DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (DOCN) saw its stock price plummet 5.37% during intraday trading on Wednesday, marking a significant downturn for the cloud infrastructure provider.

The sharp decline comes despite the company recently reporting better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results. According to market reports, DigitalOcean beat analyst expectations for Q4 with earnings of $0.44 per share versus the expected $0.38 and revenue of $242.4 million versus the expected $237.7 million.

However, investor concerns focused on the company's disappointing forward-looking guidance, which fell significantly short of Wall Street estimates. For the first quarter, DigitalOcean expects non-GAAP net income in the range of $0.22 to $0.27 per diluted share, well below the $0.45 analysts had anticipated. More concerning to investors is the full-year 2026 guidance of $0.75 to $1 in non-GAAP diluted net income, which is less than half of the $1.96 analysts were expecting.