What happened
Shares of monitoring and analytics platform provider Datadog (DDOG 1.84%) jumped sharply on Friday. The stock rose as much as 11.8%. As of 10:45 a.m. EDT today, however, shares had settled to an 8.9% gain.
The growth stock's gain followed the company's strong first-quarter results, which were reported after market close on Thursday.
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So what
Datadog announced that its first-quarter revenue grew 51% year over year to $199 million. Analysts on average were expecting revenue of $187 million. Adjusted earnings per share were $0.06, beating a consensus analyst forecast for $0.03.
"Businesses are planning for a post-pandemic world," CEO Olivier Pomel said in the company's first-quarter earnings release, adding: "Digital transformation projects are being prioritized, as the need to be digital-first and agile is more prominent than ever. We believe we are in a strong position to benefit from this trend as the most complete and cloud-native end-to-end observability platform."
Now what
Looking to the second quarter, the company said it expects revenue to be between $211 million and $213 million. Analysts on average were expecting second-quarter revenue of $196.5 million.
For the full year, management guided for revenue between $880 million and $890 million, up from $604 million in 2020.
