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Elastic

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Company behind search engine Elasticsearch

Elastic is a Dutch-American software company that provides a platform for enterprise search, observability, and cybersecurity. Its product enables users to search and analyze large-scale data, monitor system performance, and detect anomalies.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

$1.7BRevenue, fiscal 20265
$367.8MNet income, fiscal 20265
Feb 1, 2012Founded1

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  • TickerESTC on NYSE1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersMountain View1
  • Websitewww.elastic.co
  • Business address33 New Montgomery St., 9Th Floor, San Francisco, Ca 941056
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer6

Elastic is a Dutch-American software company that provides a platform for enterprise search, observability, and cybersecurity. Its product enables users to search and analyze large-scale data, monitor system performance, and detect anomalies. Originally known as Elasticsearch, the company was founded in 2012 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and has maintained its operational headquarters in both the Netherlands and San Francisco, California, US. Elastic is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ESTC.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2026

76.1%Gross margin5
-1.9%Operating margin5
21.1%Net margin5
17.3%Revenue growth, 20265
28.8%Return on equity5
0.45×Debt to equity5
$321.8MFree cash flow5

What sells

Revenue by product, business segment and region, as the company reports it to the SEC.

Products and services

Self Managed Subscription brought in 46% of the revenue Elastic broke down this way in fiscal 2026.

  1. Self Managed Subscription$797.2M546%up 14% from 2025
  2. Saa S Self Managed - Annual$640.9M537%up 28% from 2025
  3. Saa S Self Managed - Monthly$196.3M511%up 6% from 2025
  4. Professional Services$104.9M56%up 6% from 2025
Products and services by year
Products and services202420252026
Self Managed Subscription$629.1M$696.9M$797.2M
Saa S Self Managed - Annual$364.1M$502.3M$640.9M
Saa S Self Managed - Monthly$183.5M$185.3M$196.3M
Professional Services$90.7M$98.8M$104.9M

Regions

United States brought in 54% of the revenue Elastic broke down this way in fiscal 2026.

  1. United States$947.3M554%up 13% from 2025
  2. Outside the United States$792.0M546%up 22% from 2025
Regions by year
Regions202420252026
United States$730.5M$836.2M$947.3M
Outside the United States$536.8M$647.1M$792.0M

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2026

  • Cost of revenue24¢$416.3M
  • Research and development26¢$451.9M
  • Other costs6¢$108.2M
  • Interest1¢$25.1M
  • Income tax21¢$370.1M
  • Profit21¢$367.8M

Out of $1.7B in revenue.5

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2026

  • Capital spending1¢$5.1M
  • Share buybacks99¢$340.1M

Out of $326.9M of cash from operations. Spending exceeded cash from operations; the rest came from savings or borrowing.5

Financial statements

Revenue891011125$1.7B in 2026+540% since 2019
0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B$2.0B2019: $271.7M$271.7M20192020: $427.6M$427.6M2020+57%2021: $608.5M$608.5M2021+42%2022: $862.4M$862.4M2022+42%2023: $1.1B$1.1B2023+24%2024: $1.3B$1.3B2024+19%2025: $1.5B$1.5B2025+17%2026: $1.7B$1.7B2026+17%
Gross profit891011125$1.3B in 2026+583% since 2019
0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B2019: $193.6M$193.6M20192020: $304.9M$304.9M2020+57%2021: $447.4M$447.4M2021+47%2022: $630.2M$630.2M2022+41%2023: $772.4M$772.4M2023+23%2024: $937.2M$937.2M2024+21%2025: $1.1B$1.1B2025+18%2026: $1.3B$1.3B2026+20%
Operating income891011125-$33.5M in 2026−67% since 2019
-$300.0M-$200.0M-$100.0M02019: -$101.4M-$101.4M20192020: -$171.1M-$171.1M2020+69%2021: -$129.5M-$129.5M2021−24%2022: -$173.7M-$173.7M2022+34%2023: -$219.2M-$219.2M2023+26%2024: -$129.9M-$129.9M2024−41%2025: -$54.9M-$54.9M2025−58%2026: -$33.5M-$33.5M2026−39%
Net income891011125$367.8M in 2026
-$400.0M-$200.0M0$200.0M$400.0M2019: -$102.3M-$102.3M20192020: -$167.2M-$167.2M2020+63%2021: -$129.4M-$129.4M2021−23%2022: -$203.8M-$203.8M2022+57%2023: -$236.2M-$236.2M2023+16%2024: $61.7M$61.7M20242025: -$108.1M-$108.1M20252026: $367.8M$367.8M2026

