Head to Head Contrast: Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) and Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG)

Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.8% of Great Elm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Datadog shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Great Elm Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Great Elm Group and Datadog”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Elm Group	$19.20 million	2.88	-$1.39 million	$0.00	-194,900.00
Datadog	$2.68 billion	13.79	$183.75 million	$0.51	211.71

Datadog has higher revenue and earnings than Great Elm Group. Great Elm Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Datadog, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Great Elm Group and Datadog’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Elm Group	0.71%	0.19%	0.10%
Datadog	6.85%	8.28%	4.55%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Great Elm Group and Datadog, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Elm Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
Datadog	1	7	21	2	2.77

Datadog has a consensus price target of $158.70, indicating a potential upside of 46.99%. Given Datadog’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Datadog is more favorable than Great Elm Group.

Volatility & Risk

Great Elm Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Datadog beats Great Elm Group on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Great Elm Group

Great Elm Group, Inc. operates as a asset management company. The company engages in credit, real estate, and finance businesses. It is also involved in business development related activities and offers investment management services. The company was formerly known as Great Elm Capital Group, Inc. and changed its name to Great Elm Group, Inc. in December 2020. Great Elm Group, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. operates an observability and security platform for cloud applications in North America and internationally. The company's products comprise infrastructure and application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, continuous profiler, database monitoring, data streams and universal service monitoring, network monitoring, incident management, workflow automation, observability pipelines, cloud cost and cloud security management, application security management, cloud SIEM, sensitive data scanner, and CI visibility. Datadog, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, New York.