Recap: Datadog Q4 Earnings - Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG)

Datadog DDOG reported its Q4 earnings results on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 07:00 AM.

Here's what investors need to know about the announcement.

Datadog beat estimated earnings by 66.67%, reporting an EPS of $0.2 versus an estimate of $0.12.

Revenue was up $148.67 million from the same period last year.

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by $0.07, which was followed by a 11.12% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Datadog's past performance:

Quarter	Q3 2021	Q2 2021	Q1 2021	Q4 2020
EPS Estimate	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.02
EPS Actual	0.13	0.09	0.06	0.06
Revenue Estimate	247.73M	212.46M	186.71M	163.56M
Revenue Actual	270.49M	233.55M	198.55M	177.53M

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Datadog management provided guidance for their next quarter, expecting earnings between $0.1 and $0.12 per share for the next quarter.

This represents a -45.0% in quarter-over-quarter growth for Datadog, a bearish signal to many investors.

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