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<ul><li>Datadog reported its Q2 2024 financial results which highlighted significant revenue growth and expanded customer base.</li><li>The company generated $645 million in revenue, marking a 27% increase year-over-year, surpassing its previous guidance.</li><li>Datadog ended the quarter with approximately 28,700 customers, growing from about 26,100 in the prior year.</li></ul>

Datadog reported its Q2 2024 financial results which highlighted significant revenue growth and expanded customer base.The company generated $645 million in revenue, marking a 27% increase year-over-year, surpassing its previous guidance.Datadog ended the quarter with approximately 28,700 customers, growing from about 26,100 in the prior year.

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<ul><li>Datadog, during its First Quarter 2024 Earnings, has revealed optimistic outcomes for the quarter.</li><li>A 27% year-on-year increase in revenue at $611 million, surpassing the higher end of company expectations, signaled solid financial growth.</li><li>Furthermore, the increase in the customer base to approximately 28,000, up from about 25,500 during the same period last year, brings a positive outlook for the company.</li></ul>

Datadog, during its First Quarter 2024 Earnings, has revealed optimistic outcomes for the quarter.A 27% year-on-year increase in revenue at $611 million, surpassing the higher end of company expectations, signaled solid financial growth.Furthermore, the increase in the customer base to approximately 28,000, up from about 25,500 during the same period last year, brings a positive outlook for the company.

Datadog Inc.: How Is The  Increase in AI Adoption Impacting Their Future Growth Trajectory? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Datadog Inc., in its Q4 2023 earnings, revealed that it ended the year on a high note.</li><li>With continued innovation and high customer adoption rates, the company's revenue was $590 million, a 26% increase year-over-year, exceeding its guidance range.</li><li>The company's customer growth was significant, moving from around 23,200 last year to about 27,300 currently.</li></ul>

Datadog Inc., in its Q4 2023 earnings, revealed that it ended the year on a high note.With continued innovation and high customer adoption rates, the company's revenue was $590 million, a 26% increase year-over-year, exceeding its guidance range.The company's customer growth was significant, moving from around 23,200 last year to about 27,300 currently.

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<ul><li>Datadog, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in revenue and earnings, demonstrating impressive growth with revenues reaching $548 million, a remarkable 25% increase year-over-year, surpassing the high end of their guidance range.</li><li>However, new logo activity remained robust, with many new deals exceeding $100,000 in annual commitment for the second consecutive quarter.</li><li>Datadog achieved significant milestones in its product offerings, with infrastructure monitoring ARR surpassing $1 billion, APM suite exceeding $500 million in ARR, and log management product crossing the $500 million threshold in ARR.</li></ul>

Datadog, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in revenue and earnings, demonstrating impressive growth with revenues reaching $548 million, a remarkable 25% increase year-over-year, surpassing the high end of their guidance range.However, new logo activity remained robust, with many new deals exceeding $100,000 in annual commitment for the second consecutive quarter.Datadog achieved significant milestones in its product offerings, with infrastructure monitoring ARR surpassing $1 billion, APM suite exceeding $500 million in ARR, and log management product crossing the $500 million threshold in ARR.

Datadog Inc.: Will The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Boost Customer Growth? - Major Drivers

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elastic-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27526:1" rel="noopener">Elastic NV (ESTC US)</a> reported a solid 4QFY23, reflecting a stronger-than-expected non-GAAP operating margin of ~9% and GAAP subscription gross margin of ~79%. </li>
<li>Elastic cloud revenue grew 28% y/y, representing 40% of total revenue. Elastic cloud is scaling well, and margins improved faster-than-anticipated. </li>
<li>We are concerned about slowing H1 FY24 y/y growth in total revenue and failure to achieve the $2B revenue mark in FY25. Price target to $112.</li>
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Elastic NV (ESTC US) reported a solid 4QFY23, reflecting a stronger-than-expected non-GAAP operating margin of ~9% and GAAP subscription gross margin of ~79%. 
Elastic cloud revenue grew 28% y/y, representing 40% of total revenue. Elastic cloud is scaling well, and margins improved faster-than-anticipated. 
We are concerned about slowing H1 FY24 y/y growth in total revenue and failure to achieve the $2B revenue mark in FY25. Price target to $112.


Focus On Profitability Expansion And Durable Growth: PT Reduced To $112 From $133

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Datadog, Inc. provides software solutions. The Company offers cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform which integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, and log management for real-time observability of customers. Datadog operates worldwide.

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Datadog Inc.: Will The Enhanced Data Security Initiatives Pay Off? - Major Drivers

Datadog reported its Q2 2024 financial results which highlighted significant revenue growth and expanded customer base. The company generated $645...

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Datadog Inc.: How Is The Increase in AI Adoption Impacting Their Future Growth Trajectory? - Major Drivers

Datadog, during its First Quarter 2024 Earnings, has revealed optimistic outcomes for the quarter. A 27% year-on-year increase in revenue at $611...

Baptista Research

Datadog Inc: Can The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Be A Game Changer? - Major Drivers

Datadog Inc., in its Q4 2023 earnings, revealed that it ended the year on a high note. With continued innovation and high customer adoption rates,...

Baptista Research

Datadog Inc.: Will The Acquisition Of Actiondesk Boost Customer Growth? - Major Drivers

Datadog, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in revenue and earnings, demonstrating impressive growth with revenues reaching $548 million,...

Baptista Research

Focus On Profitability Expansion And Durable Growth: PT Reduced To $112 From $133

Elastic remains my top pick in the observability and search space, and I see the potential for revenue growth re-acceleration in 2024.

Andrei Zakharov

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