Datadog, Inc. · DDOG · FY2025 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2025

Datadog: AI and Security Expansion, with Execution Risks

The supplied analyses support a constructive but conditional view: resilient demand, AI observability, security expansion, and cross-selling could support longer-term growth, but the case depends on customer durability, disciplined margins, and execution.

Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology $99.04B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.46 Consensus $0.41
EPS surprise +12.1% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $826.8M Consensus $791.1M
Revenue surprise +4.5% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -0.4% Event window
SPY move -0.1% Same window
Abnormal move -0.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -0.2% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Relative to the prior analysis, the latest call showed continued operating momentum and a broader AI and security platform, while guidance sentiment shifted from raised to maintained. The risk discussion became more focused on AI-customer volatility, discounting, enterprise-wide security adoption, contract visibility, and the cost of sustaining innovation.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its guidance stance after the prior quarter's increase; the latest analysis emphasizes execution against the existing outlook rather than a new upward revision.

Key takeaways

  • The latest call reinforced demand tied to cloud migration, AI workloads, product cross-sell, and security adoption.
  • Datadog is broadening its platform through AI agents, observability features, security products, and international go-to-market investment.
  • The central test is whether usage growth and enterprise adoption can scale without worsening concentration, discounting, or margin pressure.

Management priorities

  • Scale Bits AI agents across SRE, development, and security workflows.
  • Expand the security portfolio and pursue additional security-related M&A.
  • Invest in AI observability, model development, cloud-cost efficiency, and international sales capacity.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
DDOG REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $569M Q4 '23 actual $590M, beat Q1 '24 estimate $592M Q1 '24 actual $611M, beat Q2 '24 estimate $627M Q2 '24 actual $645M, beat Q3 '24 estimate $665M Q3 '24 actual $690M, beat Q2 '25 estimate $791M Q2 '25 actual $827M, beat Q3 '25 estimate $853M Q3 '25 actual $886M, beat Q4 '25 estimate $919M Q4 '25 actual $953M, beat Q1 '26 estimate $960M Q1 '26 actual $1B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1B Q2 '26 actual $1B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1B Q4 '26 estimate $1B Q1 '27 estimate $1B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy47 ratings
Bullish4085.1%
Neutral612.8%
Bearish12.1%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$271.34Current
$75.76Low
$225.51Average
$325High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 8, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
UBS Buy BuyMaintainAug 7, 2026
Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector OutperformMaintainAug 7, 2026
Rosenblatt Buy BuyMaintainAug 7, 2026
Needham Buy BuyMaintainAug 7, 2026
Macquarie Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 7, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $271.34. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
FBN SecuritiesShebly Seyrafi$325$276.46 +19.8%Oct 2, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$300$236.85 +10.6%Aug 7, 2026
UBSKarl Keirstead$280$237.19 +3.2%Aug 7, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$300$237.7 +10.6%Aug 7, 2026
ScotiabankPatrick Colville$285$229.29 +5.0%Aug 7, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

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) offering skillfully combines and automates several crucial functions, including infrastructure oversight, application performance tracking, log management, and security surveillance, all designed to deliver live, end-to-end visibility into its customers' technology environments. Additionally, the platform extends its capabilities to include user experience monitoring, network performance analytics, robust cloud security measures, specialized observability tools for developers, and efficient incident response management. It also comes equipped with standard features like configurable dashboards, sophisticated analytical tools, collaborative features, and proactive alert systems. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-08T00:00:44.498543+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-08T00:00:44.495650+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-08. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.