Datadog Beat Earnings Estimates President Steps Down

Datadog ( DDOG ), a monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, reported strong first-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded expectations. The company's guidance was influenced by views, with Amit Agarwal being announced as the company's new president at the end of 2024. Datadog's ( DDOG ) earnings for the March quarter were 44 cents per share, up 29% from the previous year. Revenue jumped 27% to $611 million, slightly accelerating for a second straight quarter. Analysts expected Datadog to report profit of 34 cents a share on revenue of $590 million. However, Datadog forecasted earnings of 35 cents versus estimates of 34 cents.

For the current quarter ending in June, Datadog ( DDOG ) said it expects revenue of $622 million at the midpoint of guidance. Wall Street analysts predicted Q2 sales of $617 million. Datadog forecast earnings of 35 cents versus estimates of 34 cents. The company has a partnership with Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon.com (AMZN).

Datadog's ( DDOG ) financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, showed a 27% year-over-year revenue growth and continued product innovation across its platform. The company had about 3,340 customers with an ARR of $100,000 or more as of March 31, 2024. Amit Agarwal will be stepping down as President, remaining in his role until the end of 2024 to ensure continuity and a successful transition. After his departure, Agarwal is expected to join the Datadog Board of Directors.

Datadog ( DDOG ) has also announced the general availability of IT Event Management, an addition to its suite of AIOps capabilities. With Event Management, Datadog intelligently consolidates, correlates, and enriches event alerts from Datadog and third-party tools into one consistent view so teams can proactively discover, understand, and resolve issues. The company has also published its annual State of DevSecOps 2024 report, which found that a surprising amount of organizations are not embracing automation when it comes to securing cloud deployments.

Datadog ( DDOG ) has received the Google Cloud Technology Partner of the Year awards for AppDev - CloudOps and Marketplace - Infrastructure for the second consecutive year. The company has also announced the return of DASH, its annual user conference, to New York City.

Datadog's guidance for the second quarter and full year 2024 is as follows: revenue between $620 million and $624 million, non-GAAP operating income between $134 million and $138 million, and non-GAAP net income per share between $0.34 and $0.36.

Technical Outlook
Despite the Earnings Beat, Datadog ( DDOG ) plummeted 11.88% in early market trading forming a downward gap. The stock's Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 34.25 which is down from 51.