Elastic (ESTC) Earns AV Comparatives’ Only Perfect 2026 Endpoint Protection Score

• Elastic (NYSE: ESTC) received the only perfect score in the AV-Comparatives 2026 Endpoint Prevention and Response Test.
• The Elastic Security platform blocked all tested threats with zero false positives according to the independent assessment.
• AV-Comparatives cited Elastic for the most efficient operational footprint among evaluated endpoint security products in the 2026 report.
• The perfect AV-Comparatives EPR 2026 result for Elastic Security is important, but investors should weigh several other factors too. Check out 3 warning signs (1 major) that Elastic investors should know about.

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Elastic runs a search-focused AI software platform that helps customers handle security, observability and search workloads across hybrid, public, private and multi-cloud setups, so a result like this lands directly in the middle of how enterprises assess endpoint tools for those environments.

4 things going right for Elastic that this headline doesn't cover.

What Elastic’s perfect AV-Comparatives score signals for the AI security story

For investors tracking Elastic, this perfect AV-Comparatives EPR result directly supports the Narrative catalyst that calls out Elastic Security and AI powered features as a way to deepen enterprise relationships and cross sell across the platform. Independent confirmation of protection quality, false positive control, and operational efficiency sits right alongside recent moves like bringing OpenAI GPT cyber models into Elastic Security and launching the Elasticsearch Vector Database. Together, these updates speak to Elastic’s push to be a unified search, observability, and security platform for AI heavy workloads, even as the Narrative still flags intense competition and pricing pressure as live risks.

See how these catalysts shape Elastic's path to a $74.52 fair value.

The unresolved piece is scale. The clearest proof point will be whether upcoming reported figures for sales led subscription revenue and Elastic Security adoption inside those contracts line up with the CY2026 and fiscal 2027 guidance the business has already set out.

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