Datadog (DDOG) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG):

• 3/4/2025 – Datadog had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $160.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/18/2025 – Datadog was downgraded by analysts at Wolfe Research from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating.
• 2/14/2025 – Datadog had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $187.00 to $180.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/14/2025 – Datadog had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JMP Securities.
• 2/14/2025 – Datadog had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $150.00 to $140.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 2/14/2025 – Datadog had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $170.00 to $165.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/14/2025 – Datadog had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $160.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/13/2025 – Datadog was downgraded by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating. They now have a $140.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $152.00.
• 2/12/2025 – Datadog had its price target raised by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities from $148.00 to $160.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2025 – Datadog had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Macquarie. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/10/2025 – Datadog had its price target raised by analysts at DA Davidson from $150.00 to $165.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – Datadog was downgraded by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $140.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $165.00.
• 1/22/2025 – Datadog had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Guggenheim.
• 1/17/2025 – Datadog is now covered by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They set an “overweight” rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – Datadog had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $157.00 to $170.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Datadog had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $143.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/7/2025 – Datadog was downgraded by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $150.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $170.00.
• 1/6/2025 – Datadog had its price target raised by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $155.00 to $170.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/3/2025 – Datadog had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $151.00 to $170.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of DDOG traded up $2.12 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $115.29. 3,856,286 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,999,865. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $137.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $131.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 226.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 44.03 and a beta of 1.15. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $98.80 and a 12 month high of $170.08.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $0.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.31). Datadog had a net margin of 6.85% and a return on equity of 8.28%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Datadog

In other news, Director Shardul Shah sold 7,916 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.25, for a total transaction of $1,228,959.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 435,701 shares in the company, valued at $67,642,580.25. This represents a 1.78 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 178,723 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.28, for a total value of $28,824,445.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 379,693 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $61,236,887.04. This represents a 32.01 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 556,674 shares of company stock valued at $82,904,025 over the last three months. 11.78% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Allworth Financial LP lifted its position in shares of Datadog by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,043 shares of the company’s stock worth $146,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of Datadog by 21.4% in the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the period. Avior Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 55.9% during the fourth quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 226 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares during the period. Pathstone Holdings LLC boosted its position in Datadog by 0.4% in the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 23,152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,664,000 after buying an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in Datadog by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,853 shares of the company’s stock worth $265,000 after acquiring an additional 92 shares during the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Datadog, Inc operates an observability and security platform for cloud applications in North America and internationally. The company's products comprise infrastructure and application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, continuous profiler, database monitoring, data streams and universal service monitoring, network monitoring, incident management, workflow automation, observability pipelines, cloud cost and cloud security management, application security management, cloud SIEM, sensitive data scanner, and CI visibility.