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ESTC trades against a final fair-value range of $79.75-$165.72, with the midpoint set by the accepted valuation synthesis rather than earlier draft model outputs. Fair value range: low $79.8, high $166, with mid-point at $118.
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ESTC Elastic N.V. fair value $118–$166

ESTC
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Analyzed: 2026-05-10Next update: 2026-08-10Methodology v2.4Archetype: Pre-profitNYSE · Information Technology
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Last price
$52.25
▲ +65.96 (+126.24%)
Fair value
$118
$118–$166
Rating
Strong Buy
confidence 73/100
Upside
+126.2%
upside to fair value
Margin of Safety
$100.48
buy below · 15%
Market Cap
$5.4B
P/E fwd 18.4

§1 Executive summary

  • Composite fair value $118 with high case $166.
  • Implied upside of 126.2% to fair value.
  • Moat 6.5/10 · confidence 73/100 · Pre-profit.
  • Trades below fair value with a meaningful cushion to the midpoint.
Fair value
$118
Margin of safety
+55.8%
Confidence
73/100
Moat
6.5/10

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$52.25Price
FV $118.21
High $165.72

ESTC trades against a final fair-value range of $79.75-$165.72, with the midpoint set by the accepted valuation synthesis rather than earlier draft model outputs.

  • High switching costs in core
    High switching costs in core enterprise search and observability.
  • Growing footprint in generative AI
    Growing footprint in generative AI vector search.
  • Cycle upside
    Generative AI drives massive vector database adoption. Cloud migration and IT consolidation favor platforms offering unified observability and security.

§2 Bear case

A severe IT spending contraction paired with aggressive discounting by native cloud providers tests Elastic's pricing power. If top-line growth decelerates below 10% before operating leverageLeverageThe proportion of debt in the company's capital structure. Commonly measured as Debt/EBITDA, Debt/Equity, or Net Debt/EBITDA. kicks in, the current 8x EV/Revenue multiple will violently compress.

Ways this thesis can break

Cloud Provider Commoditization

· Low

Native cloud providers bundle vector search and observability natively at zero marginal cost, destroying top-line growth.

FV impact
Severe

Datadog Consolidation

· Medium

Enterprise IT consolidates entirely on Datadog or Splunk for observability, crowding out Elastic's premium offerings.

FV impact
Moderate

Perpetual Unprofitability

· High

SBC and R&D spend required to compete remain elevated indefinitely, preventing transition to structural profitability.

FV impact
High
Early-warning signals to monitor
MetricCurrentTrigger threshold
Revenue growth decelerating below 15% YoY.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Gross margin compressing below 70%.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
SBC as a percentage of revenue expanding.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Major enterprise logo churn to Datadog or native cloud tools.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis
Vector search adoption stalling in favor of standalone DBs.MonitorDeterioration versus the report thesis

§3 Financial history

Income statement — last six periods
Line itemT−0T−1T−2T−3CAGR
Period2022-04-302023-04-302024-04-302025-04-30Trend
Revenue$862.4M$1.07B$1.27B$1.48B+19.8%
Gross profit$630.2M$772.4M$937.2M$1.10B+20.5%
Operating income$-173.7M$-187.9M$-125.0M$-54.7M
Net income$-203.8M$-236.2M$61.7M$-108.1M
EPS (diluted)$-2.20$-2.47$0.59$-1.04
EBITDA$-157.3M$-171.5M$-78.6M$6.1M
R&D$273.8M$313.5M$342.0M$365.8M+10.1%
SG&A$530.1M$646.8M$720.3M$792.4M+14.3%

Quality scores

Piotroski F-score
6 / 9
0–9 quality composite
Altman Z-score
2.35
Bankruptcy risk (>3 safe)
Beneish M-score
-3.02
Earnings manipulation risk
OCF / Net income
-2.46
>1 indicates high earnings quality
Accounting quality gate
Fail
Sector-adjusted gate
ROIC
-0.0%
Return on invested capital
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ESTC — frequently asked questions

  1. Based on our latest analysis, ESTC looks meaningfully undervalued. The current price is $52.3 versus a composite fair-value midpoint of $118 (range $79.8–$166), which implies roughly 126.2% upside to the midpoint.
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