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Should You Buy Datadog Stock Right Now?

Datadog's growing portfolio of artificial intelligence products is experiencing high demand, but its stock is expensive.

Should You Buy Datadog Stock Right Now?

Published August 21, 2026 · Category: Finance

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Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) stock is expensive right now. Its price-to-sales (P/S) ratio was 22.7 as of the market close on Tuesday, Aug. 18, which is a big premium to many of its peers in the artificial intelligence (AI) software space.

But strong demand from both AI and non-AI customers is fueling an acceleration in Datadog's quarterly revenue growth, which explains why some investors might be willing to pay a premium for its stock. If you don't own it already, should you buy it right now?

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