOGPLTRCRWV
DDOG 1.00 0.38 0.14
PLTR 0.38 1.00 0.25
CRWV 0.14 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DDOG, PLTR and CRWV?

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Datadog (DDOG) $99.86B, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) $477.64B, CoreWeave (CRWV) $30.42B.

Which stock is cheaper, DDOG, PLTR and CRWV?

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Datadog (DDOG) 562.3x, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 158.3x, CoreWeave (CRWV) -15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Datadog (DDOG) is cheapest (Datadog (DDOG) 99.5x, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 118.5x). 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%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) +78.9%, CoreWeave (CRWV) +115.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has the highest net margin (Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 49.0%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -25.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Datadog (DDOG) +72.2%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) +9.0%, CoreWeave (CRWV) -56.0%. Over five years, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) compounded fastest (Datadog (DDOG) +10.7%/yr, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) +51.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has been the steadiest (Datadog (DDOG) 68.9%, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 59.5%, CoreWeave (CRWV) 95.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DDOG, PLTR 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, Palantir Technologies (PLTR) 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.