Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Sells $6,949,105.80 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 26,012 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $6,949,105.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 724,969 shares in the company, valued at approximately $193,675,468.35. The trade was a 3.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Olivier Pomel also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 26th, Olivier Pomel sold 84,698 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $223.58, for a total value of $18,936,778.84.
• On Monday, May 11th, Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total value of $25,407,857.44.
• On Thursday, April 9th, Olivier Pomel sold 42,443 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.14, for a total value of $4,717,115.02.
• On Monday, March 16th, Olivier Pomel sold 42,443 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.80, for a total value of $5,381,772.40.

Datadog Stock Down 2.7%

DDOG stock traded down $6.73 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $243.60. The stock had a trading volume of 6,970,327 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,263,543. The firm has a market cap of $86.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 641.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 26.80 and a beta of 1.56. The business has a 50-day moving average of $164.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $144.65. Datadog, Inc. has a 52-week low of $98.01 and a 52-week high of $278.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Westside Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Datadog by 74.3% in the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the period. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its holdings in Datadog by 126.6% in the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Datadog by 315.2% in the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the period. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Datadog in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Datadog by 1,461.5% in the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog was highlighted as one of the most-upgraded software stocks last month, reinforcing confidence in its growth outlook and the AI-driven rebound in software sentiment. 3 Most Upgraded Stocks Last Month According to MarketBeat (DDOG)
• Positive Sentiment: Commentary that software stocks are rebounding as investors see AI as a growth catalyst supports the broader bull case for DDOG. DDOG, ORCL, MSFT emerge as top software stock picks as the sector rebounds: report
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s presentation at the Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference may have kept the company in focus, but no new material catalyst was highlighted in the headline provided. Datadog, Inc. (DDOG) Presents at Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling by senior executives, especially the CTO’s large share sales, is likely the biggest near-term drag on investor sentiment. SEC insider filing

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

DDOG has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn initiated coverage on Datadog in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $170.00 target price on the stock. BTIG Research increased their target price on Datadog from $212.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Datadog from $180.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Guggenheim increased their target price on Datadog from $175.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Scotiabank increased their target price on Datadog from $160.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Datadog currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.69.

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.