Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Price Target Raised to $219.00

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) had its target price lifted by Royal Bank Of Canada from $161.00 to $219.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. Royal Bank Of Canada currently has an outperform rating on the stock.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on DDOG. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Datadog from $195.00 to $230.00 in a research report on Thursday. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Datadog from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 17th. Rothschild & Co Redburn started coverage on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. They set a “buy” rating and a $170.00 price target for the company. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Datadog from $120.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $305.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Datadog currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $211.76.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $200.16 on Friday. Datadog has a fifty-two week low of $98.01 and a fifty-two week high of $201.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $70.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 526.75, a P/E/G ratio of 72.45 and a beta of 1.30. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $124.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $136.98.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 4.83%. The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. During the same quarter last year, the business 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. On average, equities analysts forecast that Datadog will post 0.32 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Datadog

In other news, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 68,922 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total transaction of $7,618,637.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 704,821 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $77,910,913.34. This trade represents a 8.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.49, for a total transaction of $6,765,416.88. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 437,257 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $54,871,380.93. The trade was a 10.98% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 654,018 shares of company stock valued at $80,903,197 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DDOG. Rothschild Investment LLC raised its stake in Datadog by 126.6% during the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Datadog by 315.2% during the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Datadog by 74.3% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Datadog during the third quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in Datadog during the third quarter worth $28,000. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog delivered a beat-and-raise quarter, with Q1 revenue of about $1.01 billion and EPS of $0.60 both ahead of estimates, while management lifted FY 2026 and Q2 guidance well above consensus. Datadog Q1 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Several major Wall Street firms raised price targets after the results, including Citigroup, RBC, Piper Sandler, Wedbush, TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho, and others, reinforcing the bullish case and supporting the stock’s rally. Analyst price target hikes
• Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted strong demand across AI-native and non-AI customers, plus growth in larger customers and new product launches, which suggests the growth story is broadening beyond one-time earnings strength. RBC commentary on Datadog
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy call-option buying and elevated trading volume indicate strong short-term momentum, but some of the move may be trader-driven and could increase volatility. Options activity report
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders, including the CTO, general counsel, and a director, sold shares in pre-arranged 10b5-1 transactions, which may temper enthusiasm for some investors even though the sales were scheduled in advance. SEC filing for insider sale

About Datadog

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.