Head-To-Head Survey: CS Disco (NYSE:LAW) versus Dynatrace (NYSE:DT)

Dynatrace (NYSE:DT) and CS Disco (NYSE:LAW) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Dynatrace and CS Disco, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dynatrace	0	7	24	0	2.77
CS Disco	1	1	2	0	2.25

Dynatrace presently has a consensus target price of $59.89, suggesting a potential downside of 1.92%. CS Disco has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.90%. Given CS Disco’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CS Disco is more favorable than Dynatrace.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.3% of Dynatrace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.1% of CS Disco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Dynatrace shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of CS Disco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Dynatrace and CS Disco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dynatrace	7.22%	11.07%	7.02%
CS Disco	-24.20%	-26.58%	-19.89%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Dynatrace and CS Disco”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dynatrace	$2.02 billion	8.74	$162.67 million	$0.50	122.13
CS Disco	$156.85 million	1.84	-$44.37 million	($0.63)	-7.06

Dynatrace has higher revenue and earnings than CS Disco. CS Disco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dynatrace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Dynatrace has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CS Disco has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dynatrace beats CS Disco on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dynatrace

Dynatrace, Inc. provides a security platform for multicloud environments in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates Dynatrace, a security platform, which provides application and microservices monitoring, runtime application security, infrastructure monitoring, log management and analytics, digital experience monitoring, digital business analytics, and cloud automation. Its platform allows its customers to modernize and automate IT operations, delivers software, and enhance user experiences. In addition, the company offers implementation, consulting, and training services. It markets its products through a combination of direct sales team and a network of partners, including resellers, system integrators, and managed service providers. It serves customers in various industries comprising banking, financial services, government, insurance, retail and wholesale, transportation, and software. Dynatrace, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About CS Disco

CS Disco, Inc. provides cloud-native and artificial intelligence-powered legal solutions for legal hold, legal request, ediscovery, legal document review, and case management in the United States and internationally. It offers DISCO Request, a solution that automates response compliance for legal requests; and DISCO Ediscovery, a solution that automates the ediscovery process and saves legal departments from manual tasks associated with collecting, processing, enriching, searching, reviewing, analyzing, producing, and using enterprise data that is at issue in legal matters. The company also provides DISCO Hold, a solution that automates manual work to preserve data, notify custodians, track holds with a defensible audit trail, and collect data when ready; DISCO Review, an AI-powered document review solution that delivers legal document reviews; and DISCO Case Builder, a solution that allows legal professionals to collaborate with teams to build a compelling case by offering a single place to search, organize, and review witness testimony and other legal data. The company's solutions are used in various legal matters comprising litigation, investigation, compliance, and diligence. It serves enterprises, law firms, legal services providers, and governments. CS Disco, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.