Datadog crashed Tuesday after its June-quarter earnings and revenue topped estimates but its third-quarter revenue outlook for DDOG stock missed. Also, Datadog cut its full-year 2023 revenue prediction.
Datadog stock plummeted 17.2% to close at 88.04 on the stock market today.
Datadog earnings for the second quarter were 36 cents per share on an adjusted basis, up 50% from a year earlier. The enterprise software maker's revenue jumped 25% to $509 million.
Meanwhile, analysts expected Datadog to report profit of 28 cents a share on revenue of $501.6 million. A year earlier, Datadog earned 24 cents on revenue of $406.1 million.
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New York-based Datadog reported earnings before the market open.
Datadog's second-quarter billings, a sales growth metric, beat views. Billings rose 30% to $519.6 million, topping estimates of $504.5 million. During the first quarter, Datadog billings growth missed.
For the current quarter ending in September, Datadog forecasts profit in a range of 33 cents to 35 cents vs. estimates of 29 cents. Datadog said it expects revenue of $523 million at the midpoint of its outlook. Wall Street called for sales of $536.2 million.
Datadog also lowered its 2023 revenue projection to $2.055 billion at the midpoint versus an earlier outlook of $2.09 billion.
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Started in 2010, Datadog operates a monitoring and analytics platform for software developers and information-technology departments. Datadog has a partnership with Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon.com.
Some DDOG stock analysts expect Datadog to get a lift as more companies deploy generative artificial intelligence software. Datadog is among AI stocks to watch.
"At the (July) user conference last week, the company announced over 15 new products, many of which are designed for monitoring AI workloads," Wells Fargo analyst Andrew Nowinski said in a recent note to clients.
Heading into the Datadog earnings report, the software stock had gained 43% in 2023.
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