Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 53,912 Shares

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.02, for a total transaction of $12,239,102.24. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 509,805 shares in the company, valued at $115,735,931.10. This trade represents a 9.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Alexis Le-Quoc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 24th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $228.63, for a total value of $9,882,303.12.
• On Monday, August 10th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.36, for a total value of $13,659,144.32.
• On Monday, July 20th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.23, for a total value of $11,464,301.52.
• On Wednesday, July 8th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $257.24, for a total value of $13,868,322.88.
• On Monday, June 22nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.97, for a total value of $9,551,207.28.

Datadog Stock Performance

NASDAQ:DDOG traded up $5.53 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $214.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,729,244 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,516,401. Datadog, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $98.01 and a fifty-two week high of $292.72. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $250.31 and its 200-day moving average is $192.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 3.20 and a quick ratio of 3.20. The firm has a market cap of $77.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 438.29, a P/E/G ratio of 21.92 and a beta of 1.49.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion during 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%. Datadog’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm 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. Equities analysts anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog in the 4th quarter worth $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in Datadog by 7.0% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,023,000 after acquiring an additional 672 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Datadog by 17.6% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Datadog during the second quarter valued at $509,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DDOG has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. CICC Research upped their target price on Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Wedbush began coverage on Datadog in a report on Monday, June 15th. They issued a “neutral” rating for the company. Jefferies Financial Group set a $260.00 price objective on Datadog in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Datadog from $315.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Datadog from $230.00 to $295.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $276.32.

More Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Snowflake earnings lifted cloud-software sentiment. Snowflake’s better-than-expected results and outlook fueled optimism that enterprise spending on cloud data infrastructure remains healthy, potentially benefiting Datadog’s observability platform. Datadog Stock Climbs Following Snowflake Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to highlight Datadog’s growth profile. Zacks cited the company’s AI momentum, expanding customer base and raised guidance as reasons to remain constructive despite the stock’s substantial year-to-date gain. Reasons to Hold Datadog Stock
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum followed broader software-sector buying. Multiple reports attributed the latest strength to continued enthusiasm after Snowflake’s results, suggesting investors are looking for confirmation that software and AI-related spending trends remain intact. Why Datadog Shares Are Higher
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s own fundamentals remain strong. The company recently exceeded quarterly earnings and revenue expectations, with revenue up 35.6% year over year, and issued fiscal 2026 earnings guidance of $2.50–$2.54 per share. Datadog Shares Jump Following Snowflake Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: High valuation and recent volatility remain risks. Datadog had previously fallen sharply amid a broader software selloff and company-specific concerns. Its elevated earnings multiple leaves the stock sensitive to any slowdown in growth or weaker guidance. Datadog Selloff and Valuation Risks

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.