On July 31, Datadog rose 3.69% in regular trading, trading at $276.78/share, with turnover of $223 million. The stock continues to gain momentum as multiple Wall Street firms have recently raised their price targets ahead of the August 6 earnings report.
On the news front, several major investment banks have issued bullish upgrades: Bank of America raised its target to $305, Citi and Morgan Stanley to $300, Benchmark to $330, Mizuho to $300, and Wells Fargo to $295. Oppenheimer noted the company's Q2 revenue is likely to exceed consensus estimates, driven by sustained AI workload growth and newer products including Bits AI, Flex Logs, and Cloud SIEM. Market consensus expects Q2 revenue of $1.214 billion, representing 26.33% year-over-year growth, with adjusted EPS of $0.66, up 29.98%.
Additionally, Datadog recently acquired AI company Adaptive ML to strengthen its large language model R&D capabilities and was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms for the sixth consecutive year.
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