DSGX vs ESTC vs GRSD Stock Comparison

Descartes Systems, Elastic and Grandstand Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ESTC Elastic N.V.
$105.51 +19.9% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$11.21B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
6 wins
GRSD GRANDSTAND Ltd
$1.15 -26.8% 1M -85.0% 1Y
Market cap
$40.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$163.42M
Div. yield
–
Marketing Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionDSGXESTCGRSDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.99B $11.21B $40.62M ESTC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 42.5x 29.9x -1.1x ESTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 41.9x 30.1x 10.5x GRSD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +16.2% +10.7% ESTC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.3% 20.8% -23.1% DSGX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% -10.9% ESTC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -10.8x -10.9x GRSD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.5% +19.0% -85.0% ESTC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr -9.3%/yr -39.0%/yr DSGX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.4% 58.1% 80.6% DSGX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 71/100 36/100 ESTC

Percentile Scorecard

DSGXESTCGRSD

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

AxisDSGXESTCGRSD
Valuation 43 #51 of 89 70 #38 of 124 72 #29 of 101
Growth 64 #30 of 81 81 #22 of 113 10 #87 of 97
Profitability 97 #3 of 76 67 #37 of 109 34 #62 of 94
Financial Health 85 #15 of 94 52 #61 of 127 25 #81 of 108
Shareholder Returns 46 #28 of 51 86 #10 of 65 –
Overall 67 71 36
  • DSGX ranked among 98 companies in Vertical Software
  • ESTC ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • GRSD ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDSGXESTCGRSDSPY
1 month +17.3%+19.9%-26.8% -0.2%
3 months +21.9%+70.0%-40.4% +3.9%
6 months +30.0%+122.4%-70.6% +8.2%
Year to date +5.2%+39.9%-78.9% +12.9%
1 year -3.5%+19.0%-85.0% +12.3%
3 years +32.1%+39.7%-90.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +9.7%+11.8%-55.1% +23.3%
5 years +12.4%-38.5%-91.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +2.4%-9.3%-39.0% +10.9%
10 years +345.3%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +16.1%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDSGXESTCGRSDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.4%58.1%80.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.5%59.1%96.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.331.141.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.080.33-1.06 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.7%-76.8%-93.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.6%-0.7%-85.0% -1.2%
52-week high $96.58$106.26$7.68 $779.14
52-week low $62.82$43.30$1.15 $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.

MultipleDSGXESTCGRSD
P/E now vs peer median 42.1xmedian 40.1x 29.4xmedian 38.6x -1.1xmedian 28.3x
P/S now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 2.5x 6.2xmedian 4.4x 0.2xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.1xmedian 18.5x 123.3xmedian 34.5x -14.7xmedian 17.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.7xmedian 20.1x 31.8xmedian 29.4x 10.7xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.8x 8.6xmedian 3.3x 0.4xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.40median 1.73 0.55median 1.28 0.01median 0.85

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 monthsDSGXESTCGRSD
Revenue $775.17M $1.80B $163.42M
Gross profit $601.59M $1.36B $141.10M
Operating income $243.60M -$47.61M -$24.88M
Net income $188.01M $375.64M -$34.80M
Free cash flow $297.47M $349.04M $3.77M
R&D $109.17M $455.30M –
EPS (diluted) $2.15 $3.59 $-1.06
Cash & equivalents $401.06M $879.87M $8.81M
Total debt – $571.20M $122.33M
Shares (diluted) 87.58M 104.64M 35.48M
Enterprise value $6.57B $5.74B $232.69K

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
MetricDSGXESTCGRSD
P/E 42.1x 29.4x -1.1x
P/FCF 26.7x 31.8x 10.7x
P/Operating cash flow 25.9x 31.3x 11.0x
P/S 10.2x 6.2x 0.2x
P/B 4.8x 8.6x 0.4x
P/Tangible book 6.1x 8.6x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA 23.1x 123.3x -14.7x
EV/EBIT 30.9x -214.3x -6.2x
EV/Revenue 9.7x 5.7x 0.9x
EV/FCF 25.3x 29.2x 40.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.6x 28.8x 42.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.40 0.55 0.01

