NEW YORK (AP) _ Datadog Inc. (DDOG) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $7.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had net income of 2 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, were 20 cents per share.

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

The data analytics and cloud monitoring company posted revenue of $326.2 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $291.2 million.

For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $20.7 million, or 7 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $1.03 billion.

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