DDOG
Datadog, Inc.Evidence as of 2026-09-02Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.
+0.4 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is constructive (+ 0.4 of a possible + 2; confidence high). Revenue rose from $1,006,426,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-03-31) to $1,121,454,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-06-30), an increase of $115,028,000 (≈ 11.4%). Gross profit grew from $797,198,000 to $881,341,000 over the same quarters, while gross margin compressed slightly from about 79.2% to about 78.6% (≈ 0.6 percentage points).
At the same time, net income fell from $52,574,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 to $44,558,000 in fiscal Q2 2026, a decline of $8,016,000 (≈ 15.3%), and diluted EPS moved from $0.15 to $0.12. Weighted-average diluted shares rose by 6,292,000 to 371,023,000 (≈ 1.7%), and R&D expense increased by $42,670,000 (≈ 9.8%) to $477,968,000. Valuation snapshots use a price of 209.23 (price date 2026-09-02), with trailing twelve-month FCF of $909,217,000, a P/FCF of 85.38, and an implied FCF growth input of 0.489 (48.9%) under the model’s assumptions.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenue increased from $1,006,426,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to $1,121,454,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), an increase of $115,028,000 (≈11.4%).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001628280-26-054458Gross profit rose from $797,198,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to $881,341,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), but gross margin compressed slightly from about 79.2% to about 78.6% (≈0.6 percentage points).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001628280-26-054458Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Nothing in this slice of the evidence rose to a claim — a quiet read, which itself is information.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
No computed signal history for this symbol yet — signals need roughly 70 trading days of price history.
Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02T13:45:47.228469+00:00, DDOG had a weight of 0.13% of the fund in the ETF with symbol IVV.
ETF constituents · market dataThe evidence shows membership of DDOG in the ETF identified as IVV, providing factual context about passive fund exposure as of the timestamp given.
ETF constituents · market dataReads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
An article on finance.yahoo.com (published 2026-09-02) frames Datadog’s recent price action as a 22% decline over the prior month that followed a quarter that reportedly beat on every line and raised guidance.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-02A finance.yahoo.com headline (published 2026-09-02) and similar coverage elsewhere present Datadog’s move as part of a broader software selloff, contrasting weakness in large software winners with a relatively calm broader tech index.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-02weakened in debateReads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
No insider transactions on file in the trailing 180 days.
Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The model shows an implied free cash flow (FCF) growth rate of 0.489 (48.9%) that today's price would justify under the stated discount and terminal assumptions.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice used in the analysis is 209.23 (price date 2026-09-02).
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several claims jointly paint a favorable operational and market-position picture: quarter-over-quarter revenue rose ~11.4% and gross profit increased in the same period (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1), while trailing twelve-month free cash flow is sizable at $909.2M (valuation-2), supporting cash-generative strength despite accounting noise in operating income (valuation-4). Market context and sentiment also align with a constructive read: multiple news items highlight AI-driven demand, raised guidance, and broad customer growth (news-2, news-3), and the sell-side consensus skews heavily toward Buy with many firms maintaining price targets well above the current price. High R&D spend (fundamentals-4) is consistent with scaling platform capabilities that the coverage and headlines attribute to AI workload growth, and DDOG’s inclusion in a major ETF provides passive exposure context (ownership-0, ownership-1). Together, these points support interpreting recent fundamentals and market signals as favorable operational momentum and investor interest, even while valuation multiples and short-term share-price moves warrant careful analytical attention.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.38
18 surviving claims rest on 8 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 33% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The read rests on a moderate breadth of sources (eight distinct ones) but a relatively small analyst concentration and high debate survival, which means the set of claims is coherent and durable within the desk’s process yet still sensitive to a few influential contributors. Because one analyst accounts for a third of surviving claims and nearly all proposed points survived review, treat the pack as stable but not immune to revision if new primary documents or large-market moves arrive.
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
Third-party consensus shown for context. It never enters Moneyta sentiment — when the two diverge, the debate above is where the why lives.
What this was built from
Every figure on this page traces to one of these. The desk reads only what is listed here — no outside knowledge, no browsing — and each card shows who read it and what it contributed to the score.
11 filings· 1 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer−0.2 to the score
1 holdings record
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+1.0 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
Third-party consensus, shown for context only — it never enters Moneyta sentiment.
Read means we pulled and handed it to an analyst; cited means a claim on this page points at it. Reading twelve quarters to state one trend is normal — the gap is shown rather than hidden.
Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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