Why Are Datadog Shares Trading Lower Today?
Why Are Datadog Shares Trading Lower Today?
Datadog Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) shares are trading lower Wednesday following a report that the company is considering acquiring GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLB), valued at approximately $8 billion.
據報道，Datadog Inc. (納斯達克: DDOG) 考慮收購 GitLab Inc. (納斯達克：GTLB)，交易價值約80億美元，該消息導致Datadog股價下跌。
What Happened: Datadog, valued at $44 billion, offers cloud monitoring software and allows clients to analyze their entire IT infrastructure in real time. Both companies have declined to comment on the ongoing discussions, while Alphabet, holding a 22.2% voting stake in GitLab, also had nothing to say, for now, on the matter.
Datadog的估值爲440億美元，提供雲監控軟件並允許客戶實時分析整個IT基礎架構。目前兩家公司均拒絕對此次談判做出評論，而Google的母公司Alphabet持有GitLab 22.2%的投票權，也暫時沒有發表評論。
Needham analyst Mike Cikos suggested that while AWS or Google Cloud might seem like more obvious buyers, a tie-up between GitLab and Datadog could be beneficial.
Needham的分析師Mike Cikos表示，雖然AWS或Google Cloud可能會成爲更明顯的收購者，但GitLab和Datadog之間的結盟可能會帶來好處。
"GitLab has long been viewed as an attractive acquisition candidate, in our view. While we sense that investors view AWS or Google Cloud as more obvious buyout candidates, we are positive on a potential tie-up between GitLab and Datadog," Cikos wrote in a note on Wednesday.
Cikos在週三的一份報告中寫道：“我們認爲長期以來，GitLab一直被視爲一個有吸引力的收購候選人。雖然我們感覺到投資者認爲AWS或Google Cloud更成爲明顯的收購目標，但我們對GitLab和Datadog之間的潛在結盟持樂觀態度。”
DDOG Price Action: Datadog shares were down by 7.35% at $121.16 at market close Wednesday, according to Benzinga Pro.
據Benzinga Pro報告，Datadog股價週三市場收盤時下跌7.35％，報收121.16美元。
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