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title: Datadog (DDOG) — software card
canonical: https://sweetvaluelab.com/tools/software/ddog
ticker: DDOG
tier: Large
as_of: 2026-10-16
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# Datadog (DDOG) — software card

Datadog, Large, grows revenue 31.5% on a 79.5% gross margin and a 29.1% free-cash-flow margin (8.4% after stock-based compensation), and trades at 22.0× trailing revenue. Prices as of Oct 16, 2026; trailing-twelve-month figures through Aug 31, 2026.

## The card

| Figure | DDOG | Large average (14) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Price | $247.11 |  |
| Revenue (TTM) | $4.0B |  |
| Revenue growth | 31.5% | 26.0% |
| Revenue growth, prior year | 26.0% |  |
| Gross margin | 79.5% | 75.0% |
| Operating margin | 0.4% |  |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $1.2B |  |
| FCF margin | 29.1% | 33.1% |
| FCF margin after SBC | 8.4% |  |
| Stock-based compensation (TTM) | $823.0M |  |
| SBC / revenue | 20.7% | 13.9% |
| Rule of 40 | 6063 | 5909 |
| Diluted shares, YoY | 1.9% |
| Buybacks (TTM) | $0 |  |
| Market value | $91.0B |  |
| Net cash | $3.7B |  |
| Enterprise value | $87.3B |  |
| EV / revenue | 22.0× | 18.5× |
| EV / gross profit | 27.7× |  |
| EV / FCF | 75.6× |  |
| P/E | 500.6 |  |

## Lights

- Stock-based compensation is 21% of revenue

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Source: https://sweetvaluelab.com/tools/software/ddog (SweetValueLab, free, no account). Quarterly statements from Financial Modeling Prep, closes from the daily price cache; the engine's rules are on the board page. Research and educational data, not investment advice; nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.