Datadog (Datadog) Free Cash Flow

: $598 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Datadog's total free cash flow for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $201 Mil. Its total free cash flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $598 Mil.

Datadog's Free Cash Flow per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.46. Its free cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.66.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Datadog was 52.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 83.30% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Free Cash Flow Growth Rate using Free Cash Flow per Share data.

During the past 7 years, Datadog's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 471.70% per year. The lowest was 53.90% per year. And the median was 83.30% per year.

Datadog Free Cash Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Datadog's Free Cash Flow can be seen below:

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Datadog Annual Data

Trend

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Dec22

Dec23

Free Cash Flow

0.79

83.21

250.52

353.52

597.55

Datadog Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Free Cash Flow																96.35	116.34	141.73	138.19	201.29

Datadog Free Cash Flow Calculation

Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company.

Datadog's Free Cash Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (A: Dec. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	659.954	+	-62.406
	=	598

Datadog's Free Cash Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Free Cash Flow (Q: Dec. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations	+	Capital Expenditure
	=	220.226	+	-18.936
	=	201

Free Cash Flow for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $598 Mil.

Datadog (NAS:DDOG) Free Cash Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is very close to Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, except that in Warren Buffett's Owner's Earnings, the spending for Property, Plant, and Equipment is only for maintenance (replacement), while in the Free Cash Flow calculation, the cost of new Property, Plant, and Equipment due to business expansion is also deducted. There, Free Cash Flow is more conservative than Owner's Earnings.

In Don Yacktman's calculation of forward rate of return, he uses Free Cash Flow for the calculation. Yacktman explained the forward rate of return concept in detail in his interview with GuruFocus. Yacktman defines forward rate of return as the normalized free cash flow yield plus real growth plus inflation.

This is what Yacktman said in his March 2012 interview - when the S&P 500 was at 1400:

If the business is stable, this calculation is fairly straightforward. For instance, on the S&P 500 we would normalize earnings. We would then calculate what percentage of those earnings are not reinvested in the underlying businesses and are therefore free. Historically, for the S&P 500, this has been just under 50% of earnings. Currently, we expect the S&P to earn about 70 on a normalized basis, a number which is far below reported earnings due to our adjusting for record high profit margins. $70 X ½ / 1400 gives you a normalized free cash flow yield of approximately 2.5%.

The historical real growth rate of the S&P 500 (companies) is about 1.5%. Assuming an inflation rate of 2.5%, the forward rate of return on an investment in the S&P 500 is about 6.5% today (2.5% free cash flow yield plus 1.5% real growth plus 2.5% inflation).

For the growth part of the Forward Rate of Return calculation, GuruFocus uses the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per share as the growth rate, and the growth rate is always capped at 20%. For the Free Cash Flow we use per share data averaged over seven years. The reason we use seven years is because research shows that seven years is the length of the typical business cycle.

Therefore, as of Dec23, Datadog's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % is

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % (Dec23)	=	Normalized Free Cash Flow	/	Price	+	5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate
	=	0	/	121.38	+	0
	=	0.00 %

Be Aware

Free Cash Flow within a report period can be affected by management's decisions of capital spending. Therefore, it is important to look at long term when it comes to Free Cash Flow.

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Datadog (Datadog) Business Description

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Address

620 8th Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10018

Website

https://www.datadog.com

Datadog is a cloud-native company that focuses on analyzing machine data. The firm's product portfolio, delivered as software-as-a-service, allows a client to monitor and analyze its entire IT infrastructure. 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 different applications throughout their businesses.

Executives

Sean Michael Walters	officer: Chief Revenue Officer	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Alexis Le-quoc	director, officer: President & CTO	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 8TH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Olivier Pomel	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 8TH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
David M Obstler	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O SCREAMINGMEDIA INC, 601 WEST 26TH STREET 13TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Kerry Acocella	officer: General Counsel/Corp Secy	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 EIGHTH STREET, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Adam Blitzer	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Amit Agarwal	officer: Chief Product Officer	5435 NE DAWSON CREEK DR., HILLSBORO OR 97124
Madre Armelle De	officer: Chief People Officer	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 8TH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Dev Ittycheria	director	C/O MONGO DB, INC., 1633 BROADWAY, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Matthew Jacobson	director	C/O DATADOG, INC., 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Titilope Cole	director	388 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10013
Julie Richardson	director	YEXT, INC., 1 MADISON AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Shardul Shah	director	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 8TH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Laszlo Kopits	officer: General Counsel	C/O DATADOG, INC., 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001
Michael James Callahan	director	C/O DATADOG, INC., 620 8TH AVENUE, 45TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10001