Amit Agarwal Sells 20,000 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Director Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.56, for a total transaction of $4,631,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,640 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $379,758.40. This represents a 92.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Amit Agarwal also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, May 11th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.13, for a total transaction of $4,002,600.00.
• On Monday, April 27th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $131.47, for a total transaction of $2,629,400.00.
• On Wednesday, April 15th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.00, for a total transaction of $2,400,000.00.
• On Monday, April 20th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.98, for a total transaction of $2,519,600.00.
• On Wednesday, April 8th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.28, for a total transaction of $2,445,600.00.
• On Wednesday, April 1st, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.53, for a total transaction of $2,410,600.00.
• On Monday, March 23rd, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $127.36, for a total transaction of $2,547,200.00.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $226.63 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $184.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $148.81. Datadog, Inc. has a one year low of $98.01 and a one year high of $278.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a current ratio of 3.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 596.41, a PEG ratio of 24.75 and a beta of 1.56.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 4.83%. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.46 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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. On average, analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DDOG has been the subject of several analyst reports. Daiwa Securities Group increased their price target on shares of Datadog from $190.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of Datadog from $160.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Datadog from an “overweight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. BTIG Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $255.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Citizens Jmp raised shares of Datadog from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, May 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-one have given a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $238.34.

Datadog News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Citigroup raised Datadog’s price target to $270 from $218 and kept a buy rating, citing durable AI-driven demand and implying more upside for the stock. Citi raises Datadog target to $270 citing durable AI-driven demand
• Positive Sentiment: Capital One Financial increased its price target on Datadog to $268 from $217 and reiterated an overweight view, reinforcing Wall Street optimism around the company’s growth trajectory. Capital One adjusts price target on Datadog to $268
• Positive Sentiment: Truist also upgraded Datadog to buy and raised its target to $300, with recent coverage pointing to stronger demand for Datadog’s AI observability, cloud monitoring, and security products. Truist Just Upgraded Datadog Stock. Here’s Why.
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog shareholders backed the board and executive pay at the 2026 annual meeting, which removes a possible governance overhang but is unlikely to materially move the stock on its own. Datadog shareholders back board, pay at 2026 meeting
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders, including General Counsel Kerry Acocella, Director Amit Agarwal, and CRO Sean Michael Walters, sold shares under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans; while routine, insider selling can weigh on sentiment. Datadog insider trade details

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DDOG. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Datadog by 30.3% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 41,902,227 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,966,877,000 after purchasing an additional 9,748,738 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Datadog by 106.8% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,732,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,955,547,000 after buying an additional 7,091,075 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at $469,461,000. Jennison Associates LLC grew its holdings in Datadog by 43.7% during the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 7,623,993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,036,787,000 after buying an additional 2,316,994 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Datadog by 119.2% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,075,721 shares of the company’s stock valued at $580,383,000 after buying an additional 2,216,402 shares during the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Datadog

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.