Every line of the income statement as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.5

Period ending2026-04-302025-04-302024-04-30
Total revenue$1.7B$1.5B$1.3B
Total cost of revenue$416.3M$379.9M$330.1M
Gross profit$1.3B$1.1B$937.2M
Research and development$451.9M$365.8M$342.0M
Sales and marketing$710.2M$617.2M$559.6M
General and administrative$194.4M$175.2M$160.6M
Restructuring and other related charges$0$225.0K$4.9M
Total operating expenses$1.4B$1.2B$1.1B
Operating loss-$33.5M-$54.9M-$129.9M
Interest expense-$25.1M-$25.3M-$26.1M
Other income, net$56.3M$48.7M$33.3M
Loss before income taxes-$2.3M-$31.6M-$122.8M
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes-$370.1M$76.5M-$184.5M
Net income (loss)$367.8M-$108.1M$61.7M
Net earnings (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic (in dollars per share)$3.49-$1.04$0.62
Net earnings (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted (in dollars per share)$3.43-$1.04$0.59
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic (in shares)105.3M shares103.7M shares99.6M shares
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted (in shares)107.2M shares103.7M shares104.0M shares

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The story

History

In 2004, Shay Banon developed a recipe software application for his wife, who was studying at Le Cordon Bleu. He built Elasticsearch in 2009 and spent three years developing the product along with the open-source community. In 2012, he co-founded the company Elasticsearch with Simon Willnauer, Steven Schuurman, and Uri Boness.

After the company acquired Found in 2015, the company rebranded as Elastic. While the company had been informally referred to as Elastic since its inception, it was not its official name.

In November 2022, Elastic NV laid off 13% of its workforce.

In June 2026, 7% of the global workforce was laid off.

Corporate information

Ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the trading symbol “ESTC.”

The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elastic (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Who has led Elastic, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (19)

Products and brands

  • Elasticsearch
  • Kibana
  • Logstash

Listed on Wikidata.1

Software developed by the company includes Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash. As a stack, these have been referred to by the company as the Elastic Stack or ELK Stack.

The company also offers Elastic Cloud as an SaaS, and Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE).

Elasticsearch technology is used by eBay, Wikipedia, Yelp, Uber, Lyft, Tinder, and Netflix.

The company also offers Search AI Lake and related services to provide ElasticSearch services for large data lakes.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elastic (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

In 2015, the company, then known as Elastisearch, acquired Found, a cloud-based search provider.

In 2016, Elastic acquired Prelert, a machine learning company specializing in anomaly detection.

In 2017, Elastic acquired Swiftype, a provider of search and index software.

In 2019, Elastic acquired Endgame, an endpoint security provider, for $234 million.

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In 2021, Elastic acquired build.security, a cloud security company focusing on policy definition and enforcement.

In 2021, Elastic acquired Cmd, a company that provides monitoring and control tools for Linux environments.

On October 14, 2021 Elastic acquired Optimyze, a cloud computing company based in Zurich.

In 2025, Elastic acquired Israeli start-up Keep, an open-source AIOps platform that manages alerts and incident response.

In 2025, Elastic acquired Jina AI.

