Datadog Inc. Class A (DDOG) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 260 Technology companies.
Datadog Inc. Class A (DDOG) scores 6.4 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on growth, and profitability is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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Datadog Inc. Class A (DDOG) has a Lemma Quality Score of 6.4 out of 10 as of October 16, 2026, which reads as solid quality. A solid reading is a respectable business with clear strengths and at least one area that falls short of the best in its field. Five pillars feed it, and every one of them is computed from what the company reported rather than from its share price.
Among the 260 Technology companies with a published score, that ranks at the 64th percentile, in the upper half of the group, short of the top quarter. A typical company in the group scores 5.9, and the best quarter starts from 6.7. Datadog Inc. Class A is above that typical reading.
Datadog Inc. Class A’s profitability score is 4.3 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.6 among 252 Technology companies, that is in line with the group and the 45th percentile. An average profitability reading usually means the company earns a fair return without obvious pricing power, so the other pillars decide more of the story.
There is no solvency score for Datadog Inc. Class A: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 194 Technology companies the median for this pillar is 8.0. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
Growth scores 9.9 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 207 Technology companies is 6.4, so Datadog Inc. Class A is well above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 96th percentile. Strong growth means revenue, earnings and cash flow have been compounding faster than at most peers over the last few years.
Datadog Inc. Class A’s efficiency score is 7.2 out of 10 (strong). Against a median of 7.1 among 240 Technology companies, that is in line with the group and the 52nd percentile. High efficiency means assets and earnings are being turned into cash and output better than at most peers, a sign of a well run operation.
On predictability, Datadog Inc. Class A scores 4.9, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.7 across 258 Technology companies, which places it in line with them, at the 53rd percentile. Middling predictability suggests some volatility in the record, enough to read the other pillars with a little caution.
This is a lopsided profile. Growth scores 9.9 but profitability only 4.3, a gap of 5.6 points, so the overall hides a business that is excellent in one respect and weak in another. A growth lead says the business is expanding faster than it is doing anything else well, which is worth checking against predictability. A profitability shortfall is the one most worth understanding, since it bears directly on whether the business creates value.
Every scored pillar is at or above the median of Technology companies, so there is no catch-up left to lift the overall. The risk runs the other way: a one point fall in profitability, the heaviest of them, would take the score from 6.4 to about 6.1. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Technology companies closest to Datadog Inc. Class A in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Datadog Inc. Class A scores 6.4 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is growth, its weakest is profitability. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Datadog Inc. Class A ranks at the 64th percentile of the 260 Technology companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 5.9 and the top quarter starts at 6.7, against Datadog Inc. Class A’s 6.4.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 16, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for DDOG are in the app.
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