Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 5.36% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.05%. Currently, Datadog has a market capitalization of $101.67 billion.

Buying $100 In DDOG: If an investor had bought $100 of DDOG stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $216.52 today based on a price of $285.63 for DDOG at the time of writing.

Datadog’s Performance Over Last 5 Years

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Finally -- what’s the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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