CRWD vs DDOG: Which Is the Better Buy?

Side-by-side comparison of CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. and Datadog, Inc. โ€” fair value, conviction, valuation metrics, and QuantHub research signals. Updated 2026-09-25.
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. ยท Technology
$259.67
-13.1% upside to fair value
Low Conviction Grade C High Quality
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Datadog, Inc. ยท Technology
$256.92
+28.7% upside to fair value
Med Conviction Grade C High Quality
QuantHub Verdict
DDOG has more upside to fair value (+28.7%). These are model outputs โ€” not personalized investment advice. See all research โ†’
Valuation & Fundamentals
Metric CRWD DDOG
Current Price $259.67 $256.92
Fair Value Estimate $225.56 $330.72
Upside to Fair Value -13.1% +28.7%
Market Cap $264.4B $91.5B
Forward P/E โ€” โ€”
EV / EBITDA 595.7x 350.6x
Price / Sales 49.0x 23.1x
Price / FCF 167.9x 78.9x
Revenue Growth YoY +25.8% +35.6%
Gross Margin 75.2% 79.5%
Operating Margin -2.2% 0.4%
Return on Equity 1.3% 4.6%
Dividend Yield 0% 0%
FCF Yield 0.6% 1.27%
Analyst Consensus Strong Buy Strong Buy
Investment Thesis
CRWD โ€” CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
CrowdStrike Holdings is a cloud-native cybersecurity platform company that sells subscriptions to its Falcon platform and a growing array of cloud modules spanning endpoint protection, cloud workload security, identity protection, Next-Gen SIEM, threat intelligence, and managed services, generating revenue through a direct sales force and channel partners from its Austin, Texas headquarters with โ€ฆ
DDOG โ€” Datadog, Inc.
Datadog is a cloud observability platform that unifies infrastructure monitoring, application performance management, log management, security, and incident response into a single SaaS offering used by developers and IT operations teams across North America and internationally. The business quality is high on the top line: revenue grew 35.6% year over year in the most recent quarter, TTM gross maโ€ฆ
Accumulation Zones
Metric CRWD DDOG
Zone Low $169.17 $248.04
Zone High $191.73 $281.11
In Buy Zone? No Yes
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