Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG – Get Free Report) and Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG – Get Free Report) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
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% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Great Elm Group and Datadog”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Great Elm Group | $19.20 million | 2.97 | -$1.39 million | $0.00 | -201,000.00 |
| Datadog | $2.68 billion | 14.07 | $183.75 million | $0.51 | 216.02 |
Risk and Volatility
Great Elm Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Great Elm Group and Datadog, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| 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 44.05%. Given Datadog’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Datadog is more favorable than Great Elm Group.
Insider & Institutional 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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