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDSGXESTCGRSD
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 16.2% 10.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.8% 17.4% 20.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.5% 16.7% 1.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 18.8% 15.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.1% -56.0% -264.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 37.5% -69.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 549.9% -304.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 55.3% -91.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.4% 555.6% -265.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 53.7% -105.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.6% 11.3% -89.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 62.1% -46.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3% 11.2% -89.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.7% 63.2% -49.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDSGXESTCGRSD
Gross margin 77.6% 75.5% 86.3%
EBITDA margin 42.1% 4.6% -6.4%
Operating margin 31.4% -2.6% -15.2%
Pretax margin 32.7% -1.1% -21.6%
Net margin 24.3% 20.8% -23.1%
FCF margin 38.4% 19.4% 2.3%
Operating cash flow margin 39.4% 19.6% 2.2%
Return on equity 11.4% 29.2% -32.9%
Return on assets – 12.2% -12.1%
Return on invested capital – 0.0% -10.9%
Return on capital employed – -2.3% -10.8%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 0.9x -0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 3.5% 16.8% 4.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDSGXESTCGRSD
Debt / assets – 19.0% 43.0%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -10.8x -10.9x
Debt / FCF – 1.6x 32.5x
Liabilities / assets 15.9% 56.8% 63.2%
Equity / assets 84.1% 43.2% 36.8%
Interest coverage 168.0x -1.9x -5.5x
Current ratio 2.0x 1.8x 0.6x
Quick ratio 1.9x 1.6x 0.6x
Cash ratio 1.5x 1.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 16.60 4.44 0.50

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDSGXESTCGRSD
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.2% 3.1% –
Shareholder yield 0.2% 3.1% –
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.

ConsensusDSGXESTCGRSD
Forward P/E 41.9xFY2026 30.1xFY2026 10.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.20FY2026 $3.51FY2026 $0.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.6%FY2026 +36.6%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +19.4% +336.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $889.11MFY2026 $1.88BFY2026 $173.87MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +22.0%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6% +18.3% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDSGXESTCGRSD
Held by institutions – 86.4% –
Institutions holding – 371 –
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.7% –
Institutions buying – 199 –
Institutions selling – 129 –
Buyers to sellers – 1.54 –

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.

DSGXESTCGRSD
DSGX 1.00 0.48 0.14
ESTC 0.48 1.00 0.09
GRSD 0.14 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DSGX, ESTC and GRSD?

Elastic (ESTC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Descartes Systems (DSGX) $7.99B, Elastic (ESTC) $11.21B, Grandstand (GRSD) $40.62M.

Which stock is cheaper, DSGX, ESTC and GRSD?

Elastic (ESTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 42.5x, Elastic (ESTC) 29.9x, Grandstand (GRSD) -1.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Grandstand (GRSD) is cheapest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.9x, Elastic (ESTC) 30.1x, Grandstand (GRSD) 10.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Elastic (ESTC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Descartes Systems (DSGX) +13.2%, Elastic (ESTC) +16.2%, Grandstand (GRSD) +10.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Descartes Systems (DSGX) has the highest net margin (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 24.3%, Elastic (ESTC) 20.8%, Grandstand (GRSD) -23.1%). On return on invested capital, Elastic (ESTC) leads (Elastic (ESTC) 0.0%, Grandstand (GRSD) -10.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Elastic (ESTC) returned the most: Descartes Systems (DSGX) -3.5%, Elastic (ESTC) +19.0%, Grandstand (GRSD) -85.0%. Over five years, Descartes Systems (DSGX) compounded fastest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) +2.4%/yr, Elastic (ESTC) -9.3%/yr, Grandstand (GRSD) -39.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Descartes Systems (DSGX) has been the steadiest (Descartes Systems (DSGX) 41.4%, Elastic (ESTC) 58.1%, Grandstand (GRSD) 80.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DSGX, ESTC and GRSD?

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