DT vs DDOG vs NOW Stock Comparison

Dynatrace, Datadog and ServiceNow Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
2 wins
DDOG Datadog, Inc.
$265.84 -1.0% 1M +70.4% 1Y
Market cap
$81.99B
P/E
461.7x
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
$108.73B
P/E
75.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.43B
Div. yield
–
Business Process Automation Technology
4 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.

QuestionDTDDOGNOWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.85B $81.99B $108.73B NOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 111.3x 461.7x 75.2x NOW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 31.4x 97.7x 28.5x NOW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.9% +31.5% +21.8% DDOG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.2% 4.5% 9.4% NOW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 5.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +24.4% +70.4% -39.9% DDOG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.1%/yr +9.7%/yr -4.7%/yr DDOG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.1% 69.2% 66.6% DT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 65/100 52/100 DT

Percentile Scorecard

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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

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

Price Performance

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

Returns

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

Risk

MeasureDTDDOGNOWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.1%69.2%66.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.4%60.0%75.9% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.611.290.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.571.02-0.60 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.2%-68.1%-64.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.6%-9.4%-41.3% -1.2%
52-week high $65.25$293.26$186.94 $779.14
52-week low $32.36$102.61$83.00 $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.

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

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 monthsDTDDOGNOW
Revenue $2.10B $3.97B $15.43B
Gross profit $1.71B $3.15B $11.28B
Operating income $254.53M $16.33M $1.49B
Net income $151.37M $177.58M $1.45B
Free cash flow $570.56M $1.18B $4.75B
R&D $502.13M $1.73B $3.47B
EPS (diluted) $0.52 $0.48 $1.39
Cash & equivalents $1.06B $434.96M $2.39B
Total debt – – $7.52B
Shares (diluted) 293.74M 371.02M 1.04B
Enterprise value $12.07B $63.63B $87.99B

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

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

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

Shareholder Returns

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

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

Institutional Ownership

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

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.

DTDDOGNOW
DT 1.00 0.53 0.60
DDOG 0.53 1.00 0.41
NOW 0.60 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DT, DDOG and NOW?

ServiceNow (NOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Dynatrace (DT) $16.85B, Datadog (DDOG) $81.99B, ServiceNow (NOW) $108.73B.

Which stock is cheaper, DT, DDOG and NOW?

ServiceNow (NOW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Dynatrace (DT) 111.3x, Datadog (DDOG) 461.7x, ServiceNow (NOW) 75.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, ServiceNow (NOW) is cheapest (Dynatrace (DT) 31.4x, Datadog (DDOG) 97.7x, ServiceNow (NOW) 28.5x). 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%, ServiceNow (NOW) +21.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Datadog (DDOG) returned the most: Dynatrace (DT) +24.4%, Datadog (DDOG) +70.4%, ServiceNow (NOW) -39.9%. Over five years, Datadog (DDOG) compounded fastest (Dynatrace (DT) -4.1%/yr, Datadog (DDOG) +9.7%/yr, ServiceNow (NOW) -4.7%/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%, ServiceNow (NOW) 66.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.