Key Points
- Datadog CRO Sean Michael Walters sold 11,710 shares at an average price of $221.04, generating approximately $2.59 million. The sale was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan and reduced his direct holdings by 4.78% to 233,135 shares.
- Datadog reported quarterly revenue of $1.12 billion, up 35.6% year over year, and EPS of $0.65, surpassing analyst expectations. The company issued Q3 2026 EPS guidance of $0.630–$0.650 and full-year guidance of $2.500–$2.540.
- Analysts maintain a generally positive view, with the stock carrying a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating and an average price target of $276.66. Institutional investors own 78.29% of Datadog’s shares.
Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG - Get Free Report) CRO Sean Walters sold 11,710 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.04, for a total transaction of $2,588,378.40. Following the sale, the executive directly owned 233,135 shares of the company's stock, valued at $51,532,160.40. This represents a 4.78% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Sean Michael Walters also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, September 2nd, Sean Walters sold 13,575 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total transaction of $2,890,117.50.
Datadog Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ DDOG opened at $230.27 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $82.69 billion, a PE ratio of 469.95, a PEG ratio of 22.45 and a beta of 1.49. The company has a current ratio of 3.20, a quick ratio of 3.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. Datadog, Inc. has a 1-year low of $98.01 and a 1-year high of $292.72. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $244.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $199.06.
Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a return on equity of 5.67% and a net margin of 4.48%.The company's revenue for the quarter 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 predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Anchor Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Datadog by 547.8% in the second quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the company's stock valued at $346,000 after buying an additional 1,123 shares in the last quarter. Revere Asset Management Inc bought a new stake in Datadog during the second quarter worth $2,752,000. Tidal Investments LLC lifted its stake in Datadog by 17.4% in the second quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 94,299 shares of the company's stock valued at $24,552,000 after acquiring an additional 13,977 shares during the last quarter. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd lifted its stake in Datadog by 30.2% in the second quarter. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd now owns 6,771 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,763,000 after acquiring an additional 1,571 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog in the 2nd quarter valued at about $297,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.29% of the company's stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on DDOG shares. Craig Hallum began coverage on Datadog in a research report on Monday, June 15th. They issued a "buy" rating on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $300.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Arete Research increased their target price on shares of Datadog from $260.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. 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 research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has 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 target price of $276.66.
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Datadog Company Profile
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Datadog, Inc (NASDAQ:DDOG) is a cloud-based software company that provides monitoring, observability, security and analytics tools for modern applications and information technology environments. Its platform helps organizations collect, correlate and analyze data from servers, databases, applications, containers, networks and cloud services in a unified environment.
The company's products include infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, real user and synthetic monitoring, database monitoring, cloud security, software delivery tools, incident management and cloud cost management.
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