Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel Sells 26,331 Shares of Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 26,331 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total transaction of $5,605,869.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 586,416 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $124,847,966.40. This trade represents a 4.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Olivier Pomel also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, August 19th, Olivier Pomel sold 47,054 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $235.49, for a total transaction of $11,080,746.46.
• On Wednesday, August 5th, Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $286.71, for a total transaction of $36,452,596.11.
• On Thursday, July 23rd, Olivier Pomel sold 47,054 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $244.79, for a total value of $11,518,348.66.
• On Tuesday, June 16th, Olivier Pomel sold 84,698 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $232.30, for a total value of $19,675,345.40.
• On Monday, June 8th, Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.69, for a total value of $29,457,298.29.

Datadog Price Performance

Datadog stock opened at $212.93 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 3.20 and a current ratio of 3.20. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $292.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $76.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 434.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 21.03 and a beta of 1.49. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $249.65 and a 200-day moving average of $193.28.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a return on equity of 5.67% and a net margin of 4.48%.Datadog’s revenue was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. Datadog has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.630-0.650 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.540 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DDOG has been the subject of several research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Datadog from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $180.00 to $226.00 in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on Datadog from $220.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Truist Financial upgraded shares of Datadog from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $190.00 to $300.00 in a report on Monday, June 15th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “sell” rating and issued a $158.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research note on Friday, August 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $276.32.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC bought a new position in Datadog in the 4th quarter worth about $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC grew its stake in Datadog by 7.0% during the first 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 stake in Datadog by 17.6% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 115 shares during the period. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the second quarter worth about $509,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Key Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong Snowflake results supported the software sector. Snowflake’s better-than-expected earnings and outlook renewed optimism about enterprise spending on data infrastructure, artificial intelligence and observability tools—markets that could benefit Datadog. Snowflake earnings and Datadog article
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s latest operating results remain strong. The company most recently reported quarterly EPS of $0.65 versus the $0.58 consensus estimate, while revenue reached $1.12 billion, up 35.6% year over year and above expectations. Management issued third-quarter 2026 EPS guidance of $0.63–$0.65 and full-year guidance of $2.50–$2.54. Datadog stock and earnings information
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable, but expectations are high. Datadog carries a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average analyst price target of $276.32, although the stock’s very high earnings multiple leaves it sensitive to changes in growth expectations and interest rates.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple executives reported stock sales. On September 2, the CEO, CFO, CTO, COO, CRO and general counsel collectively sold roughly $23.5 million of shares. Each filing stated that the sales were made to cover tax-withholding obligations related to vested equity awards, reducing the likelihood that they represent a direct negative view of Datadog’s prospects. Datadog CEO insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Additional CTO selling adds an overhang. Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares for approximately $12.2 million on September 1 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The scheduled nature of the transaction makes it less informative, but the scale of the sale may still pressure sentiment. Datadog CTO insider sale filing

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.