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Datadog (DDOG) AI Stock Analysis

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Datadog

(NASDAQ:DDOG)

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Neutral 69 (OpenAI - Gpt-5.6Sol)

Rating:69Neutral

Price Target:

$282.00

▲(26.46% Upside)

Action:Downgraded

Date:08/07/26

DDOG’s score is primarily supported by strong financial quality—especially high margins and standout, growing free cash flow—plus a generally positive earnings update and solid forward operating-margin guidance. Offsetting that, valuation is extremely stretched (very high P/E) and the technical setup is weak with the stock trading below key short-term moving averages; near-term risk is also elevated by the largest-customer usage reduction embedded in guidance.

Positive Factors

Recurring SaaS and cross-sell model

Datadog’s recurring SaaS model can compound revenue as customers expand cloud workloads, telemetry volumes, and module adoption. Broad integrations reduce adoption friction, while land-and-expand behavior can deepen relationships and support durable retention and monetization.

Negative Factors

Largest-customer usage reduction

A usage reduction from a very large customer creates a near-term headwind and demonstrates that consumption-based revenue can be sensitive to individual account behavior. This may moderate reported growth and increase forecasting variability even while broader demand remains healthy.

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Positive Factors

Negative Factors

Recurring SaaS and cross-sell model

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Datadog Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Any

Customers Over $100k

Customers Over $100k
Shows the number of customers generating over $100,000 in annual revenue, reflecting the company's ability to attract and retain high-value clients.

Chart InsightsDatadog’s steady rise in $100k+ customers is driven more by expansion within accounts and AI-led adoption than by simple unit growth—management highlights deeper product adoption and an AI cohort that generates outsized ARR. That explains accelerating ARR and billings, but also creates concentration risk (a few AI-heavy accounts and the largest customer influenced guidance) and keeps margin pressure from required product and sovereignty investments until newer offerings scale.

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Datadog (DDOG) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)

Market Cap

$92.08B

Dividend YieldN/A

Average Volume (3M)2.95M

Price to Earnings (P/E)549.3

Beta (1Y)1.41

Revenue Growth31.52%

EPS Growth37.42%

CountryUS

Employees8,100

SectorTechnology

Sector Strength88

IndustrySoftware - Application

Share Statistics

EPS (TTM)0.50

Shares Outstanding334,904,600

10 Day Avg. Volume2,891,287

30 Day Avg. Volume2,946,857

Financial Highlights & Ratios

PEG Ratio-10.05

Price to Book (P/B)12.65

Price to Sales (P/S)13.78

P/FCF Ratio47.20

Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.01

Enterprise Value/Revenue23.42

Enterprise Value/Gross Profit29.45

Enterprise Value/Ebitda309.71

Forecast

1Y Price Target

$298.06

Price Target Upside33.67% Upside

Rating ConsensusStrong Buy

Number of Analyst Covering34

EPS Forecast (FY)2.54

Revenue Forecast (FY)$4.48B

Datadog Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description

Datadog, Inc. offers a comprehensive cloud-based monitoring and analytics solution, serving the needs of developers, IT operations personnel, and business stakeholders across North America and internationally. This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) off...

How the Company Makes Money

Datadog makes money primarily by selling subscription access to its SaaS platform. Customers pay recurring fees to use Datadog’s products (modules) such as infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM), log management, distri...

Datadog Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Aug 06, 2026

(Q2-2026)

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Next Earnings Date:Nov 04, 2026

Earnings Call Sentiment Positive

The call presents a predominantly positive operational and financial picture: strong 36% YoY revenue growth, record sequential revenue added, robust cash generation, meaningful product and AI innovation, expanding customer monetization (more customers using multiple products and rising $100K+ customers), and strong bookings and retention metrics. Near-term conservatism in guidance is driven largely by a usage reduction at one very large customer and modest gross margin pressure from investments and event costs. Management emphasized accelerating demand across the broader customer base and derisked guidance to reflect the single‑customer variability.

Positive Updates

Strong Revenue Growth and Beat

Revenue of $1.12B in Q2, up 36% year-over-year and above the high end of guidance.

Negative Updates

Largest Customer Usage Reduction and Guidance Impact

A longtime, very large customer renewed but showed a usage reduction beginning in Q3; management fully derisked guidance for this reduction. Q3 revenue guide implies 28%–29% YoY growth (vs Q2 actual +36%), reflecting the impact of this customer’s reduced usage.

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Q2-2026 Updates

Positive

Negative

Strong Revenue Growth and Beat

Revenue of $1.12B in Q2, up 36% year-over-year and above the high end of guidance.

