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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricDDOGDatadog, Inc.PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.CRMSalesforce, Inc.ADBEADOBE INC.Median of the restexcluding DDOG
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$257.75▼ 15.34 (5.62%)
$196.19▼ 5.53 (2.74%)
$250.29▲ 8.51 (3.52%)
$270.55▲ 15.49 (6.07%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/1010.0/109.0/109.0/109.0/10
Market value$89.52B$469.13B$232.52B$111.74B
Revenue$3.43B$4.48B$41.52B$23.77B
Profit$107.7M$1.63B$7.46B$7.13B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.27.7%56.2%9.6%10.5%10.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.80.0%82.4%77.7%89.3%82.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-1.3%31.6%20.1%36.6%31.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.1%36.3%18.0%30.0%30.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.29.2%46.9%34.7%41.4%41.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.2.9%22.0%12.6%61.3%22.0%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-1.1%23.2%9.8%57.3%23.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.830.87x288.69x31.18x15.67x31.18x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.——25.14x11.81x18.48x
Price to book23.99x63.50x3.93x9.61x9.61x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.78x0.19x0.90x1.54x0.90x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/87/87/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafegreysafe

How DDOG compares with the others

  • DDOG's operating margin of -1.3% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (31.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 27.7% against 10.5%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 830.9x against 31.2x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 0.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.