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DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

$DOCN·$15B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$111.39+0.2%YTD+165.0%1Y+233.4%
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DODOCN
$DOCNDigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.
$111.40+0.17%123 posts+4%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $DOCN, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-29

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

DigitalOcean +165% YTD as an AI-infrastructure leader — real fundamentals, but today's -8.6% and CEO $736K sale suggest cooling.

DigitalOcean is a mid-cap cloud infrastructure provider — specifically targeting developers and SMBs with simple, transparent pricing, now increasingly positioned as an AI-inference cloud after the Paperspace and Mux acquisitions. The setup is a hot-momentum name cooling with real fundamentals.

  • The revenue trajectory is genuinely inflecting: Q1 revenue grew 22% YoY to $257.9M at a 56% gross margin, Q2 EPS beat at $0.45 vs $0.26 consensus (a ~73% beat), and the sell side models revenue climbing from ~$1.16B this year to ~$2.46B in 2028 — the AI-inference cloud pivot is showing up as real revenue growth.
  • The strategic-story tape is stacked: DOCN is in the top-tier AI Infrastructure rotation basket (with NBIS, IREN, WYFI), Nick Mersch named DOCN a top pick on BNN with a $175.21 target, one investor rotated from SMCI into DOCN — the crowd is treating DOCN as part of the 3-theme leadership (AI infra + memory + software) for the next 4 months.
  • The insider signal is loud negative: CEO Padmanabhan Srinivasan sold $735K on August 17, officer Cherie Barrett sold $590K on August 13, director Warren Adelman sold $521K on August 7, and Access Industries (13D/A) filed on August 4 — combined ~$1.85M+ of insider selling into strength is the counter-tell against the recent run, and today's -8.6% drop is the market repricing.

The setup is a hot-momentum cloud-infrastructure name cooling on a specific insider-selling cluster with real fundamentals underneath — the November 4 Q3 print is the referee, and the market needs continued 20%+ revenue growth plus updated AI-inference cloud color. A clean beat plus a named hyperscaler-adjacent contract breaks cooling back into a bid toward $175; another cluster of Srinivasan-and-officer sales above $115 or a growth deceleration below 15% extends the cooling.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X read on DOCN in the top-tier AI Infrastructure rotation basket (with NBIS/IREN/WYFI), Nick Mersch on BNN naming DOCN a top pick with $175.21 target, one investor rotating from SMCI to DOCN, and the 3-theme leadership (AI infra + memory + software) framing is factually consistent with the announcements and tape. The crowd is not yet pricing in the ~$1.85M+ insider-selling cluster on August 7-17 (CEO Srinivasan $736K, Barrett $590K, Adelman $521K), which is exactly the counter-tell to respect.

What to watch: The November 4 Q3 earnings — need continued 20%+ revenue growth, updated AI-inference cloud color, and any named hyperscaler-adjacent contract. Another cluster of Srinivasan-and-officer sales above $115 or a growth deceleration below 15% extends the cooling; a clean beat plus a named hyperscaler-adjacent contract breaks cooling back into a bid toward $175.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-27

DigitalOcean sentiment is confidently bullish. Users celebrate DOCN in the top-tier AI Infrastructure rotation basket (with NBIS/IREN/WYFI) and Nick Mersch on BNN naming DOCN a top pick with $175.21 target ($113.33 current), plus one investor selling SMCI and moving cash into DOCN at $112.40 (core position now ~4%). Bulls treat DOCN as part of the 3-theme leadership (AI infra + memory + software) for the next 4 months into 2027. Skepticism is essentially absent; the modal stance is 'capital flooding into AI infrastructure — DOCN is on the leader list'.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Simplified cloud platform for developers, startups, and SMBs with affordable compute, storage, and managed databases.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Infrastructure sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $DOCN.

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

SaaS multiples remain compressed as rate-sensitive valuations weigh on pure-play software; customers are lengthening deal cycles outside of AI-native workloads. AI co-pilot upsell is the only clear near-term catalyst — companies without it are treading water.

