Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 16.86% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 30.12%. Currently, Datadog has a market capitalization of $42.19 billion.

Buying $1000 In DDOG: If an investor had bought $1000 of DDOG stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,814.23 today based on a price of $125.14 for DDOG at the time of writing.

Datadog's Performance Over Last 5 Years

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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