Company Analysis

Datadog, Inc. (DDOG)

Nasdaq: DDOG · Services-Prepackaged Software · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2012
Grade6.3
◀ Past 5.8● Present 6.9▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Datadog, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past5.825% of the headline
● Present6.935% of the headline
▶ Future6.040% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+55.4% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 3 of 9.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $101 million in fiscal 2017 to $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025, up 55.4% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 3 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span55.4%top 10% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 42% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.8% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 684 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 27th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Datadog, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 4.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 0% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 684 sales (635 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Datadog, Inc. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 41 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 48% of its family
  • return on equitytop 43% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 35% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 24% of 218 in its family; net margin 3.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 11% by size; a net margin of 3.1% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 26.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.43Btop 11% of its family
  • net margin3.1%top 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth26.9%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.8/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 22% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Pomel, Olivier (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-09-18, 7.2 years (top 24% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.2 years (top 24%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 17%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 17 peopletop 17% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.2 yearstop 24% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.2 yearstop 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 29% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $401 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 34% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 29.2% of revenue (top 16%); a gross margin of 80% (top 21%); research spending of 45.2% of revenue (top 13%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.0%bottom 34% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue29.2%top 16% of its family
  • gross margin80.0%top 21% of its family
  • research spending against revenue45.2%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 26.9% a year over the last three filed years against 55.4% over all 9, slowing (bottom 8% of its family); the newest year grew 27.7% (top 19%); research spending grew 27.2% a year (top 11%); capital spending grew 12% a year (top 34%) (its annual reports). Datadog, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-28.5 points a yearbottom 8% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth27.7%top 19% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending27.2%top 11% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.0%top 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 48% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Datadog, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.4 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.9% above the $3.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 43% of its family); net income of $108 million against a prior three-year average of $61 million (top 32%); a net margin of 3.1% against 2% before (bottom 31%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.9%top 43% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+77%top 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.1 pointsbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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