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

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 26,012 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $6,949,105.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 724,969 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $193,675,468.35. This trade represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 shares were 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 shares were 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 shares were 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 Performance

NASDAQ DDOG opened at $234.11 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 616.10, a PEG ratio of 25.07 and a beta of 1.56. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $98.01 and a twelve month high of $278.70. The company has a current ratio of 3.40, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $167.10 and a 200 day moving average of $145.28.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on DDOG shares. Bank of America upped their price target on Datadog from $225.00 to $260.00 in a report on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Datadog from $121.00 to $139.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. BTIG Research upped their price target on Datadog from $212.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $210.00 price target on Datadog and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $305.00 price target on Datadog in a report on Thursday, May 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Datadog currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $219.69.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in DDOG. MUFG Securities EMEA plc grew its position in Datadog by 115.6% in the fourth quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc now owns 13,342 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,814,000 after acquiring an additional 7,154 shares during the period. Hartford Investment Management Co. purchased a new position in Datadog in the third quarter worth approximately $2,689,000. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Datadog in the fourth quarter worth approximately $469,461,000. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd grew its position in Datadog by 134.5% in the third quarter. IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT IRELAND Ltd now owns 31,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,435,000 after acquiring an additional 17,860 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Datadog by 30.3% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 41,902,227 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,966,877,000 after acquiring an additional 9,748,738 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s recent earnings and outlook remain solid, with Q1 revenue rising 32.1% year over year, EPS beating estimates, and management guiding for continued growth. Analyst coverage is still broadly constructive, and several firms have recently raised price targets.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary has framed Datadog as a beneficiary of renewed interest in AI-related software, which may be helping support longer-term investor sentiment. Software sector rebound report
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog also presented at the Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference, but the headline does not indicate a major new catalyst. Bank of America conference transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple Datadog insiders sold shares in recent filings, including CTO Alexis Le-Quoc, CEO Olivier Pomel, COO Adam Blitzer, CFO David M. Obstler, CRO Sean Michael Walters, and General Counsel Kerry Acocella. Most sales were tied to 10b5-1 plans or tax withholding on equity vesting, but the broad cluster of insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC insider filing
• Negative Sentiment: A separate report said insiders sold about $90 million of Datadog shares over the past year, reinforcing concerns that management may see limited near-term upside after the stock’s strong run. Datadog insiders sold US$90m of shares suggesting hesitancy

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.