Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar Buys Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican-Florida) recently bought shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG). In a filing disclosed on June 08th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $15,001 and $50,000 in Datadog stock on May 19th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “UBS BROKERAGE ACCOUNT” account.

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) on 5/29/2026.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 5/21/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) on 5/19/2026.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) on 5/13/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) on 5/13/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) on 5/12/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/12/2026.
• Purchased $50,001 – $100,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/11/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) on 5/11/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/11/2026.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of DDOG traded up $0.29 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $227.63. The company had a trading volume of 3,508,245 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,966,630. The company has a current ratio of 3.40, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. Datadog, Inc. has a 12-month low of $98.01 and a 12-month high of $278.70. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $171.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $145.78. The company has a market capitalization of $81.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 599.04, a PEG ratio of 24.81 and a beta of 1.56.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 4.83%. The company had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.46 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. Research analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 earnings per share for the current year.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog unveiled 100+ new AI, observability and security capabilities at its DASH 2026 event, including major upgrades to Bits AI, AI Guard, Bring Your Own Cloud, Bits Agent Builder and Agent Console. The new tools deepen Datadog’s AI platform story and could support stronger adoption and revenue growth. GlobeNewswire article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts turned more constructive after the launch, with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raising its target to $280 and Evercore lifting its target to $265, while RBC reaffirmed an outperform view. Higher targets can reinforce the market’s growth expectations for DDOG. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage in the financial press said Datadog’s agentic AI push is winning Wall Street support, with analysts seeing more upside as the company expands into autonomous operations and AI security. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s strong revenue growth and recent beat-and-raise quarter continue to underpin the stock’s premium valuation, but the shares already reflect high expectations after a big run. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling may temper enthusiasm: CEO Olivier Pomel and CFO David M. Obstler both sold large blocks of stock under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans, adding to a pattern of recent insider sales at Datadog. SEC filing
• Negative Sentiment: A prior director sale also added to the overhang, reinforcing concerns that insiders may be taking advantage of the stock’s strong rally. SEC filing

Insider Activity

In other Datadog news, CFO David M. Obstler sold 75,000 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.69, for a total value of $17,376,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 434,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $100,690,388.79. The trade was a 14.72% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Dev Ittycheria sold 120,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $248.78, for a total value of $29,853,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 39,235 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,760,883.30. This trade represents a 75.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,272,556 shares of company stock valued at $252,615,825 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Datadog

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in DDOG. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in Datadog by 12.5% in the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 9,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,149,000 after purchasing an additional 1,082 shares during the last quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 15.6% during the 1st quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 8,346 shares of the company’s stock worth $985,000 after purchasing an additional 1,126 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise grew its holdings in shares of Datadog by 20.4% during the first quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 93,982 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,063,000 after buying an additional 15,907 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog in the first quarter valued at approximately $65,000. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its position in shares of Datadog by 22.8% in the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 7,749,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $905,570,000 after buying an additional 1,439,082 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently weighed in on DDOG. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday. Daiwa Securities Group raised their price target on Datadog from $190.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research report on Wednesday. CICC Research increased their price objective on shares of Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Evercore raised their target price on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $225.52.

About Representative Salazar

Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Salazar (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Maria Elvira Salazar was born in Miami, Florida, and lives in Coral Gables, Florida. Salazar earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in 1983 and a graduate degree from Harvard University in 1995. Her career experience includes working as a television journalist, reporter, and news anchor.

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.