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Elastic (ESTC) Is Up 5.9% After AI Observability, AWS Milestones And Buyback News - Has The Bull Case Changed?

Simply Wall St · 2d ago
  • Recently, Elastic announced a new integration that brings observability for AI agents and applications running on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore directly into the Elasticsearch platform, alongside a US$500.00 million share repurchase program and stronger fiscal second quarter 2026 results.
  • The company is also deepening its AI focus through an investment in investigations software firm Siren and gaining AWS Agentic AI Specialization, underscoring its emphasis on production-grade autonomous AI systems.
  • Next, we’ll examine how Elastic’s expanded AI observability with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore may influence its investment narrative and growth outlook.

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Elastic Investment Narrative Recap

For me, the core Elastic thesis is about its ability to turn AI search, observability, and security into a unified, must-have platform as workloads move to the cloud. The Amazon Bedrock AgentCore integration and stronger fiscal 2026 guidance reinforce the near term catalyst around AI driven consumption, while the biggest risk still feels like intensifying competition from hyperscalers’ native tools, which this news does not fully resolve.

The Amazon Bedrock AgentCore observability integration stands out here, because it directly supports Elastic’s AI centric growth catalyst by tying its platform more tightly into AWS agentic AI workloads. If enterprises increasingly want end to end, production grade AI observability on top of their LLM agents, this kind of deep integration could help Elastic stay relevant as those customers weigh hyperscaler native options against specialized platforms.

Yet, despite these AI tailwinds, investors should still be aware of how quickly hyperscaler native services could...

Read the full narrative on Elastic (it's free!)

Elastic's narrative projects $2.3 billion revenue and $50.5 million earnings by 2028. This requires 13.9% yearly revenue growth and a $134.0 million earnings increase from $-83.5 million today.

Uncover how Elastic's forecasts yield a $106.22 fair value, a 42% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

ESTC Community Fair Values as at Dec 2025
ESTC Community Fair Values as at Dec 2025

Six members of the Simply Wall St Community currently see Elastic’s fair value between US$89.66 and US$140.57, highlighting a wide spread of expectations. When you set those views against the risk of hyperscalers eroding Elastic’s market share, it underlines why different investors can reach very different conclusions about the company’s long term performance.

Explore 6 other fair value estimates on Elastic - why the stock might be worth just $89.66!

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