NEW YORK (AP) _ Datadog Inc. (DDOG) on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $16.2 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, came to 6 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 2 cents per share.

The data analytics and cloud monitoring company posted revenue of $177.5 million in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Nine analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $163.3 million.

For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $24.5 million, or 8 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $603.5 million.

For the current quarter ending in April, Datadog expects its per-share earnings to range from 2 cents to 3 cents.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $185 million to $187 million for the fiscal first quarter.

Datadog expects full-year earnings in the range of 10 cents to 14 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $825 million to $835 million.

Datadog shares have climbed 19% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $117.60, more than doubling in the last 12 months.

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