TLDR
- Datadog posted Q1 adjusted EPS of $0.60, well above the $0.51 consensus estimate
- Revenue hit $1 billion, up 32% year-over-year, beating the $931.8 million forecast
- Full-year revenue guidance raised to $4.3–$4.34 billion, up from $4.06–$4.1 billion
- Datadog secured FedRAMP High Certification, opening the door to U.S. federal government contracts
- Stock jumped 22% to $175.99 in premarket trading on the back of the results
Datadog stock jumped 22% to $175.99 in premarket trading on Thursday after the company reported first-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations on both the top and bottom lines.
Adjusted earnings came in at $0.60 per share, up from $0.46 a year ago and well ahead of the analyst consensus of $0.51. Revenue climbed 32% year-over-year to $1 billion, topping estimates of $931.8 million.
Going into the report, DDOG had gained 5.7% in 2026 and 32% over the prior 12 months as of Wednesday’s close.
$DDOG Q1’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS
🔹 Revenue: $1.01B (Est. $958M) 🟢; +32% YoY
🔹 EPS: $0.60 (Est. $0.52) 🟢; +30% YoY
🔹 Customers With ARR > $100K: 5K; +21% YoY
🔹 Gross Margin: 80.0% (Est. 80.7%) 🔴FY26 Guide:
🔹 Revenue: $4.30B (Est. $4.1B) 🟢
🔹 EPS: $2.36-$2.44 (Est.… pic.twitter.com/T4NjkbGYvn— Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) May 7, 2026
The strong quarter wasn’t the only thing driving the stock. Datadog also announced it has secured FedRAMP High Certification, a clearance that allows it to handle some of the U.S. federal government’s most sensitive unclassified workloads.
That certification opens a new lane of potential customers in the public sector — an area that has been largely off-limits for many software vendors without that approval.
Guidance Gets a Lift
Management raised its full-year adjusted EPS outlook to $2.36–$2.44, up from a previous range of $2.08–$2.16. Full-year revenue guidance was lifted to $4.3–$4.34 billion from the earlier range of $4.06–$4.1 billion.
That’s a meaningful step up, and the market clearly noticed.
CEO Olivier Pomel said the company is “helping customers of all sizes and industries deploy modern, cloud-based, AI-enabled solutions.”
Datadog’s growth has been tied closely to the AI buildout. The platform provides monitoring for AI chips and coding agents, and counts OpenAI and Amazon Web Services among its customer base.
That positioning has made it one of the more consistent performers in software over the past year, at a time when many peers have struggled with slowing growth or weaker demand signals.
AI Infrastructure Exposure
Monitoring AI infrastructure — chips, agents, and cloud pipelines — has become a growing part of Datadog’s business. As more enterprises push workloads to the cloud and integrate AI into their operations, demand for observability tools has followed.
The company’s customer list includes major AI labs and hyperscalers, which has helped sustain the kind of revenue growth that’s been hard to find across the broader software sector.
Technical indicators heading into the report were already flagging strength, with the stock carrying a “Strong Buy” signal and average daily trading volume of over 5.4 million.
Market cap as of the report stood at approximately $50.7 billion.
The FedRAMP High Certification was awarded ahead of the earnings release and is expected to take effect in the coming weeks as Datadog begins onboarding eligible government clients.
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