DT vs DDOG vs ESTC Stock Comparison

Dynatrace, Datadog and Elastic Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DT Dynatrace, Inc.
$60.96 +5.9% 1M +24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$16.85B
P/E
111.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
–
IT Operations Software Technology
1 win
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
4 wins
ESTC Elastic N.V.
$103.24 +16.2% 1M +19.5% 1Y
Market cap
$10.16B
P/E
27.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.80B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Datadog leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Datadog 4, Elastic 4, Dynatrace 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDTDDOGESTCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.85B $84.07B $10.16B DDOG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 111.3x 473.4x 27.0x ESTC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.4x 97.7x 29.4x ESTC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.9% +31.5% +16.2% DDOG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.2% 4.5% 20.8% ESTC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 0.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -10.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +24.4% +70.4% +19.5% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.1%/yr +9.7%/yr -9.9%/yr DDOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.1% 69.2% 58.2% DT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 65/100 71/100 ESTC

Percentile Scorecard

DTDDOGESTC

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

AxisDTDDOGESTC
Valuation 60 #50 of 124 31 #86 of 124 68 #41 of 124
Growth 46 #61 of 113 89 #13 of 113 81 #22 of 113
Profitability 85 #17 of 109 76 #27 of 109 67 #37 of 109
Financial Health 48 #67 of 127 76 #31 of 127 54 #59 of 127
Shareholder Returns 90 #7 of 63 53 #30 of 63 87 #9 of 63
Overall 66 65 71
  • DT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • DDOG ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ESTC ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDTDDOGESTCSPY
1 month +5.9%-1.0%+16.2% +0.7%
3 months +38.3%-1.0%+60.7% +3.7%
6 months +68.4%+101.1%+122.4% +7.1%
Year to date +40.7%+95.5%+36.9% +12.8%
1 year +24.4%+70.4%+19.5% +11.9%
3 years +38.6%+230.6%+38.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year +11.5%+49.0%+11.5% +22.8%
5 years -18.7%+59.1%-40.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -4.1%+9.7%-9.9% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureDTDDOGESTCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.1%69.2%58.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.4%60.0%59.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.611.291.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.571.020.34 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.2%-68.1%-76.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-9.4%-3.2% -1.2%
52-week high $65.25$293.26$106.60 $779.14
52-week low $32.36$102.61$43.30 $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.

MultipleDTDDOGESTC
P/E now vs peer median 117.7xmedian 39.0x 533.3xmedian 39.0x 28.8xmedian 39.0x
P/S now vs peer median 8.4xmedian 4.6x 24.1xmedian 4.6x 6.0xmedian 4.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 59.3xmedian 32.7x 552.0xmedian 32.7x 120.4xmedian 32.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.0xmedian 27.4x 80.7xmedian 27.4x 31.1xmedian 27.4x
P/B now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 3.2x 21.9xmedian 3.2x 8.4xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 59.65median 1.23 9.39median 1.23 0.54median 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 monthsDTDDOGESTC
Revenue $2.10B $3.97B $1.80B
Gross profit $1.71B $3.15B $1.36B
Operating income $254.53M $16.33M -$47.61M
Net income $151.37M $177.58M $375.64M
Free cash flow $570.56M $1.18B $349.04M
R&D $502.13M $1.73B $455.30M
EPS (diluted) $0.52 $0.48 $3.59
Cash & equivalents $1.06B $434.96M $879.87M
Total debt – – $571.20M
Shares (diluted) 293.74M 371.02M 104.64M
Enterprise value $12.06B $65.71B $4.68B

