DDOG — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of DDOG's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-05-07 vs the prior 10-Q · 2025-11-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +7 | −25 | ~20 | 26 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | +2 | 0 | ~2 | 1 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 3 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | Text added/removed | +20 | −19 | ~44 | 222 |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +3 | −3 | ~1 | 1 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
We generate revenue from the sale of subscriptions to customers using our cloud-based platform. The terms of our subscription agreements are primarily monthly, annual or multi-year, with the majority of our revenue coming from annual subscriptions. Our customers can enter into a subscription for a c…
Our largest source of operating cash is cash collection from sales of subscriptions to our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are for personnel expenses, hosting expenses, facility expenses, and marketing expenses. We generated positive cash flows from operations during th…
We have also issued long-term debt to finance our business. In December 2024, we issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Notes in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The total net proceeds from the sale of the 2029 …
Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 increased by $63.1 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily driven by an increase in non-cash charges of $44.8 million, an increase in deferred revenue of $33.5 million, and an increase in…
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 decreased by $128.6 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025, primarily driven by an increase in proceeds from maturities of marketable securities of $490.5 million. This decrease in cash used in investi…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted in the United States. The OBBBA makes permanent several provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including 100% bonus depreciation for certain qualified property, and reverses the requirement under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to cap…
In accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes, the impacts of the OBBBA are reflected in the Company’s results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. The enactment of the OBBBA reduced the Company’s forecasted U.S. income tax expense for 2025. These changes did not affect the Company’s …
We generate revenue from the sale of subscriptions to customers using our cloud-based platform. The terms of our subscription agreements are primarily monthly, annual or multi-year, with the majority of our revenue coming from annual subscriptions. Our customers can enter into a subscription for a c…
Usage is measured primarily by the number of hosts or by the volume of data indexed. A host is generally defined as a server, either in the cloud or on-premise. Our infrastructure monitoring, APM and network performance monitoring products are priced per host, our logs product is priced primarily pe…
also have the option to purchase additional products, such as additional container or serverless monitoring, custom metrics packages, anomaly detection, synthetic monitoring and app analytics.
Market risk (Item 3)
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
To mitigate a portion of our exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, we enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge certain forecasted cash flows denominated in foreign currencies. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges and are intended to reduce the variabili…
A hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in the relative value of the U.S. dollar to other currencies would not have a material effect on our operating results.
Risk factors
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
and any failure to provide appropriate notice may violate the terms of our customer contracts. Applicable laws, our contracts and our representations require us to implement and maintain industry-standard or reasonable measures to safeguard personal information or confidential information. A securit…
It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve our performance, especially during peak usage times and as our products and platform capabilities become more complex and our user traffic increases. If our products and platform capabilities are unavailable or if our users are unable to a…
amount of time or at all, we may experience a loss of customers, lost or delayed market acceptance of our platform and products, delays in payment to us by customers, injury to our reputation and brand, legal claims against us, and the diversion of our resources. In addition, to the extent that we d…
obtain in a timely manner or on favorable terms, more costly or more dilutive. Increased inflation rates can adversely affect us by increasing our costs, including personnel costs.
find and identify desirable acquisition targets or business opportunities or be successful in entering into an agreement with any particular strategic partner. These transactions could also result in dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt, which could adversely affect our …
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
action or our customers could end their relationships with us. Further, our contracts may not contain limitations of liability, and even where they do, there can be no assurance that any limitations of liability would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from liabilities or damag…
It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve our performance, especially during peak usage times and as our products and platform capabilities become more complex and our user traffic increases. If our products and platform capabilities are unavailable or if our users are unable to a…
and continually develop our technology and network architecture to accommodate actual and anticipated changes in technology, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
meet our expectations, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected or we may be exposed to unknown risks or liabilities.
acceptance of their AI solutions, which could impair our ability to compete effectively and adversely affect our results of operations.
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
(1) Represents a modification under Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(iv) of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on December 14, 2025, which did not result in any change to the total number of shares to be sold under or the expiration date of the plan.
(2) The shares will be sold under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan by the Agarwal 2018 Family Trust.
(3) The shares will be sold under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan by The Callahan-Thernstrom Family Trust.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2025-11-07
(1)The actual number of shares that will be sold under the Rule 10b5-1 trading plan will be reduced by the number of shares sold pursuant to the Company’s election under its equity incentive plans to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations realized upon the vesting of RSUs and PSUs t…
(2)Includes up to 57,152 shares subject to PSUs previously awarded to Mr. Blitzer that may vest and be released upon the satisfaction of the applicable performance conditions (the “Blitzer PSUs”). The actual number of Blitzer PSUs that will vest is not yet determinable.
(3)Approximately 509,000 shares will be sold in sell-to-cover transactions intended to satisfy tax withholding obligations and exercise costs realized upon the exercise of stock options.
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice