Cloud monitoring software company Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) announced better-than-expected results in the Q3 FY2022 quarter, with revenue up 61.3% year on year to $436.5 million. The company expects that next quarter's revenue would be around $447 million, which is the midpoint of the guidance range. That was in roughly line with analyst expectations. Datadog made a GAAP loss of $25.9 million, down on its loss of $5.48 million, in the same quarter last year.
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Datadog (DDOG) Q3 FY2022 Highlights:
- Revenue: $436.5 million vs analyst estimates of $414.2 million (5.37% beat)
- EPS (non-GAAP): $0.23 vs analyst estimates of $0.16 (43.7% beat)
- Revenue guidance for Q4 2022 is $447 million at the midpoint, roughly in line with what analysts were expecting
- Free cash flow of $67.1 million, up 11.5% from previous quarter
- Customers: 2,600 customers paying more than $100,000 annually
- Gross Margin (GAAP): 78.5%, up from 76.6% same quarter last year
"We are pleased with our third quarter results, with 61% year-over-year revenue growth, strong adoption of our products and robust opportunities with new customers," said Olivier Pomel, co-founder and CEO of Datadog.
Named after a database the founders had to painstakingly look after at their previous company, Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) is a software as a service platform that makes it easier to monitor cloud infrastructure and applications.
Cloud infrastructure monitoring is becoming a competitive space and Datadog is competing with offerings from New Relic (NYSE:NEWR), Elastic (NYSE:ESTC), Splunk (NASDAQ:SPLK), monitoring tools made by the cloud providers themselves and up and coming startups.
Sales Growth
As you can see below, Datadog's revenue growth has been incredible over the last two years, growing from quarterly revenue of $154.6 million in Q3 FY2020, to $436.5 million.
This was another standout quarter with the revenue up a splendid 61.3% year on year. But the growth did slow down compared to last quarter, as the revenue increased by just $30.3 million in Q3, compared to $43.1 million in Q2 2022. We'd like to see revenue increase by a greater amount each quarter, but a one-off fluctuation is usually not concerning.
Guidance for the next quarter indicates Datadog is expecting revenue to grow 37% year on year to $447 million, slowing down from the 83.7% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Ahead of the earnings results the analysts covering the company were estimating sales to grow 33.6% over the next twelve months.
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Large Customers Growth
You can see below that at the end of the quarter Datadog reported 2,600 enterprise customers paying more than $100,000 annually, an increase of 180 on last quarter. That's in line with the number of contracts wins in the last quarter and quite a bit again above what we have typically seen over the last year, confirming the company is sustaining a good pace of sales.
Key Takeaways from Datadog's Q3 Results
With a market capitalization of $23.5 billion, more than $1.76 billion in cash and with free cash flow over the last twelve months being positive, the company is in a very strong position to invest in growth.
We were impressed by the exceptional revenue growth Datadog delivered this quarter. And we were also excited to see that it outperformed Wall St’s revenue expectations. On the other hand, there was a deterioration in gross margin. Overall, this quarter's results still seemed pretty positive and shareholders can feel optimistic. The company is up 4.87% on the results and currently trades at $78.11 per share.
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