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DDOG
LargeRevenue $4.0B TTM4-quarter TTM
Close · Oct 16, 2026247.11P/E n/m · EV $87.3B
EV / revenue22.0×EV / gross profit 27.7×
Rule of 4061growth +32% + FCF +29%
+30% above 5y medianEV / revenue vs. its own five years
Board median EV / revenue10.2×five-year median 11.8× · −14%
Median Rule of 405321 of 24 above the line
Median revenue growth18%a year ago 15% · accelerating
Median SBC / revenue11%FCF margin 30% → 16% ex-SBC
Lights on1 of 3prices Oct 16, 2026 · TTM through Aug 31, 2026

Against the line

growth + FCF margin, in points
line 40score 61
growth 32 ptFCF margin 29 pt

Growth +32% plus FCF margin +29% is 61 points, 21 above the line at 40. Counting the stock as an expense: 40 points.

Where it has traded

quarter-end EV / revenue · 20 quarters · Sep 30, 2021 → Jun 30, 2026
5×20×35×50×65×2021202220232024202520262021-09-30 · 49.1× (close 141.35 · TTM revenue 0.88B)2021-12-31 · 59.2× (close 178.11 · TTM revenue 1.03B)2022-03-31 · 43.2× (close 151.47 · TTM revenue 1.19B)2022-06-30 · 21.3× (close 95.24 · TTM revenue 1.37B)2022-09-30 · 17.7× (close 88.78 · TTM revenue 1.53B)2022-12-31 · 13.3× (close 73.50 · TTM revenue 1.68B)2023-03-31 · 12.3× (close 72.66 · TTM revenue 1.79B)2023-06-30 · 16.0× (close 98.38 · TTM revenue 1.90B)2023-09-30 · 15.2× (close 91.09 · TTM revenue 2.01B)2023-12-31 · 19.3× (close 121.38 · TTM revenue 2.13B)2024-03-31 · 18.7× (close 123.60 · TTM revenue 2.26B)2024-06-30 · 18.5× (close 129.69 · TTM revenue 2.39B)2024-09-30 · 15.3× (close 115.06 · TTM revenue 2.54B)2024-12-31 · 18.3× (close 142.89 · TTM revenue 2.68B)2025-03-31 · 11.8× (close 99.21 · TTM revenue 2.83B)2025-06-30 · 15.2× (close 134.33 · TTM revenue 3.02B)2025-09-30 · 15.2× (close 142.40 · TTM revenue 3.21B)2025-12-31 · 13.6× (close 135.99 · TTM revenue 3.43B)2026-03-31 · 10.8× (close 118.05 · TTM revenue 3.67B)2026-06-30 · 23.2× (close 260.36 · TTM revenue 3.97B)p75 20×med 17×p25 15×now 22.0×
Five-year median 16.9×, middle half 14.8–19.8×, range 10.8–59.2×. Now 22.0×: +30% above its own median, higher than 80% of those quarters.Each quarter at its own close, shares and balance sheet · the band is the 25th–75th percentile

What the cash flow really is

TTM through Jun 30, 2026 · $B
01234Revenue: 4.0 $B4.0RevenueCost of revenue: −0.8 $B−0.8Cost ofrevenueGross profit: 3.2 $B3.2GrossprofitR&D: −1.7 $B−1.7R&DSales & G&A: −1.4 $B−1.4Sales &G&AOperating income: 0.0 $B0.0OperatingincomeAdd back SBC: 0.8 $B0.8Add backSBCD&A & working cap.: 0.4 $B0.4D&A &working cap.Operating cash flow: 1.2 $B1.2Operatingcash flowCapex: −0.1 $B−0.1CapexFCF: 1.2 $B1.2FCFLess SBC: −0.8 $B−0.8LessSBCFCF ex-SBC: 0.3 $B0.3FCFex-SBC
FCF 1.15B − SBC 0.82B = 0.33B ex-SBC · operating income 0.01B is the GAAP figure after SBC

Against its scale group

DDOG (blue) vs. the other Large companies on the board (14), grey
Revenue growth+32% vs. +26%
Gross margin80% vs. 75%
FCF margin+29% vs. +33%
SBC / revenue21% vs. 14%
Rule of 4061 vs. 59
EV / revenue22.0× vs. 18.5×

Group averages are the plain mean of the other companies in the same scale group with a usable window.

Quarter by quarter

8 quarters · Sep 30, 2024 → Jun 30, 2026 · a gap is a dropped quarter
Revenue, $B1.12
Growth YoY, quarter+36%
FCF margin, quarter+25%
SBC / revenue, quarter20%