Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG) versus Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Financial Contrast

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Great Elm Group and Datadog”s gross 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	2.80	-$1.39 million	$0.00	-190,000.00
Datadog	$2.68 billion	13.34	$183.75 million	$0.51	204.76

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.

Institutional and 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 insiders. Comparatively, 11.8% of Datadog shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Great Elm Group and Datadog, as provided 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 51.97%. 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, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Datadog has a beta of 1.22, suggesting 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.