Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Director Sells $75,300.00 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Director Julie Richardson sold 502 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total value of $75,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 4,168 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $625,200. The trade was a 10.75% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $200.16 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $70.57 billion, a PE ratio of 526.75, a PEG ratio of 72.45 and a beta of 1.30. The company’s fifty day moving average is $124.41 and its 200 day moving average is $136.98. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $201.69. The company has a quick ratio of 3.38, a current ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.01 billion for 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 firm’s revenue was up 32.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $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 anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Datadog News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog delivered a beat-and-raise quarter, with Q1 revenue of about $1.01 billion and EPS of $0.60 both ahead of estimates, while management lifted FY 2026 and Q2 guidance well above consensus. Datadog Q1 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Several major Wall Street firms raised price targets after the results, including Citigroup, RBC, Piper Sandler, Wedbush, TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho, and others, reinforcing the bullish case and supporting the stock’s rally. Analyst price target hikes
• Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted strong demand across AI-native and non-AI customers, plus growth in larger customers and new product launches, which suggests the growth story is broadening beyond one-time earnings strength. RBC commentary on Datadog
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy call-option buying and elevated trading volume indicate strong short-term momentum, but some of the move may be trader-driven and could increase volatility. Options activity report
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders, including the CTO, general counsel, and a director, sold shares in pre-arranged 10b5-1 transactions, which may temper enthusiasm for some investors even though the sales were scheduled in advance. SEC filing for insider sale

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Datadog from $180.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. KeyCorp raised their price target on Datadog from $155.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Datadog from $120.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $305.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $211.76.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in Datadog by 7.0% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,023,000 after acquiring an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in Datadog by 17.6% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Datadog during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $509,000. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Datadog Company 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.