Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 43,106 Shares of Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $144.93, for a total value of $6,247,352.58. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 531,311 shares in the company, valued at $77,002,903.23. The trade was a 7.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 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, April 22nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.84, for a total value of $5,655,428.16.
• On Monday, April 6th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,300 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.46, for a total value of $3,761,658.00.
• On Monday, March 23rd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,418 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.75, for a total value of $4,141,399.50.
• On Tuesday, March 10th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.49, for a total value of $6,765,416.88.
• On Monday, March 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,541 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total value of $5,918,422.14.
• On Wednesday, February 11th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.79, for a total value of $5,465,409.74.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ DDOG opened at $143.71 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 3.38 and a quick ratio of 3.38. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $122.72 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $136.73. Datadog, Inc. has a one year low of $98.01 and a one year high of $201.69. The firm has a market cap of $50.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 463.58, a P/E/G ratio of 52.75 and a beta of 1.30.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.04. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.14% and a net margin of 3.14%.The firm had revenue of $953.19 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.49 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.2% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.160 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.490-0.510 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.32 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Datadog

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co bought a new position in shares of Datadog during the third quarter worth about $1,709,000. Hartford Investment Management Co. acquired a new stake in Datadog during the third quarter worth approximately $2,689,000. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd grew its stake in Datadog by 134.5% during the third quarter. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd now owns 31,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,435,000 after purchasing an additional 17,860 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Datadog by 30.3% during the third 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 period. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its stake in Datadog by 37.9% during the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 109,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,555,000 after purchasing an additional 30,008 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Wedbush decreased their price objective on Datadog from $215.00 to $190.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Monday, April 20th. Truist Financial reduced their target price on Datadog from $195.00 to $140.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $160.00 target price on Datadog and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $177.28.

More Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management materially raised Q2 and FY‑2026 guidance: Q2 EPS of $0.57–$0.59 vs. consensus ~$0.41 and Q2 revenue about $1.1B vs. ~$992M; FY EPS of $2.36–$2.44 vs. consensus ~$1.80 and FY revenue roughly $4.3B vs. ~$4.1B. These upside guidance revisions are the primary bullish catalyst for the stock today.
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog reported strong Q1 results — revenue $1,006M (+32% YoY), $335M operating cash flow and $289M free cash flow, plus expansion in large customers (≈4,550 customers with $100k+ ARR) and new product launches (MCP Server, Bits AI Security Agent, GPU Monitoring, Experiments). The quarter and cash flow metrics support the upbeat guide. Datadog Q1 2026 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog for Government achieved FedRAMP High certification, removing a key compliance hurdle for large federal deals and opening higher‑security public sector demand. FedRAMP High Certification
• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target to $170 and maintained a Buy rating, signaling incremental sell‑side support for upside from current levels. Jefferies PT Raise
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street previews and analyst notes ahead of/after the print are driving attention and short‑term flows; expect continued headline sensitivity to bookings, large‑customer growth and AI adoption commentary. Analyst Coverage Preview
• Neutral Sentiment: Options and trading strategies around the earnings event have elevated implied volatility; some flow may be driven by traders positioning rather than fundamentals. Options Trade Note
• Negative Sentiment: CTO Alexis Le‑Quoc sold ~43,106 shares in a pre‑arranged Rule 10b5‑1 trade (disclosed), trimming insider ownership — while flagged as pre‑planned, insider selling can still be read negatively by some investors. SEC Form 4
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation remains stretched (high P/E and investors may be locking in gains after recent strong share performance), which can amplify pullbacks even when fundamentals are improving.

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.