Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the forty-six analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, thirty-nine have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $264.8409.

Several research firms have commented on DDOG. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Evercore boosted their price target on Datadog from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Datadog from $225.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Citizens Jmp raised their price objective on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $311.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Craig Hallum initiated coverage on shares of Datadog in a report on Monday, June 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Insider Transactions at Datadog

In other Datadog news, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total transaction of $25,407,857.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 835,679 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,002,091.36. The trade was a 13.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Dev Ittycheria sold 120,000 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.78, for a total value of $29,853,600.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 39,235 shares in the company, valued at $9,760,883.30. The trade was a 75.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,486,587 shares of company stock worth $342,962,652. 6.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Datadog in the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. NBC Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of Datadog by 242.6% during the fourth quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 233 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the period. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC increased its position in shares of Datadog by 52.5% during the fourth quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 273 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Datadog Price Performance

DDOG stock opened at $250.88 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $89.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 660.23, a P/E/G ratio of 25.61 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $242.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $170.38. Datadog has a 1 year low of $98.01 and a 1 year high of $278.70.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. Datadog had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 4.83%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.46 earnings per share. 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 will post 0.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BTIG Research raised its Datadog price target to $289 from $255 and maintained a Buy rating, implying approximately 15% upside from the referenced price. The upgrade reinforces confidence in Datadog’s growth outlook. BTIG price target article
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog recently outperformed the broader market, with shares advancing 2.03% in the latest completed session. Investor interest has been supported by expectations for upcoming cloud-company earnings and generally bullish Wall Street recommendations. Why Datadog outpaced the stock market
• Neutral Sentiment: The average brokerage recommendation remains equivalent to a Buy, although the concentration of bullish ratings may reduce the signal’s usefulness and leave the stock vulnerable to disappointment. Wall Street recommendations on Datadog
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Olivier Pomel sold 47,054 shares worth about $11.5 million, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares worth approximately $11.5 million, and Director Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares for roughly $4.9 million. All three transactions were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, which reduces their significance as discretionary bearish signals, but the sales can still pressure sentiment—particularly after DDOG’s strong run and elevated valuation.

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.