Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Director Sells $5,224,400.00 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Director Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.22, for a total transaction of $5,224,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,640 shares in the company, valued at $428,400.80. This trade represents a 92.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Amit Agarwal also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, June 25th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.12, for a total transaction of $4,402,400.00.
• On Thursday, June 18th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.92, for a total value of $4,418,400.00.
• On Friday, June 12th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.56, for a total value of $4,631,200.00.
• On Monday, May 11th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.13, for a total transaction of $4,002,600.00.
• On Monday, April 27th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.47, for a total transaction of $2,629,400.00.
• On Wednesday, April 15th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $120.00, for a total value of $2,400,000.00.
• On Monday, April 20th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.98, for a total transaction of $2,519,600.00.
• On Wednesday, April 8th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.28, for a total transaction of $2,445,600.00.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of DDOG opened at $269.00 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $95.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 707.91, a P/E/G ratio of 26.55 and a beta of 1.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a current ratio of 3.40. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $278.70. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $224.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $159.53.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. Datadog’s quarterly revenue was up 32.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog received a new Zacks Strong Buy upgrade, signaling improving earnings expectations and near-term momentum. Zacks top-ranked internet stocks article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to point to Datadog’s AI, cloud demand, and enterprise adoption as drivers of further upside. Datadog gets fresh rating momentum
• Positive Sentiment: Strong first-quarter results, including revenue above $1 billion and record new logo bookings, support the bullish case for Datadog’s growth narrative. Did Datadog’s AI-Fueled Q1 2026 Surge Just Shift Its Investment Narrative?
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles note that Datadog’s stock has surged sharply this year, which reflects strong momentum but also leaves valuation elevated. Datadog Rises 88.7% Year to Date
• Negative Sentiment: Bernstein downgraded Datadog to Market Perform, warning that growth could slow and that investor expectations may be too high. Datadog downgraded at Bernstein SocGen
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by a Datadog director added some caution, even though the transaction was made under a pre-arranged trading plan. Amit Agarwal sells Datadog shares

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on DDOG shares. New Street Research set a $260.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $260.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, June 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Datadog from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $180.00 to $226.00 in a research note on Monday. Rothschild & Co Redburn began coverage on shares of Datadog in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $170.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of Datadog from an “overweight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, June 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $244.73.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Datadog during the third quarter valued at $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Datadog by 1,461.5% during the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC bought a new position in Datadog during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. NBC Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 242.6% in the 4th quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 233 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its position in Datadog by 52.5% in the fourth quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 273 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

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.