Krilogy Financial LLC Takes Position in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Krilogy Financial LLC acquired a new position in Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 4,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $744,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Datadog in the second quarter valued at approximately $347,728,000. Dragoneer Investment Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 729.5% in the second quarter. Dragoneer Investment Group LLC now owns 2,254,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $302,855,000 after buying an additional 1,982,763 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 23.3% in the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 5,983,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $803,793,000 after buying an additional 1,130,675 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Datadog by 99.8% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,847,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $247,983,000 after buying an additional 923,038 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1832 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in Datadog during the 2nd quarter valued at $101,594,000. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and bullish market reaction — Datadog reported a revenue and EPS beat and gave upbeat AI-related guidance that pushed the shares higher after earnings, supporting the thesis that Datadog can monetize AI-monitoring/security demand. Why Datadog (DDOG) Is Up 8.4% After Strong Q4 2025 Earnings And 2026 Revenue Guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish broker commentary remains — Some sell-side analysts (e.g., Rosenblatt) remain constructive despite a cautious tone from management, reinforcing that several institutional investors still view DDOG as an AI/observability play. Datadog’s (DDOG) Cautious Outlook Doesn’t Shake Rosenblatt’s Bullish View
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reporting is noisy and shows 0 shares (likely a reporting artifact), producing an effectively zero days-to-cover reading — not meaningful market pressure today.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor commentary that AI isn’t the core problem — analysis arguing that AI fears are overstated and Datadog remains well-positioned may moderate panic selling but doesn’t immediately alter fundamentals. Datadog: AI Isn’t The Main Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold ~43k shares (~$5.5M), trimming his stake ~8% on Feb 11; insider disposals can increase near-term selling pressure or signal liquidity needs. SEC Form 4 — Alexis Le-Quoc Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple price-target downgrades — Needham, BTIG and Wolfe trimmed targets (to $155, $170 and $160 respectively), signalling reduced near-term expectations despite the beat; these downgrades can weigh on sentiment and limit upside. Needham Cuts Datadog Price Target BTIG Cuts Datadog Price Target Wolfe Research Cuts Datadog Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst concerns on slowing growth, costs and valuation — Several analyst pieces highlight that despite the beat, longer-term growth appears to be slowing, costs are rising and valuation remains rich, which can cap multiple expansion. 3 Reasons to Stay Away From Datadog Stock Despite Q4 Earnings Beat

Datadog Trading Down 0.7%

NASDAQ DDOG opened at $125.20 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.90 billion, a PE ratio of 403.87, a P/E/G ratio of 22.88 and a beta of 1.27. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $132.23 and its 200 day moving average is $143.64. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.63 and a twelve month high of $201.69. The company has a quick ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 3.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $953.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.14% and a net margin of 3.14%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.49 earnings per share. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.160 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.490-0.510 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on DDOG. BNP Paribas Exane decreased their price objective on shares of Datadog from $210.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Wolfe Research reduced their price target on Datadog from $185.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group set a $195.00 price target on Datadog in a research report on Monday. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Datadog from $225.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Citizens Jmp reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday. Thirty-seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $179.50.

Insider Buying and Selling at Datadog

In related news, COO Adam Blitzer sold 8,023 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.61, for a total value of $1,240,436.03. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 165,197 shares in the company, valued at $25,541,108.17. This represents a 4.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Shardul Shah sold 7,916 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.89, for a total value of $988,629.24. Following the transaction, the director owned 340,701 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $42,550,147.89. The trade was a 2.27% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 582,023 shares of company stock worth $92,269,698 in the last ninety days. 8.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.