Earnings move database · CC BY 4.0 · Updated 2026-08-27

DDOG: Expectations vs Outcomes

Every tracked Datadog print on both axes: what the straddle charged going in against what the stock did coming out, and what management guided against what the company printed.

Rolling ratio

1.46x

mean of 1 scored print

Beat the straddle

100%

of 1 scored prints

Cleared its guide

n/a

no guidance tracked

One scored print is not a track record. A rolling ratio only starts meaning something after several quarters, and this name has 1. Read the row, not the average.

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Q2 2026

Scored

Reported 2026-08-06 (before open) · reaction session 2026-08-06

Implied
±13.0%
struck an earlier session, 2026-08-03
Realised
-19.0%
close to close
Ratio
1.46x
+6.0% vs priced
Rolling
1.46x
after 1 scored

283.17 to 229.29

The one row where this site bought the straddle rather than passing on it, on the argument that the May print realised roughly 40% against a similar implied. Resolved on the August 6 close: 283.17 to 229.29, a fall of 19.03% against a 13% implied, so the straddle paid about 1.5x what it cost.

Our preview, trade logNasdaq historical closesBenzinga: closed 19.03% lower at 229.29

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