Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar Buys Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican-Florida) recently bought shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG). In a filing disclosed on June 08th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Datadog stock on May 19th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “UBS IRA ACCOUNT” account.

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) on 5/29/2026.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 5/21/2026.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) on 5/19/2026.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) on 5/13/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) on 5/13/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) on 5/12/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/12/2026.
• Purchased $50,001 – $100,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/11/2026.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) on 5/11/2026.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/11/2026.

Datadog Stock Up 0.1%

DDOG stock traded up $0.29 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $227.63. 3,508,245 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,931,807. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $173.74 and its 200 day moving average is $146.26. 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 firm has a market cap of $81.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 599.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 24.34 and a beta of 1.56.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last posted 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. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The business had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $960.12 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.46 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their price objective on Datadog from $255.00 to $270.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Rothschild & Co Redburn assumed coverage on Datadog in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $170.00 price objective for the company. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Datadog from $120.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, TD Cowen increased their price objective on Datadog from $190.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $225.52.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Dev Ittycheria sold 120,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.78, for a total value of $29,853,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 39,235 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,760,883.30. This represents a 75.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO David M. Obstler sold 75,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.69, for a total value of $17,376,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 434,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $100,690,388.79. This represents a 14.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,272,556 shares of company stock valued at $252,615,825 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog unveiled 100+ new AI, observability and security capabilities at its DASH 2026 event, including major upgrades to Bits AI, AI Guard, Bring Your Own Cloud, Bits Agent Builder and Agent Console. The new tools deepen Datadog’s AI platform story and could support stronger adoption and revenue growth. GlobeNewswire article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts turned more constructive after the launch, with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raising its target to $280 and Evercore lifting its target to $265, while RBC reaffirmed an outperform view. Higher targets can reinforce the market’s growth expectations for DDOG. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage in the financial press said Datadog’s agentic AI push is winning Wall Street support, with analysts seeing more upside as the company expands into autonomous operations and AI security. Yahoo Finance article
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s strong revenue growth and recent beat-and-raise quarter continue to underpin the stock’s premium valuation, but the shares already reflect high expectations after a big run. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling may temper enthusiasm: CEO Olivier Pomel and CFO David M. Obstler both sold large blocks of stock under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans, adding to a pattern of recent insider sales at Datadog. SEC filing
• Negative Sentiment: A prior director sale also added to the overhang, reinforcing concerns that insiders may be taking advantage of the stock’s strong rally. SEC filing

Institutional Trading of Datadog

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter worth approximately $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of Datadog by 7.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,023,000 after acquiring an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Datadog by 17.6% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog in the second quarter valued at approximately $509,000. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Representative Salazar

Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Salazar (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Maria Elvira Salazar was born in Miami, Florida, and lives in Coral Gables, Florida. Salazar earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in 1983 and a graduate degree from Harvard University in 1995. Her career experience includes working as a television journalist, reporter, and news anchor.

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.