Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) General Counsel Kerry Acocella Sells 7,343 Shares

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) General Counsel Kerry Acocella sold 7,343 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total transaction of $1,563,324.70. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 120,523 shares in the company, valued at $25,659,346.70. The trade was a 5.74% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Kerry Acocella also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 15th, Kerry Acocella sold 5,371 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $233.91, for a total transaction of $1,256,330.61.

Datadog Price Performance

NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $212.93 on Friday. Datadog, Inc. has a one year low of $98.01 and a one year high of $292.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 3.20 and a current ratio of 3.20. The firm has a market cap of $76.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 434.56, a PEG ratio of 21.03 and a beta of 1.49. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $249.65 and its two-hundred day moving average is $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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during 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%.The company’s revenue was up 35.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.46 EPS. Datadog has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.630-0.650 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.540 EPS. Research analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DDOG has been the topic of several recent research reports. CICC Research upped their price objective on Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Guggenheim lifted their target price on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $280.00 target price on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. BMO Capital Markets set a $300.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $295.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a report on Thursday, June 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $276.32.

Institutional Trading of Datadog

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in Datadog in the 4th quarter valued at about $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog during the 4th quarter worth approximately $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in Datadog by 7.0% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,023,000 after buying an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog during the second quarter valued at approximately $509,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

More 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

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.