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<ul><li>Datadog Inc., in its Q4 2023 earnings, revealed that it ended the year on a high note.</li><li>With continued innovation and high customer adoption rates, the company's revenue was $590 million, a 26% increase year-over-year, exceeding its guidance range.</li><li>The company's customer growth was significant, moving from around 23,200 last year to about 27,300 currently.</li></ul>

Datadog Inc., in its Q4 2023 earnings, revealed that it ended the year on a high note.With continued innovation and high customer adoption rates, the company's revenue was $590 million, a 26% increase year-over-year, exceeding its guidance range.The company's customer growth was significant, moving from around 23,200 last year to about 27,300 currently.

Datadog Inc: Can The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Be A Game Changer? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Datadog, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in revenue and earnings, demonstrating impressive growth with revenues reaching $548 million, a remarkable 25% increase year-over-year, surpassing the high end of their guidance range.</li><li>However, new logo activity remained robust, with many new deals exceeding $100,000 in annual commitment for the second consecutive quarter.</li><li>Datadog achieved significant milestones in its product offerings, with infrastructure monitoring ARR surpassing $1 billion, APM suite exceeding $500 million in ARR, and log management product crossing the $500 million threshold in ARR.</li></ul>

Datadog, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in revenue and earnings, demonstrating impressive growth with revenues reaching $548 million, a remarkable 25% increase year-over-year, surpassing the high end of their guidance range.However, new logo activity remained robust, with many new deals exceeding $100,000 in annual commitment for the second consecutive quarter.Datadog achieved significant milestones in its product offerings, with infrastructure monitoring ARR surpassing $1 billion, APM suite exceeding $500 million in ARR, and log management product crossing the $500 million threshold in ARR.

Datadog Inc.: Will The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Boost Customer Growth? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Datadog, Inc. exceeded analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.</li><li>The revenue of $509 million exceeded the high end of its guidance range and increased by 25% year over year.</li><li>During Q2, customers kept checking prices and maximizing their use of the cloud and observability, especially some with higher spending levels.</li></ul>

Datadog, Inc. exceeded analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.The revenue of $509 million exceeded the high end of its guidance range and increased by 25% year over year.During Q2, customers kept checking prices and maximizing their use of the cloud and observability, especially some with higher spending levels.

Datadog Inc.: Improved Log Management Capabilities & Other Major Developments

<ul><li>Datadog had a good Q1 as they exceeded analyst expectations on all fronts, with revenue of $482 million, a 33% YoY increase, and added approximately 1,400 net new customers.</li><li>The company observed growth from existing customers and continued to see customers optimizing their cloud spend.</li><li>In addition, Datadog made significant advancements in its product offerings, introducing new security capabilities such as Application Vulnerability Management and enhancing its Cloud Security Management product.</li></ul>

Datadog had a good Q1 as they exceeded analyst expectations on all fronts, with revenue of $482 million, a 33% YoY increase, and added approximately 1,400 net new customers.The company observed growth from existing customers and continued to see customers optimizing their cloud spend.In addition, Datadog made significant advancements in its product offerings, introducing new security capabilities such as Application Vulnerability Management and enhancing its Cloud Security Management product.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elastic-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27526:1" rel="noopener">Elastic NV (ESTC US)</a> reported a solid 4QFY23, reflecting a stronger-than-expected non-GAAP operating margin of ~9% and GAAP subscription gross margin of ~79%. </li>
<li>Elastic cloud revenue grew 28% y/y, representing 40% of total revenue. Elastic cloud is scaling well, and margins improved faster-than-anticipated. </li>
<li>We are concerned about slowing H1 FY24 y/y growth in total revenue and failure to achieve the $2B revenue mark in FY25. Price target to $112.</li>
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Elastic NV (ESTC US) reported a solid 4QFY23, reflecting a stronger-than-expected non-GAAP operating margin of ~9% and GAAP subscription gross margin of ~79%. 
Elastic cloud revenue grew 28% y/y, representing 40% of total revenue. Elastic cloud is scaling well, and margins improved faster-than-anticipated. 
We are concerned about slowing H1 FY24 y/y growth in total revenue and failure to achieve the $2B revenue mark in FY25. Price target to $112.


Focus On Profitability Expansion And Durable Growth: PT Reduced To $112 From $133

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Datadog, Inc. provides software solutions. The Company offers cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform which integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management for real-time observability of customers. Datadog operates worldwide.

Datadog (DDOG US)

Datadog Inc: Can The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Be A Game Changer? - Major Drivers

Datadog Inc., in its Q4 2023 earnings, revealed that it ended the year on a high note. With continued innovation and high customer adoption rates,...

Baptista Research

Datadog Inc.: Will The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Boost Customer Growth? - Major Drivers

Datadog, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in revenue and earnings, demonstrating impressive growth with revenues reaching $548 million,...

Baptista Research

Datadog Inc.: Improved Log Management Capabilities & Other Major Developments

Datadog, Inc. exceeded analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings. The revenue of $509 million exceeded the high end of its...

Baptista Research

Datadog Inc.: Can The Codiga Acquisition Bring It To A Whole New Level In Observability? – Key Drivers

Datadog had a good Q1 as they exceeded analyst expectations on all fronts, with revenue of $482 million, a 33% YoY increase, and added...

Baptista Research

Focus On Profitability Expansion And Durable Growth: PT Reduced To $112 From $133

Elastic remains my top pick in the observability and search space, and I see the potential for revenue growth re-acceleration in 2024.

Andrei Zakharov