Datadog, Inc. · DDOG · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026

Datadog Q2: AI Adoption Accelerates, Guidance Holds

The supplied analysis provides evidence for the hypothesis that resilient demand can support Datadog’s growth: management highlighted broad AI adoption, enterprise wins, deeper product usage, and unchanged guidance. The main counterpoints are the largest customer’s usage reduction, questions about non-AI growth durability, and dependence on continued AI demand.

Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology $87.23B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.65 Consensus $0.58
EPS surprise +11.5% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $1.12B Consensus $1.08B
Revenue surprise +3.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -19.0% Event window
SPY move -0.2% Same window
Abnormal move -18.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -6.3% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, the narrative shifted from initial AI-product launches and public-sector expansion toward broader AI-native customer adoption, deeper cross-product usage, and expanded AI research. Management also disclosed that the largest customer’s usage reduction was incorporated into unchanged guidance.

Guidance delta

Maintained; Q3 and FY2026 guidance remained unchanged.

Key takeaways

  • Management described broad adoption across AI-native and traditional customers, with AI-related products central to the growth narrative.
  • Cross-product adoption continued to deepen, while enterprise wins broadened the customer base across several industries.
  • The quarter’s reported growth exceeded the company’s guidance, but management said the largest customer’s usage reduction was already reflected in its outlook.
  • The prior quarter emphasized platform expansion, public-sector opportunities, and AI-focused product launches; the current quarter adds broader product adoption and further AI research plans.

Management priorities

  • Expand Bits AI across monitoring, coding, testing, and security.
  • Advance AI research and product development, including work beyond Toto v2 and the Adaptive ML acquisition.
  • Broaden enterprise and government sales while expanding cross-product adoption and BYOC functionality.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
DDOG EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $0.35 Q1 '24 actual $0.44, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.37 Q2 '24 actual $0.43, beat Q3 '24 estimate $0.40 Q3 '24 actual $0.46, beat Q2 '25 estimate $0.41 Q2 '25 actual $0.46, beat Q3 '25 estimate $0.46 Q3 '25 actual $0.55, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.56 Q4 '25 actual $0.59, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.51 Q1 '26 actual $0.60, beat Q2 '26 estimate $0.58 Q2 '26 actual $0.65, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.64 Q4 '26 estimate $0.63 Q1 '27 estimate $0.66
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Analyst Consensus ?

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

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$245.05Previous close
$75.76Low
$224.07Average
$320High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 22, 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 previous close $245.05. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$300$236.85 +22.4%Aug 7, 2026
UBSKarl Keirstead$280$237.19 +14.3%Aug 7, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$300$237.7 +22.4%Aug 7, 2026
ScotiabankPatrick Colville$285$229.29 +16.3%Aug 7, 2026
NeedhamJack Andrews$300$229.29 +22.4%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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