Datadog, Inc. $DDOG Shares Acquired by Motley Fool Asset Management LLC

Motley Fool Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 39,355 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,223 shares during the period. Motley Fool Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Datadog were worth $5,287,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $228,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Datadog by 12.4% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 17,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,728,000 after acquiring an additional 1,916 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in Datadog by 32.4% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 8,226 shares of the company’s stock valued at $816,000 after acquiring an additional 2,012 shares during the period. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. lifted its stake in Datadog by 14.4% during the 1st quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 2,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $272,000 after acquiring an additional 346 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Michael James Callahan sold 8,333 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.55, for a total value of $1,337,863.15. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 12,496 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,006,232.80. The trade was a 40.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Shardul Shah sold 7,916 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $162.58, for a total transaction of $1,286,983.28. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 364,449 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $59,252,118.42. The trade was a 2.13% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 1,491,232 shares of company stock worth $202,944,249 in the last 90 days. 8.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on DDOG. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $165.00 to $189.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their target price on shares of Datadog from $171.00 to $179.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Datadog from $165.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their target price on shares of Datadog from $160.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Datadog from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 7th. Twenty-six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $163.97.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ DDOG opened at $157.62 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $54.97 billion, a PE ratio of 450.36, a PEG ratio of 61.22 and a beta of 1.21. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $143.71 and a 200 day moving average of $130.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 3.43 and a current ratio of 3.43. Datadog, Inc. has a one year low of $81.63 and a one year high of $170.08.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $826.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $791.72 million. Datadog had a net margin of 4.13% and a return on equity of 5.04%. The firm’s revenue was up 28.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS. Datadog has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.440-0.460 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 1.800-1.830 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Datadog Company Profile

Datadog, Inc operates an observability and security platform for cloud applications in North America and internationally. The company's products comprise infrastructure and application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, continuous profiler, database monitoring, data streams and universal service monitoring, network monitoring, incident management, workflow automation, observability pipelines, cloud cost and cloud security management, application security management, cloud SIEM, sensitive data scanner, and CI visibility.