What this means for $DOCN

Partial — cloud infrastructure exposure benefits indirectly from hyperscaler capex; core business is DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
66.7How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.5%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
16.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
18.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
154%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
58.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 4, 2026$0.45$0.26+72.9%
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.44$0.27+65.5%
Q4 2025Feb 24, 2026$0.44$0.38+15.8%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.33$0.31+6.5%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.32

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$257.9M+22.4%56.1%14.2%$0.17$2.2M
Q4 FY25$242.4M+18.3%58.7%16.0%$0.28$-108.1M
Q3 FY25$229.6M+15.7%59.6%19.6%$1.73$89.0M
Q2 FY25$218.7M+13.6%59.9%16.3%$0.41$57.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 12 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.2B$1.1B – $1.2B$1.24$1.10 – $1.5612
FY27$1.8B$1.7B – $1.8B$1.75$1.28 – $2.3812
FY28$2.5B$2.2B – $3.2B$2.98$2.82 – $3.4110
FY29$2.8B$2.7B – $3.1B$3.67$3.47 – $4.195

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.51%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-14.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+16.4%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 93.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.595-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 17Padmanabhan T SrinivasanCEO5.7K sh$736KSellAug 13Cherie BarrettSVP, Chief Accounting Officer4.5K sh$590KSellAug 7Warren J AdelmanDirector4.2K sh$521KSellJun 2Matt SteinfortCFO10.0K sh$1.7MSellMay 19Warren JensonDirector20.0K sh$3.0MSellMay 15Matt SteinfortCFO25.0K sh$3.8MSellMay 15Hilary SchneiderDirector4.3K sh$678KSellMay 13Access Industries Holdings LlcAffiliate of 10% Owner3.3M sh$496.0MSellMay 11Access Industries Holdings LlcAffiliate of 10% Owner181.1K sh$29.0MSellMay 7Access Industries Holdings LlcAffiliate of 10% Owner210.7K sh$31.8M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentAug 6SC 13D/A
AI summary

Access Industries (through Access Industries Management, LLC and Access Industries Holdings LLC) filed Amendment No. 7 to its Schedule 13D on DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. as of August 4, 2026. The reporting group beneficially owns 18,653,451 shares of DigitalOcean common stock with shared voting and dispositive power, representing 15.86% of 117,579,550 shares outstanding as of July 30, 2026. The filing is coordinated through Access Industries principals Alejandro Moreno and Langhorne Perrow. As a seventh amendment, this updates a long-standing 15.86% block — a material stake in the cloud infrastructure company that could influence strategic outcomes.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 17424B5
AI summary

DigitalOcean entered a Securities Purchase Agreement for a registered direct offering of 12,543,915 shares at $117.54 per share, raising approximately $1.474 billion in gross proceeds from a single institutional investor, with settlement expected on or around July 23, 2026. This is a major equity raise at the prevailing market price, significantly diluting existing shareholders while substantially strengthening the company's balance sheet for cloud infrastructure investment.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Jul 15424B5
AI summary

DigitalOcean (DOCN) filed a preliminary prospectus supplement (424B5) on July 15, 2026, for a registered direct offering of shares of its common stock. The offering price has not yet been determined; the last reported sale price was $123.32 on July 13, 2026. J. Wood Capital Advisors is acting as financial advisor for the offering. Net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

8-KShareholder voteJun 178-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOCN) reported results of its June 15, 2026 annual shareholder meeting (Item 5.07). Standard vote items for this Delaware-incorporated cloud provider would include director elections, auditor ratification, and equity plan amendments; specific vote tallies are in the exhibit not included in the excerpt. No officer changes or capital transactions are indicated. Routine governance filing with no material strategic or financial impact expected.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 15SC 13D/A
AI summary

Access Industries Management, LLC filed an amended Schedule 13D on DOCN disclosing beneficial ownership (18,653,451.00 shares) as of 2026-05-15. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 11SC 13D/A
AI summary

Access Industries Management, LLC filed an amended Schedule 13D on DOCN disclosing beneficial ownership (21,953,451.00 shares) as of 2026-05-11. The filer's stated intent is passive investment with no plan to influence control of the company.

8-KMaterial agreementMay 58-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

DOCN reported period ending 2026-05-05 financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Mar 26424B5
AI summary

DOCN filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement dated 2026-03-26, representing an active capital markets transaction. Priced at $0.000025 per share. This represents immediate dilution to existing shareholders.

+ 18 other (6 13Gs · 3 routine 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

DigitalOcean CEO Srinivasan Sells 5,697 Shares for $736,000fool.com·3d agoHere Are Thursday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Abercrombie & Fitch, Choice Hotels International, DigitalOcean Holdings, First Solar, LTC Properties, Okta, Regions Financial, Synopsys, and More247wallst.com·4d agoAlgert Global LLC Makes New $7.98 Million Investment in DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. $DOCNdefenseworld.net·4d agoDanske Bank A S Purchases Shares of 9,478 DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. $DOCNdefenseworld.net·8d agoDigitalOcean Holdings Inc (DOCN) Shares Fall 6.9% -- What GF Score of 72 Tells Investorsgurufocus.com·12d ago

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