NEW YORK (AP) _ Datadog Inc. (DDOG) on Thursday reported a loss of $26 million in its third quarter.

On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had a loss of 8 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and amortization costs, were 23 cents per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 15 cents per share.

The data analytics and cloud monitoring company posted revenue of $436.5 million in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Ten analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $412.2 million.

For the current quarter ending in December, Datadog expects its per-share earnings to range from 18 cents to 20 cents.

The company said it expects revenue in the range of $445 million to $449 million for the fiscal fourth quarter.

Datadog expects full-year earnings in the range of 90 cents to 92 cents per share, with revenue expected to be $1.65 billion.

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