Better Buy: Alphabet vs. Datadog

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) went in opposite directions over the past few months as the rotation from growth to value stocks rattled the tech sector. Alphabet's stock has risen nearly 40% since the beginning of 2021 as Google's advertising business recovered from the pandemic and its cloud business expanded. Its balance of growth and value, a quality that it shares with the other FAANG stocks, also shielded it from the sell-off in pricier tech stocks.