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DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

$DOCN·$14B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$117.02-2.2%YTD+140.6%1Y+322.5%
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DODOCN
$DOCNDigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.
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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 hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

DigitalOcean pre-released Q2 with RPO over $800M and just announced a $500M convert buyback and a fresh registered direct offering.

DigitalOcean runs simplified cloud infrastructure and GPU-accessible AI compute for developers and small enterprises, $13.6B market cap, with Q2 2026 earnings due 2026-08-04.

  • Q1 revenue was $258M, up 22% year-over-year with sequential growth of 6% — the fifth consecutive quarter of accelerating growth, and EPS $0.44 topped the $0.27 consensus by 66% (the largest surprise in the recent series).
  • On July 7, DigitalOcean pre-released Q2 with remaining performance obligations exceeding $800M after a $550M sequential jump — CEO flagged '3-4x demand versus capacity' and $1M-plus customers growing 180%.
  • On July 15, DigitalOcean announced repurchase of up to $500M of its 2030 convertible notes and filed a 424B5 preliminary prospectus for a registered direct offering — a debt-for-equity refi that lowers conversion-dilution risk but hits the tape as fresh issuance.
  • Gross margin of 58.5%, operating margin 16.4%, and trailing return on equity of 154% (leveraged by the current debt structure) mark real economics.
  • The stock is up 322% over twelve months and 146% year-to-date, sitting 23% below the 50-day moving average after a pullback and 45% above the 200-day.
  • Consensus models 2026 EPS $1.20 rising to $1.70 in 2027 and $3.09 in 2028 — the 67x trailing multiple discounts a durable operating-leverage transition.

The setup is a cloud-and-AI compute operator with demand running ahead of capacity, a convert-refi trade, and a live offering — August 4 sets the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentX posters are anchored on the pre-released Q2 with RPO over $800M after a $550M sequential jump, CEO commentary on 3-4x demand versus capacity, and $1M-plus customer growth of 180%. That matches the July 7 pre-release directly. Sentiment framing DOCN as 'below the radar AI infrastructure' aligns with the reported operating-leverage acceleration through the current fiscal year.

What to watch: August 4 Q2 earnings — RPO trajectory versus the pre-announced $800M+ level, gross-margin trend versus the 58.5% base, updated fiscal 2026 revenue guidance versus the $1.14B consensus, and pricing on the July 15 registered direct offering (share count and offer price relative to spot).

On the calendar: 2026-08-04 Q2 2026 earnings and offering pricing; RPO trajectory and offering discount drive the print.

X sentiment

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

Bullish sentiment11 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-15

DigitalOcean chatter is bullish preliminary-Q2. DOCN preliminary Q2 results released 2 days ago showed RPO exceeded $800M after a $550M quarterly jump. CEO commentary: 'three to four times the demand than capacity we're bringing online... $1M-plus customers growing 180%.' Bulls call DOCN 'below the 50 SMA but PEG intact.' UBS maintained Neutral and cut PT to $155 from $175, flagging capacity-build execution risk. Community groups DOCN with FSLY/AKAM as 'Edge AI darlings' looking ripe. Community broadly long.

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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

No material change from last week — Enterprise software infrastructure is in a multiple compression phase (-16.

What this means for $DOCN

Partial — Simplified cloud platform for developers, startups, and SMBs with affordable compute, storage, and managed databases; this segment overlaps with the cloud-native adoption and AI security spend despite multiple compression but is not the dominant revenue driver.

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
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%
Q2 2025Aug 5, 2025$0.59$0.47+25.5%
Next earningsTue, Aug 4·consensus EPS $0.26

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 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.1B$1.1B – $1.2B$1.20$1.08 – $1.5011
FY27$1.7B$1.7B – $1.8B$1.70$1.29 – $2.3211
FY28$2.4B$2.4B – $2.4B$3.09$3.05 – $3.199
FY29$2.7B$2.7B – $2.7B$4.31$4.25 – $4.454

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.0.8×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.56%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.-24.5%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.+41.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 83.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.6% 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.β1.575-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

SellJun 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$31.8MSellMar 3Matt SteinfortCFO20.0K sh$1.1MSellMar 2Cherie BarrettSVP, Chief Accounting Officer22.0K sh$1.2M
+ 31 other (23 awards · 6 inkinds · 1 exempt · 1 other) in window

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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

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.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Mar 24424B5
AI summary

DOCN filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement dated 2026-03-24, representing an active capital markets transaction. Priced at $0.000025 per share. This represents immediate dilution to existing shareholders.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationMar 24S-3ASR
AI summary

DOCN filed a S-3ASR (automatic shelf) shelf registration statement dated 2026-03-24. This is primarily a resale shelf for existing stockholders — not new share issuance — limiting direct dilution to public investors. No immediate capital raise is triggered; watch for prospectus supplements disclosing actual transactions.

+ 13 other (3 13Gs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

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

DigitalOcean Announces Repurchase of Up to $500.0 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of 2030 Convertible Senior Notes. The Transaction Will Be Funded by a Concurrent Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock.businesswire.com·2d agoDigitalOcean vs. Datadog: What the Revenue Trends of These Tech Companies Reveal for Investorsfool.com·3d agoDigitalOcean's Q2 Preview Signals AI-Driven Growth & Enterprise Winszacks.com·4d agoIs DigitalOcean (DOCN) Stock Outpacing Its Computer and Technology Peers This Year?zacks.com·8d agoCatching the AI Wave: DigitalOcean Reels in AI Whalesmarketbeat.com·8d ago

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