Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CRO Sells $2,588,378.40 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CRO Sean Walters sold 11,710 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.04, for a total value of $2,588,378.40. Following the transaction, the executive directly owned 233,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $51,532,160.40. This represents a 4.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 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 Trading Up 2.3%

DDOG stock opened at $236.00 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $84.74 billion, a PE ratio of 481.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 22.52 and a beta of 1.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 3.20 and a current ratio of 3.20. Datadog, Inc. has a one year low of $98.01 and a one year high of $292.72. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $243.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $200.74.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a net margin of 4.48% and a return on equity of 5.67%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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. As a group, analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 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’s enterprise customer growth is accelerating as large organizations adopt AI-driven observability, cloud management and security tools. Broader deployments among enterprise clients could support recurring revenue growth and larger contract values. Datadog’s Enterprise Customer Expansion Accelerates: What’s Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: The bullish investment case is supported by Datadog’s recurring-revenue model and potential for long-term cash-flow expansion as it broadens its observability, security and cloud-management offerings. Datadog Stock Could Be A Bargain On Cash Flow
• Positive Sentiment: Recent analyst coverage remains broadly constructive, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average price target of approximately $276.66. Several firms have raised targets or maintained buy-equivalent ratings, reflecting confidence in Datadog’s growth prospects.
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s latest reported quarter showed strong operating momentum: revenue rose 35.6% year over year to $1.12 billion and earnings exceeded consensus estimates. Management’s quarterly and full-year guidance provides additional support for the growth narrative.
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog recently outperformed the broader stock market during the session, but the report offers little company-specific information beyond relative trading performance. Datadog Outpaces Stock Market Gains
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors continue to debate whether analyst optimism justifies DDOG’s very high earnings valuation. Strong future growth and cash generation are needed to support the premium multiple. Analyst Optimism and Datadog’s Premium Valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders reported sales, including the CFO’s combined sale of 64,000 shares, the general counsel’s sale of 5,280 shares and the CRO’s sale of 11,710 shares. The transactions were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, limiting their value as a direct bearish signal, but the concentration of selling may weigh on sentiment.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. New Street Research set a $260.00 target price on Datadog in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Citigroup raised their price target on Datadog from $300.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Arete Research lifted their price target on Datadog from $260.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. Craig Hallum assumed coverage on Datadog in a research report on Monday, June 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $276.66.

Institutional Trading of Datadog

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Anchor Investment Management LLC increased its position in Datadog by 547.8% during the 2nd quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 1,328 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after purchasing an additional 1,123 shares during the period. Revere Asset Management Inc purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the second quarter valued at about $2,752,000. Tidal Investments LLC raised its stake in Datadog by 17.4% in the second quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 94,299 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,552,000 after buying an additional 13,977 shares in the last quarter. BlueCrest Capital Management Ltd raised 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 worth $1,763,000 after buying an additional 1,571 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog in the second quarter worth about $297,000. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Datadog Company Profile

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.