Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) & Code Rebel (OTCMKTS:CDRBQ) Head to Head Contrast

Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) and Code Rebel (OTCMKTS:CDRBQ) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Elastic and Code Rebel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elastic	4.39%	-13.20%	-4.59%
Code Rebel	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.0% of Elastic shares are held by institutional investors. 15.9% of Elastic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Elastic has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Code Rebel has a beta of -16.58, suggesting that its share price is 1,758% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Elastic and Code Rebel”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Elastic	$1.38 billion	7.83	$61.72 million	$0.55	188.93
Code Rebel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Elastic has higher revenue and earnings than Code Rebel.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Elastic and Code Rebel, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elastic	0	5	19	1	2.84
Code Rebel	0	0	0	0	0.00

Elastic currently has a consensus price target of $126.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.74%. Given Elastic’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Elastic is more favorable than Code Rebel.

Summary

Elastic beats Code Rebel on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Elastic

Elastic N.V., a data analytics company, delivers solutions designed to run in public or private clouds in multi-cloud environments. It primarily offers Elastic Stack, a set of software products that ingest and store data from various sources and formats, as well as performs search, analysis, and visualization on that data. The company's Elastic Stack product portfolio comprises Elasticsearch, a distributed, real-time search and analytics engine, and data store for various types of data, including textual, numerical, geospatial, structured, and unstructured; Kibana, a user interface, management, and configuration interface for the Elastic Stack; Elastic Agent that offers integrated host protection and central management services; Beats, a single-purpose data shippers for sending data from edge machines to Elasticsearch or Logstash; and Logstash, a data processing pipeline for ingesting data into Elasticsearch or other storage systems from a multitude of sources simultaneously. It also provides software solutions on the Elastic Stack that address cases, including search applications, workplace search, logs, metrics, application performance monitoring, synthetic monitoring, security information and event management (SIEM), endpoint security, extended detection and response, and cloud security. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

About Code Rebel

Code Rebel Corporation operates as a software and information technology (IT) services company. It operates in two segments, Software and IT Services. The Software segment develops, markets, and licenses interactive remote application terminal services solution (iRAPP). The iRAPP allows personal computers users to use applications on a single Mac remote desktop simultaneously via the iRAPP client or any standard compliant remote desktop protocol client. This segment offers iRAPP client-side products for Mac OS X and Windows applications; iRAPP terminal server products, including iRAPP-single-user remote desktop and iRAPP-TS multiple-user terminal server for Mac OS X applications; and iRAPP access products, such as iRAPP Load Balancer and iRAPP Gateway. The IT Services segment provides Independent Software Vendor relationships (ISVs)/channel partner platforms, which provide project management, application, and technical consulting, as well as database administration for implementing projects and managed-services engagements; and professional services consulting that implements, upgrades, and maintains software packages those ISVs offer to their clients. Code Rebel Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Kahului, Hawaii.