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<ul><li>Datadog continued with its strong revenue momentum and its revenue reported for the last quarter was $363 million, up 83% year over year and above the high end of the management guidance range.</li><li>Moreover, they had about 2,250 customers with an Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $100,000 or more at the end of the quarter, up from 1,406 the previous quarter.</li><li>Datadog's business model demonstrates strong efficiencies, with a free cash flow of $130 million and a free cash flow margin of 36%.</li></ul>

Datadog continued with its strong revenue momentum and its revenue reported for the last quarter was $363 million, up 83% year over year and above the high end of the management guidance range.Moreover, they had about 2,250 customers with an Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $100,000 or more at the end of the quarter, up from 1,406 the previous quarter.Datadog's business model demonstrates strong efficiencies, with a free cash flow of $130 million and a free cash flow margin of 36%.

Datadog Inc.: Deep Data Monitoring & Other Drivers

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

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“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

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<li>Revenue grew 69% YoY to $78M vs. consensus at $70M (+52%), with very impressive underlying growth metrics that show the larger customers are the fastest growing.</li>
<li>Increased selling through hyperscaler partners may aid S&amp;M leverage over time. </li>
<li>Acquisition of Opstrace accelerates the platform expansion into observability, but right now positioned vs. nonconsumption rather than against Datadog.</li>
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Revenue grew 69% YoY to $78M vs. consensus at $70M (+52%), with very impressive underlying growth metrics that show the larger customers are the fastest growing.
Increased selling through hyperscaler partners may aid S&amp;M leverage over time. 
Acquisition of Opstrace accelerates the platform expansion into observability, but right now positioned vs. nonconsumption rather than against Datadog.


<ul><li>Like most high-growth stocks, Datadog has also been going through rough patch on account of the rising interest rates and the geopolitical tensions though its fundamentals remain intact.</li><li>Its revenue increased by 84% year over year and 21% quarter over quarter to $326 million and business growth from existing customers exceeded the management's expectations.</li><li>In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.</li></ul>

Like most high-growth stocks, Datadog has also been going through rough patch on account of the rising interest rates and the geopolitical tensions though its fundamentals remain intact.Its revenue increased by 84% year over year and 21% quarter over quarter to $326 million and business growth from existing customers exceeded the management's expectations.In this report, we have carried out a fundamental analysis of the historical financial statements of the company.

Datadog Inc.: Financial & Price Forecasts

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<li>Gitlab is down 61% since its IPO and trades at 16x forward sales, now reasonable for years of 40% like growth expected.</li>
<li>At $6B valuation, would make an attractive acquisition candidate for Google/Amazon or some of the growing DevSecOps players like Datadog.</li>
<li>Dynamic TAM with long runway ahead, very underpenetrated, strong secular tailwinds.</li>
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Gitlab is down 61% since its IPO and trades at 16x forward sales, now reasonable for years of 40% like growth expected.
At $6B valuation, would make an attractive acquisition candidate for Google/Amazon or some of the growing DevSecOps players like Datadog.
Dynamic TAM with long runway ahead, very underpenetrated, strong secular tailwinds.


US Tech Company Research, MT Capital

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I demystify the world's most interesting tech companies, providing in-depth, no-nonsense, un-biased analysis on the most interesting Tech Companies available for investment today. I am a Mechanical Engineer by education, Software Engineer by trade and a self-trained Financial Analyst.

<ul><li>The origin story of the company I am delving into today arguably started more than 10 years ago, when Oliver Pomel and his co-founder Alexis Lê-Quôc were working at Wireless Generation</li><li>The company is likely to benefit from the continued digital transformation, mainly spurred by further cloud penetration</li><li>Observability and IT Operations Management is a significant opportunity for Datadog to capitalize on</li></ul>

The origin story of the company I am delving into today arguably started more than 10 years ago, when Oliver Pomel and his co-founder Alexis Lê-Quôc were working at Wireless GenerationThe company is likely to benefit from the continued digital transformation, mainly spurred by further cloud penetrationObservability and IT Operations Management is a significant opportunity for Datadog to capitalize on

Datadog ($DDOG): The Dog in the SaaS Fight

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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.

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