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
MetricDTDDOGESTC
P/E 117.7x 533.3x 28.8x
P/FCF 31.0x 80.7x 31.1x
P/Operating cash flow 29.6x 77.6x 30.7x
P/S 8.4x 24.1x 6.0x
P/B 7.2x 21.9x 8.4x
P/Tangible book 7.4x 22.0x 8.4x
EV/EBITDA 59.3x 552.0x 120.4x
EV/EBIT 65.2x 5,539x -209.3x
EV/Revenue 7.9x 22.8x 5.5x
EV/FCF 29.1x 76.5x 28.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.7x 73.6x 28.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 59.65 9.39 0.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDTDDOGESTC
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.9% 31.5% 16.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 27.9% 17.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.9% 30.8% 16.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 19.8% 28.0% 18.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.4% 189.5% -56.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 33.1% 28.7% 37.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -69.3% 42.5% 549.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 60.5% 55.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -68.2% 37.8% 555.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.0% 56.8% 53.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% 27.3% 11.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.1% 36.3% 62.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 21.9% 27.7% 11.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.2% 37.6% 63.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDTDDOGESTC
Gross margin 81.4% 79.5% 75.5%
EBITDA margin 13.4% 4.1% 4.6%
Operating margin 12.1% 0.4% -2.6%
Pretax margin 14.3% 5.0% -1.1%
Net margin 7.2% 4.5% 20.8%
FCF margin 27.2% 29.8% 19.4%
Operating cash flow margin 28.6% 31.0% 19.6%
Return on equity 6.0% 4.2% 29.2%
Return on assets 3.6% 2.4% 12.2%
Return on invested capital – – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 9.0% 0.3% -2.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.0x 6.9x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 14.4% 20.7% 16.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDTDDOGESTC
Debt / assets – – 19.0%
Debt / equity – – 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -10.8x
Debt / FCF – – 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 40.4% 42.1% 56.8%
Equity / assets 59.6% 57.9% 43.2%
Interest coverage – 1.4x -1.9x
Current ratio 1.2x 3.2x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 3.2x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.8x 2.7x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 7.37 19.24 4.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDTDDOGESTC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 3.8% -0.1% 3.2%
Shareholder yield 3.8% -0.1% 3.2%
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.

ConsensusDTDDOGESTC
Forward P/E 31.4xFY2026 97.7xFY2026 29.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.94FY2026 $2.72FY2026 $3.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +14.1%FY2026 +32.7%FY2026 +36.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.8% +1.8% +19.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.16BFY2026 $4.18BFY2026 $1.88BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.0%FY2026 +21.7%FY2026 +8.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.4% +24.9% +18.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDTDDOGESTC
Held by institutions 100.0% 90.4% 86.4%
Institutions holding 594 1,266 372
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.0% +6.1% +1.7%
Institutions buying 315 738 200
Institutions selling 219 433 129
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.70 1.55

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.

DTDDOGESTC
DT 1.00 0.53 0.59
DDOG 0.53 1.00 0.50
ESTC 0.59 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DT, DDOG and ESTC?

Datadog (DDOG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dynatrace (DT) $16.85B, Datadog (DDOG) $84.07B, Elastic (ESTC) $10.16B.

Which stock is cheaper, DT, DDOG and ESTC?

Elastic (ESTC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dynatrace (DT) 111.3x, Datadog (DDOG) 473.4x, Elastic (ESTC) 27.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Elastic (ESTC) is cheapest (Dynatrace (DT) 31.4x, Datadog (DDOG) 97.7x, Elastic (ESTC) 29.4x). 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: Dynatrace (DT) +17.9%, Datadog (DDOG) +31.5%, Elastic (ESTC) +16.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Elastic (ESTC) has the highest net margin (Dynatrace (DT) 7.2%, Datadog (DDOG) 4.5%, Elastic (ESTC) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Dynatrace (DT) +24.4%, Datadog (DDOG) +70.4%, Elastic (ESTC) +19.5%. Over five years, Datadog (DDOG) compounded fastest (Dynatrace (DT) -4.1%/yr, Datadog (DDOG) +9.7%/yr, Elastic (ESTC) -9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dynatrace (DT) has been the steadiest (Dynatrace (DT) 43.1%, Datadog (DDOG) 69.2%, Elastic (ESTC) 58.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.