Datadog, Inc. (DDOG) earnings on May 7, 2026
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
DDOG's stock price jumped significantly after its earnings release, showing a major positive surprise. The strong gains suggest excellent performance and growth.
DDOG price around the earnings
186.10
Change: +29.5%
2026-05-08, 00:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
143.71
161.34
178.98
196.61
143.71
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
Overbought after extreme rally; potential downside despite strong past performance.
The stock experienced a massive rally driven by AI growth, but it has become overbought with high expected price volatility. While past earnings have been strong, current analyst price targets suggest a potential downside from current levels.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Data unavailable, check back later.
- Reasoning
- Data is currently unavailable for this stock, so analysts cannot provide a current assessment. Waiting for more information is a neutral approach before any scenario.
- Playbook
- Since there's no expert analysis available, holding off on any investment decisions is a neutral approach. Updated information is needed before considering this stock.
- Trend
- First evaluation, no trend yet
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Strong buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.42
- Analysts covering the stock
- 46
- Average price target
- 177.02
- Lowest price target
- 120
- Highest price target
- 260
- Upside to price target
- 23.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 2.1%
- Revenue growth
- 29.2%
- Forward EPS
- 2.64
- Trailing EPS
- 0.31
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 8
- Strong buy: 10
- Buy: 34
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 1
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 10
- Buy
- 34
- Hold
- 3
- Sell
- 1
- Strong sell
- 0
- May 4, 2026 · DA Davidson: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- May 1, 2026 · Rosenblatt: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 23, 2026 · Rothschild & Co: Initiates coverage (Buy)
- April 21, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- April 20, 2026 · CIBC: Maintains rating (Outperformer → Outperformer)
- April 15, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 14, 2026 · Mizuho: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- April 9, 2026 · Guggenheim: Upgrades rating (Neutral → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (10)
- $100 Invested In Datadog 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today — Benzinga
- Rosenblatt Maintains Buy on Datadog, Lowers Price Target to $178 — Benzinga
- Datadog Stock In The Spotlight After Hunterbrook Names Anthropic As Major Client — Benzinga
- Watching Datadog; Hunterbrook Media Issues Report, Says Hunterbrook Capital Holds A Long Position — Benzinga
- Rothschild & Co Initiates Coverage On Datadog with Buy Rating, Announces Price Target of $170 — Benzinga
- Barclays Maintains Overweight on Datadog, Lowers Price Target to $148 — Benzinga
- CIBC Maintains Outperformer on Datadog, Lowers Price Target to $215 — Benzinga
- TD Cowen Maintains Buy on Datadog, Lowers Price Target to $190 — Benzinga
- Mizuho Maintains Outperform on Datadog, Lowers Price Target to $145 — Benzinga
- Is It Time To Buy Datadog Stock? 'Let The Dog Run Free,' Analyst Says — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 4.5%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -28.8%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +13.4%
- 30-day change
- +16.4%
- 30-day relative strength
- +4.4%
- Benchmark change
- +12.1%
- Nearest support
- 100.83
- Nearest resistance
- 149.99
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.88
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +72.1%
- February 10, 2026: actual EPS 0.59 vs estimate 0.55 (surprise +6.3%)
- November 6, 2025: actual EPS 0.1 vs estimate 0.03 (surprise +260.8%)
- August 7, 2025: actual EPS 0.46 vs estimate 0.41 (surprise +12.8%)
- May 6, 2025: actual EPS 0.46 vs estimate 0.42 (surprise +8.4%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 8.2%
- 75th percentile move
- 14.1%
- 90th percentile move
- 18.4%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 8
- Average up move
- +11.5%
- Average down move
- -6.8%
Monitoring and close
What Datadog, Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +31.3%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 38.2%