Elastic N.V.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $9.90B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.4
- Dividend yield
- –
About Elastic
Services-Prepackaged Software, SIC 7372
Elastic provides a data and AI search platform that unifies traditional search capabilities with artificial intelligence to help organizations search, analyze, and visualize complex datasets in real time. Powered by its core Elasticsearch engine and Kibana visualization interface, the company offers three primary solutions: Search & AI, Elastic Observability, and Elastic Security. These products enable businesses to build context-aware AI applications, monitor applications and hybrid IT infrastructure, and manage cybersecurity threat detection and response. Elastic serves organizations of all sizes across diverse industries, including commercial enterprises, educational institutions, and government bodies, delivering its offerings through cloud subscriptions and self-managed software.
The company operates on a global scale, offering its platform across more than 55 public cloud regions via major cloud providers including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. As of April 30, 2026, Elastic had approximately 24,000 customers worldwide, supported by a globally distributed engineering and support team. The provided annual report text does not state the location of the company's headquarters.
Summary of the business section of Elastic's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Elastic N.V.
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Address
- 33 New Montgomery St., 9th Floor 94105
- Phone
- (650) 880-1260
- Website
- www.elastic.co
- Employees
- 4,019, Apr 30, 2026
- Industry
- Services-Prepackaged Software
- Fiscal year ends
- April 30
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, San Jose, California
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- ESTC
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Oct 5, 2018
- Shares outstanding
- 105M, Aug 21, 2026
- Public float
- $9.40B, Oct 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1707753
- CUSIP
- N14506104
- ISIN
- USN145061040
- LEI
- 2549003I48WHHH937I59
- EIN
- 98-1756035
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Shay Banon | Chief Technology Officer, Director | 5,465,541 |
| Ashutosh Kulkarni | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 599,525 |
| Navam Welihinda | Chief Financial Officer | 200,293 |
| Jane E. Bone | GVP & CAO | 47,697 |
| Carolyn Herzog | Chief Legal Officer | 112,954 |
| Mark Eugene Dodds | Chief Revenue Officer | 288,538 |
| Ken Exner | Chief Product Officer | 360,037 |
| Eric Theodore Prengel | Interim CFO | 43,623 |
| Janesh Moorjani | CFO & COO | 231,523 |
| Paul R. Auvil III | Director | 33,956 |
| Shelley B. Leibowitz | Director | 10,906 |
| Alison Gleeson | Director | 11,906 |
| Chetan Puttagunta | Director | 13,393 |
| Caryn Marooney | Director | 16,722 |
| Steven Schuurman | Director | 6,004,600 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Ashutosh Kulkarni | $9.71M | $3.68M | – | $38 | $257 |
| FY2025 Shay Banon | $0 | $0 | – | $38 | $257 |
| FY2024 Ashutosh Kulkarni | $5.87M | $1.53M | – | $71 | $172 |
| FY2024 Shay Banon | $0 | $0 | – | $71 | $172 |
| FY2023 | $7.96M | $5.51M | $6.55M | $85 | $151 |
| FY2023 Ashutosh Kulkarni | $12.47M | $30.14M | $6.55M | $85 | $151 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of April 30, 2026, we had a total of 4,019 employees in over 40 countries globally.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2019 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| Oct 5, 2018 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Sep 24, 2018 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Nov 13, 2017 | Name change | Name changed from Elasticsearch Global BV to Elastic N.V. |