DDOG (Datadog) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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DDOG Datadog Inc DDOG
86 GF Score
Price $229.92
GF Value $206.32
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
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What is Datadog Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Datadog's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $44 Mil. Datadog's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1,234 Mil. Datadog's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $386 Mil. Datadog's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 3.31.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Datadog's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DDOG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.91   Med: 8.13   Max: 63.96
Current: 4.54

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Datadog was 63.96. The lowest was -16.91. And the median was 8.13.

DDOG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
84.37% of 1727 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.99 vs DDOG: 4.54

Datadog  (NAS:DDOG) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Datadog Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Datadog Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Datadog's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Datadog Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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DDOG vs CDNS, INTU, SNOW: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Datadog's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Datadog Debt-to-EBITDA vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Datadog's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Datadog's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Datadog Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Datadog's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(39.369 + 1239.636) / 260.609
=4.91

Datadog's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(44.218 + 1233.583) / 386.216
=3.31

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Datadog (DDOG) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Datadog stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $229.92 is trading 11.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of $206.32. GuruFocus considers Datadog to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for DDOG:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $206.32 vs. price of $229.92 (11.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 86/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the DDOG stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Datadog Business Description

Address 620 8th Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10018
Datadog is a cloud-native company that focuses on analyzing machine data. The firm's product portfolio, delivered via software as a service, enables clients to monitor and analyze their entire information technology infrastructure, from servers to applications and Python scripts. Datadog's platform can ingest and analyze large amounts of machine-generated data in real time, allowing clients to utilize it for a variety of applications throughout their businesses to ensure uptime and latency objectives.
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