Let’s dig into the relative performance of Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q1 data infrastructure earnings season.

Generating insights from system level data is an increasing priority for most businesses, but to do so requires connecting and analyzing piles of data stored and siloed in separate databases. This is the demand driver for cloud based data infrastructure software providers, who can more readily integrate, distribute and process information vs. legacy on-premise software providers.

The 4 data infrastructure stocks we track reported a satisfactory Q1. As a group, revenues beat analysts’ consensus estimates by 0.8% while next quarter’s revenue guidance was 0.9% below.

In light of this news, share prices of the companies have held steady. On average, they are relatively unchanged since the latest earnings results.

Best Q1: Elastic (NYSE:ESTC)

Started by Shay Banon as a search engine for his wife's growing list of recipes at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris, Elastic (NYSE:ESTC) helps companies integrate search into their products and monitor their cloud infrastructure.

Elastic reported revenues of $388.4 million, up 16% year on year. This print exceeded analysts’ expectations by 2.1%. Overall, it was a strong quarter for the company with accelerating customer growth and an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

The stock is down 8.9% since reporting and currently trades at $83.83.

Is now the time to buy Elastic? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT)

Started in 2014 by the team of engineers at LinkedIn who originally built it as an internal tool, Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) provides infrastructure software for organizations that makes it easy and fast to collect and move large amounts of data between different systems.

Confluent reported revenues of $271.1 million, up 24.8% year on year, outperforming analysts’ expectations by 2.6%. The business had a strong quarter with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

Confluent delivered the biggest analyst estimates beat among its peers. The market seems content with the results as the stock is up 1% since reporting. It currently trades at $24.

Is now the time to buy Confluent? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it’s free.

Weakest Q1: Teradata (NYSE:TDC)

Part of point-of-sale and ATM company NCR from 1991 to 2007, Teradata (NYSE:TDC) offers a software-as-service platform that helps organizations manage and analyze their data across multiple storages.