Deepwater Asset Management LLC Makes New $4.28 Million Investment in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Deepwater Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 31,457 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,278,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Rothschild Investment LLC increased its holdings in Datadog by 126.6% during the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Datadog by 1,461.5% in the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Datadog in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Datadog by 242.6% in the 4th quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Datadog Stock Performance

NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $234.11 on Monday. Datadog, Inc. has a 12-month low of $98.01 and a 12-month high of $278.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $83.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 616.10, a P/E/G ratio of 25.07 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $167.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $145.03.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Datadog news, Director Dev Ittycheria sold 120,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.78, for a total transaction of $29,853,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 39,235 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,760,883.30. The trade was a 75.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total value of $25,407,857.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 835,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,002,091.36. This trade represents a 13.21% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,141,526 shares of company stock worth $214,081,807. Insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s recent earnings and outlook remain solid, with Q1 revenue rising 32.1% year over year, EPS beating estimates, and management guiding for continued growth. Analyst coverage is still broadly constructive, and several firms have recently raised price targets.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary has framed Datadog as a beneficiary of renewed interest in AI-related software, which may be helping support longer-term investor sentiment. Software sector rebound report
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog also presented at the Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference, but the headline does not indicate a major new catalyst. Bank of America conference transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple Datadog insiders sold shares in recent filings, including CTO Alexis Le-Quoc, CEO Olivier Pomel, COO Adam Blitzer, CFO David M. Obstler, CRO Sean Michael Walters, and General Counsel Kerry Acocella. Most sales were tied to 10b5-1 plans or tax withholding on equity vesting, but the broad cluster of insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC insider filing
• Negative Sentiment: A separate report said insiders sold about $90 million of Datadog shares over the past year, reinforcing concerns that management may see limited near-term upside after the stock’s strong run. Datadog insiders sold US$90m of shares suggesting hesitancy

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a report on Thursday, May 7th. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Datadog from $155.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a report on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Datadog from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Monday, April 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have assigned a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $219.69.

Datadog Profile

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a cloud-based monitoring and observability platform that helps organizations monitor, troubleshoot and secure their applications and infrastructure at scale. Its software-as-a-service offering collects and analyzes metrics, traces and logs from servers, containers, cloud services and applications to provide real-time visibility into system performance and health. Datadog’s platform is widely used by engineering, operations and security teams to reduce downtime, accelerate incident response and improve application reliability.

The company’s product suite includes infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring (APM), log management, real user monitoring (RUM), synthetic monitoring and network performance monitoring, along with security-focused products such as security monitoring and cloud SIEM.