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Dynatrace, Inc.DTCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Packaged Software

US software company providing AI-powered observability software that monitors application performance and IT infrastructure.

Momentum weak 31
Mkt cap
$12.5B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$531M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
22.6×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+5.4 pp
WACC 8.3%
Hurdle
-5 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
89 days
3 Feb 2027
Close · USD$43.44
1D-0.6%
1W-24.7%
1M-28.9%
3M-14.1%
6M+6.7%
YTD+0.2%
1Y-8.3%
ATR %6.3%
Beta0.70
52w lowhigh34.5% off high

What Dynatrace does

US software company providing AI-powered observability software that monitors application performance and IT infrastructure.

Sells subscriptions, typically annual or multi-year commitments that customers draw down as they use modules (a consumption-style billing called the Dynatrace Platform Subscription), so revenue recurs and grows as customers send more data and add products. It emerged from Compuware, which Thoma Bravo bought in 2014, and listed in 2019.

Products and services

  • Application performance monitoring (APM)
  • Infrastructure/cloud observability
  • AI-driven root-cause analysis (Davis AI)

Customers

  • Large enterprises with complex IT/cloud environmen

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Software (observability/APM)
  • Application performance monitoring…
  • Enterprises running complex…

What could go right

  • Cloud migration driving observability spend
  • Platform consolidation (APM+logs+infra) upsell

What could go wrong

  • Competitive observability market (Datadog, Splunk)
  • Usage-based pricing revenue volatility

Moat: narrow (switching costs, installed base, data). Deep instrumentation across a customer's IT stack and proprietary AI engine make displacement costly and risky.

Headquarters: Waltham, Massachusetts, US · Founded: 2005 · Employees: 5,600

Named competitors

Dynatrace at a glance

Size Dynatrace (DT) is a United States Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $12.5B, the 681st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $43.44 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.7%, against +33.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 17.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +20.3%); the operating margin is 13.6% (peer median 20.4%).

Valuation It trades at 22.6× forward earnings against a peer median of 27.0× (8th cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +23%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.4 points above its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $3.49B at 30 Sep 2026, up 15% on a year earlier — 1.6 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 6.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012515011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 135DT 108
Six months, rebased to 100: Dynatrace against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Dynatrace financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.18B$2.02B$1.70B$1.43B$1.16B
Revenue growth—+19%+19%+23%—
Gross profit$1.77B$1.65B$1.36B$1.14B$909M
EBITDA$323M$288M$228M$183M$148M
Net income$162M$163M$484M$155M$108M
Free cash flow$579M$530M$433M$352M$333M
Capital expenditure$28.7M$32.4M$28.8M$31.7M$21.5M
Total debt$1.56B$164M$75.4M$69.5M$75.2M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Dynatrace competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+25%+50%+75%-20%0%+20%+40%FROGTRMBCHYMPCORTEM002602SGE9697SAILDOCUMANHPAYCWTCFIGHUBSEVO688111OFSSYMMHNGEDT6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Dynatrace is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+20%+40%+60%25×50×75×FROGTRMBCHYMPCOR002602SGE9697SAILDOCUMANHWTCFIGHUBSEVOOFSSHNGEDTRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Dynatrace is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%FROGTRMBCHYMPCOR002602SGE9697SAILDOCUMANHPAYCWTCFIGHUBSEVO688111OFSSYMMHNGEDTGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Dynatrace is the large dot.

Dynatrace competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DT vs DDOG vs CSCO vs ESTC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Dynatrace DT$12.5B+7%+18%14%22.6×18.8%
Datadog DDOG$64.3B-11%+33%2%61.0×n/a
Cisco CSCO$369B-3%+12%25%18.4×15.0%
Elastic ESTC$9.12B+65%+16%-1%24.4×13.0%

How Dynatrace compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Dynatrace against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDTPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-28.9%+5.4%lowest of 21
6-month return+6.7%+33.0%7th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-34.5%-14.2%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+17.8%+20.3%10th lowest of 21
Operating margin13.6%20.4%9th lowest of 21
Forward P/E22.6×27.0×8th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)18.8%19.9%10th least demanding of 20
Growth delivered (Del g)+23.5%+24.7%10th lowest of 20
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-4.7 pp-4.3 pp10th least demanding of 20
ROIC minus cost of capital+5.4 pp+8.7 pp9th lowest of 18
EV / EBITDA36.8×17.6×3rd most expensive of 13
Net debt / EBITDA-1.8×-1.2×5th least indebted of 15

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Dynatrace DTUnited States$12.5B+7%+18%14%22.6×18.8%+23.5%
JFrog FROGUnited States$12.5B+43%+26%-13%89.6×37.7%+28.7%
Trimble TRMBUnited States$12.6B-11%+7%18%13.6×15.3%+2.6%
Chime Financial CHYMUnited States$11.9B+70%+18%-1%35.2×18.2%+24.8%
Procore Technologies PCORUnited States$11.4B+41%+16%-1%33.8×19.9%+27.0%
Tempus AI TEMUnited States$13.9B+53%+37%-18%n/an/an/a
Zhejiang Century Huatong 002602.SZChina$14.0B-20%+28%21%11.1×-0.2%+20.4%
Sage SGE.LUnited Kingdom$14.1B+33%+9%23%23.1×3.1%+5.7%
Capcom 9697.TJapan$11.0B+25%+21%41%27.0×-2.2%+15.4%
SailPoint SAILUnited States$11.0B+57%+20%-19%53.5×42.0%+24.7%
DocuSign DOCUUnited States$14.5B+62%+9%12%15.9×12.9%+17.2%
Manhattan Associates MANHUnited States$14.7B+77%+8%25%42.0×29.4%+13.0%
Paycom Software PAYCUnited States$10.5B+73%+9%30%15.9×3.3%+19.5%
Wisetech Global WTC.AXAustralia$10.3B+15%+71%31%32.6×30.1%+32.3%
Figma FIGUnited States$10.0B-9%+43%-124%54.8×22.2%+43.4%
HubSpot HUBSUnited States$10.0B+2%+21%4%12.5×25.1%+28.8%
Evolution EVO.STSweden$15.8B+33%-3%57%14.4×-0.3%+31.2%
Beijing Kingsoft Office Software 688111.SSChina$16.1B-8%+20%22%35.6×32.7%+21.3%
Oracle Financial Services Software OFSS.NSIndia$9.43B+8%+28%52%22.7×22.0%+9.0%
Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR YMMUnited States$9.35B+4%+9%34%12.8×-10.9%+36.0%
Hinge Health HNGEUnited States$9.34B+107%+50%19%39.6×34.1%+49.9%

Dynatrace backlog

Dynatrace reported $3.49B of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2026, up 15% from a year earlier and up 1% from the previous quarter. That is 1.6 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.08.

Questions

Who are Dynatrace's main competitors?
Named competitors: Datadog (DDOG), Cisco (AppDynamics/Splunk) (CSCO), New Relic (private or unlisted), Elastic (ESTC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes JFrog (FROG), Trimble (TRMB), Chime Financial (CHYM), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Tempus AI (TEM), Zhejiang Century Huatong (002602.SZ).
Is Dynatrace expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 22.6× against a peer median of 27.0×, 8th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 19% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +23%, so the hurdle is -5 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Dynatrace stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +6.7% against +33.0% for the median peer; over one year -8.3%.
What is Dynatrace's backlog?
Dynatrace's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $3.49B at 30 Sep 2026, +15% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.