Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Sells $11,464,301.52 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.23, for a total value of $11,464,301.52. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 509,805 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $135,215,580.15. This trade represents a 7.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal 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.

Alexis Le-Quoc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, July 8th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $257.24, for a total value of $13,868,322.88.
• On Monday, June 22nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.97, for a total value of $9,551,207.28.
• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 21,506 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $5,745,327.90.
• On Monday, June 1st, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $271.05, for a total value of $14,612,847.60.
• On Monday, May 18th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $208.04, for a total transaction of $8,992,320.96.
• On Monday, May 4th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $144.93, for a total transaction of $6,247,352.58.

Datadog Stock Up 1.7%

DDOG stock opened at $268.56 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $95.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 706.76, a PEG ratio of 26.77 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a current ratio of 3.40, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $98.01 and a twelve month high of $278.70. The company’s 50 day moving average is $245.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $172.33.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. Datadog had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 4.83%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.46 EPS. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. Research analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog during the third quarter worth $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its stake in 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 buying an additional 190 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Datadog in the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. NBC Securities Inc. raised its position in Datadog by 242.6% during the 4th quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 233 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC raised its position in Datadog by 52.5% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 273 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DDOG has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Evercore lifted their target price on Datadog from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $295.00 target price on shares of Datadog in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. BTIG Research raised their price target on Datadog from $255.00 to $289.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Daiwa Securities Group lifted their price target on Datadog from $190.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Datadog from $260.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $264.84.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects continued growth in Datadog’s upcoming report. The company’s previous quarter included $1.01 billion in revenue, up 32.1% year over year, and adjusted EPS of $0.60 versus the $0.51 consensus. Current guidance calls for second-quarter EPS of $0.57–$0.59. Datadog earnings expectations
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s rising use of multi-year customer contracts increased remaining performance obligations 51% to $3.48 billion. The backlog provides greater revenue visibility and supports confidence in the company’s 2026 outlook. Datadog multi-year contracts
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains broadly bullish. BTIG raised its price target to $289 from $255, while TD Cowen and Oppenheimer have set targets of $300. Investors are also responding to Datadog’s AI-related product expansion and its partnership with Cloudaware, which adds cloud-log coverage capabilities through the Datadog Marketplace. Cloudaware and Datadog partnership
• Neutral Sentiment: DDOG is trading near its 52-week high after a substantial six-month advance. Although institutional ownership and recent buying support demand, the stock’s very elevated valuation leaves limited room for an earnings disappointment.
• Negative Sentiment: Insiders continue to sell shares, including a 20,000-share sale by Director Amit Agarwal for approximately $4.9 million. The transaction was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, reducing its bearish significance, but broad insider selling could still weigh on sentiment.

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.