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Company Guidance

Datadog guided Q3 revenue of $1.135–$1.145 billion (up ~28–29% year‑over‑year), non‑GAAP operating income of $260–$270 million (implying a 23–24% operating margin) and non‑GAAP EPS of $0.63–$0.65 on ~378 million diluted shares; for fiscal 2026 it expects revenue of $4.45–$4.47 billion (≈30% growth), non‑GAAP operating income of $1.01–$1.03 billion (≈23% margin) and non‑GAAP EPS of $2.50–$2.54 on ~376 million diluted shares. Management said the guide is conservative, incorporates a usage reduction from its largest customer, and assumes net interest & other income of about $180 million, cash taxes of $30–$40 million, a 21% non‑GAAP tax rate going forward, and CapEx plus capitalized software of roughly 4–5% of revenue.

Datadog Financial Statement Overview

Summary

Financials are strong overall, led by excellent and consistently growing free cash flow (TTM FCF ~$1.15B; OCF ~$1.23B) and durable high gross margins (~77%–81%). Revenue has scaled materially (from ~$1.0B in 2021 to ~$3.97B TTM) and net income turned positive in 2023–TTM, but profitability remains relatively thin (TTM net margin ~3.7%) with some operating-income volatility and modest ROE (~3.8%).

Income Statement

Positive

Balance Sheet

Positive

Cash Flow

Very Positive

Breakdown	TTM	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue	3.97B	3.43B	2.68B	2.13B	1.68B	1.03B
Gross Profit	3.15B	2.74B	2.17B	1.72B	1.33B	794.54M
EBITDA	299.93M	193.84M	265.94M	111.00M	13.09M	25.57M
Net Income	177.58M	107.74M	183.75M	48.57M	-50.16M	-20.75M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets	7.55B	6.64B	5.79B	3.94B	3.00B	2.38B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments	4.99B	4.47B	4.19B	2.58B	1.88B	1.55B
Total Debt	1.28B	1.54B	1.84B	902.34M	837.52M	807.75M
Total Liabilities	3.18B	2.91B	3.07B	1.91B	1.59B	1.34B
Stockholders Equity	4.37B	3.73B	2.71B	2.03B	1.41B	1.04B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow	1.15B	1.00B	835.88M	632.37M	353.52M	250.52M
Operating Cash Flow	1.23B	1.05B	870.60M	659.95M	418.41M	286.55M
Investing Cash Flow	-1.36B	-1.33B	-736.84M	-731.37M	-384.67M	-273.74M
Financing Cash Flow	82.85M	-572.48M	787.08M	58.28M	36.02M	34.94M

Datadog Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment

Neutral

Last Price222.99

Price Trends

50DMA

248.40

Positive

100DMA

248.72

Positive

200DMA

194.15

Positive

Market Momentum

MACD

3.42

Positive

RSI

48.07

Neutral

STOCH

32.94

Neutral

Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For DDOG, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 222.99 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 271.35, below the 50-day MA of 248.40, and above the 200-day MA of 194.15, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 3.42 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 48.07 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 32.94 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for DDOG.

Datadog Risk Analysis

Datadog disclosed 59 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Datadog reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.

Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Datadog Peers Comparison

Overall Rating

UnderperformOutperform

Sector (61)

Financial Indicators

Name	Overall Rating	Market Cap	P/E Ratio	ROE	Dividend Yield	Revenue Growth	EPS Growth
NOW	79 Outperform	$154.62B	95.11	13.77%	―	22.19%	0.19%
ESTC	79 Outperform	$10.47B	27.34	35.31%	―	16.18%	―
PD	78 Outperform	$1.33B	8.36	70.79%	―	2.30%	―
DT	76 Outperform	$18.39B	127.39	5.72%	4.32%	17.94%	-69.28%
GTLB	75 Outperform	$9.16B	-175.81	-5.51%	―	22.99%	-1190.91%
DDOG	69 Neutral	$92.08B	549.26	4.57%	―	31.52%	37.42%
Sector *	61 Neutral	$37.18B	12.37	-10.20%	1.83%	8.50%	-7.62%

* Technology Sector Average

Performance Comparison

DDOG

Datadog

257.75

101.28

64.73%

NOW

ServiceNow

157.00

-29.03

-15.61%

ESTC

Elastic

98.21

10.01

11.35%

PagerDuty

17.23

1.06

6.56%

Dynatrace

63.37

13.06

25.96%

GTLB

Gitlab

54.53

6.00

12.36%

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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Aug 07, 2026