Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Sells $5,918,422.14 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,541 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total value of $5,918,422.14. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 437,257 shares in the company, valued at $48,334,388.78. This trade represents a 10.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Alexis Le-Quoc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, February 11th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.79, for a total value of $5,465,409.74.
• On Wednesday, January 28th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,418 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.99, for a total transaction of $4,570,613.82.
• On Monday, January 5th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.93, for a total value of $5,773,186.58.
• On Monday, December 29th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,418 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.85, for a total value of $4,468,821.30.

Datadog Price Performance

NASDAQ DDOG traded down $5.48 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $123.08. The company had a trading volume of 4,008,863 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,445,432. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.63 and a twelve month high of $201.69. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $123.60 and a 200-day moving average price of $141.84. The company has a current ratio of 3.38, a quick ratio of 3.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The company has a market capitalization of $43.40 billion, a PE ratio of 397.03, a P/E/G ratio of 35.34 and a beta of 1.31.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. Datadog had a net margin of 3.14% and a return on equity of 4.14%. The company had revenue of $953.19 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.49 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 29.2% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.160 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.490-0.510 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DDOG has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $195.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Wedbush dropped their target price on Datadog from $215.00 to $190.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Needham & Company LLC reduced their price target on shares of Datadog from $220.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $180.00 price target on Datadog in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Thirty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $179.62.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co purchased a new position in Datadog during the third quarter worth approximately $1,709,000. Hartford Investment Management Co. purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,689,000. Munro Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog in the third quarter valued at $7,120,000. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd increased its stake in Datadog by 134.5% during the third quarter. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd now owns 31,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,435,000 after purchasing an additional 17,860 shares during the period. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its holdings in Datadog by 37.9% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 109,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,555,000 after buying an additional 30,008 shares in the last quarter. 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: Datadog has had a 5-day winning streak with roughly +16% over that period and an estimated market-cap gain of about $6.1B, which signals renewed investor interest and momentum into the name. Why Investors Are Flocking Back To DDOG Stock?
• Positive Sentiment: Cohesity announced a strategic integration with Datadog to combine observability with rapid data recovery for AI production environments — a partnership that can expand enterprise use cases around AI agent resilience. Cohesity Partners with Datadog
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog launched an MCP Server product to give AI agents secure, real‑time access to unified observability data — a product expansion that reinforces its positioning in AI-enabled observability. Datadog Launches MCP Server
• Neutral Sentiment: Media/analyst attention has picked up (Zacks, Yahoo pieces highlight trending interest), which can drive both flows and volatility but does not by itself change fundamentals. Is Trending Stock Datadog, Inc. (DDOG) a Buy Now?
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest figures in the feed show zero shares and NaN changes (data inconsistency). This looks like a reporting/data error rather than a material increase in short exposure; short-interest impact appears negligible.
• Negative Sentiment: Datadog CTO Alexis Le‑Quoc sold 53,541 shares at an average $110.54 on March 2 (~$5.92M), trimming his position by ~10.9% — an insider sale that can weigh on sentiment, especially amid recent gains. SEC filing: SEC Form 4

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.