From Wikipedia’s article on Elastic (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Former names

  • Elasticsearch Global BVJun 5, 2017 to Nov 13, 20176

Timeline

  1. Mar 10, 2022New chief executive Ashutosh Kulkarni becomes CEO18
  2. Oct 5, 2018Went public Listed on NYSE1
  3. Feb 1, 2012Founded Founded1
  4. 2012New chief executive Shay Banon becomes CEO1

Filings

490 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 15 quarterly reports, 37 major events, 212 insider forms, 39 large holders, 182 other. The latest 20:

  1. Oct 15, 20268-K EDGAR
  2. Oct 13, 2026144 EDGAR
  3. Oct 13, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  4. Oct 6, 2026SCHEDULE 13D EDGAR
  5. Oct 6, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  6. Oct 6, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  7. Oct 2, 2026144 EDGAR
  8. Oct 2, 2026144 EDGAR
  9. Oct 1, 2026144 EDGAR
  10. Oct 1, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  11. Sep 15, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  12. Sep 14, 2026144 EDGAR
  13. Sep 11, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  14. Sep 10, 2026144 EDGAR
  15. Sep 10, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  16. Sep 10, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  17. Sep 10, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  18. Sep 10, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  19. Sep 10, 20264 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES EDGAR
  20. Sep 9, 2026144 EDGAR

The 490 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

175 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 2 buys and 173 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Sep 14, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale84,207$84.64$7.1MForm 4
Sep 10, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale6,201$85.19$528.3KForm 4
Sep 9, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale155,586$86.82$13.5MForm 4
Sep 9, 2026Kulkarni AshutoshChief Executive OfficerSale29,227$87.78$2.6MForm 4
Sep 9, 2026Bone Jane EGVP & CAOSale1,542$87.78$135.4KForm 4
Sep 9, 2026Herzog CarolynChief Legal OfficerSale5,485$87.78$481.5KForm 4
Sep 9, 2026Dodds Mark EugeneChief Revenue OfficerSale9,673$87.78$849.1KForm 4
Sep 9, 2026Welihinda NavamChief Financial OfficerSale8,961$87.78$786.6KForm 4
Sep 4, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale80,583$92.65$7.5MForm 4
Sep 3, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale203,702$94.07$19.2MForm 4
Sep 2, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale165,171$90.26$14.9MForm 4
Sep 1, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale111,127$92.60$10.3MForm 4
Sep 1, 2026Bone Jane EGVP & CAOSale4,176$93.48$390.4KForm 4
Sep 1, 2026Herzog CarolynChief Legal OfficerSale10,000$93.67$936.7KForm 4
Aug 31, 2026Banon ShayChief Technology OfficerSale200,000$96.47$19.3MForm 4
Jun 9, 2026Kulkarni AshutoshChief Executive OfficerSale40,373$60.61$2.4MForm 4
Jun 9, 2026Welihinda NavamChief Financial OfficerSale12,961$60.61$785.6KForm 4
Jun 9, 2026Exner KenChief Product OfficerSale18,449$60.61$1.1MForm 4
Jun 9, 2026Herzog CarolynChief Legal OfficerSale9,485$60.61$574.9KForm 4
Jun 9, 2026Dodds Mark EugeneChief Revenue OfficerSale18,439$60.61$1.1MForm 4

All 175 trades can be filtered by person here when JavaScript is on.

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

Members of Congress who traded it

3 trades disclosed by members of Congress. “Vs S&P since” is the stock’s change since the trade minus the S&P 500’s.

DateMemberTradeAmountVs S&P sinceFiling
May 23, 2025Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.Republican, HouseSale$1,001 - $15,000+33.8%Report
Mar 15, 2021Josh GottheimerDemocratic, HouseSale$1,001 - $15,000+116.9%Report
Mar 5, 2021Anthony E. Gonzalez, HouseSale$50,001 - $100,000+126.9%Report

Members report amounts as ranges, not exact figures. Returns are price-only (no dividends).

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