Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Downgraded to “Hold” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen cut shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Saturday morning.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. BTIG Research boosted their target price on shares of Datadog from $184.00 to $221.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Citigroup lowered their price objective on Datadog from $200.00 to $175.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. Wolfe Research dropped their price objective on Datadog from $240.00 to $185.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on Datadog in a research note on Monday, January 12th. They set a “sell” rating and a $113.00 target price for the company. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Datadog from $190.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Thirty-four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $195.84.

Datadog Stock Down 1.5%

DDOG stock opened at $119.02 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $149.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $146.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $41.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 383.94, a PEG ratio of 21.50 and a beta of 1.26. Datadog has a fifty-two week low of $81.63 and a fifty-two week high of $201.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 3.66 and a current ratio of 3.66.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.10. Datadog had a net margin of 3.32% and a return on equity of 4.14%. The company had revenue of $885.65 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $852.77 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 28.4% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.000-2.020 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.54-0.56 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Datadog will post 0.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Yanbing Li sold 6,715 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.60, for a total value of $1,064,999.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 199,394 shares in the company, valued at $31,623,888.40. This represents a 3.26% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.93, for a total transaction of $5,773,186.58. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 301,458 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $40,374,269.94. This represents a 12.51% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,082,904 shares of company stock valued at $194,318,545 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 8.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased 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 purchasing an additional 672 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Datadog by 17.6% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog during the second quarter worth $259,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

More Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp reiterated an Overweight rating and a $170 price target while updating quarterly and FY estimates (expects improving EPS into FY2026). That supports the idea of continued fundamental momentum despite near‑term weakness. KeyCorp research / MarketBeat
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage highlights strong analyst attention and favorable placement in cloud‑monitoring roundups — useful context but not company‑specific catalysts. MSN analysts watching MSN earnings review
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary from outlets summarizing Q4 results and analyst reaction provides background for investors but adds no new company guidance. AmericanBankingNews
• Negative Sentiment: Citigroup trimmed its price target to $175 (from $200) but kept a Buy rating — a downgrade in upside that can pressure sentiment even though the target still implies meaningful upside versus today’s level. Benzinga
• Negative Sentiment: BNP Paribas Exane cut its target to $175 from $210 (maintains Outperform) — another sizable target trim that may weigh on short‑term sentiment. MarketScreener
• Negative Sentiment: An insider (Director Shardul Shah) sold ~7,916 shares (~$989k) on Jan. 13, modestly reducing his stake; such sales can be interpreted negatively by traders even if not uncommon. InsiderTrades
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary (Zacks) noted Datadog recently underperformed the broader market, amplifying near‑term selling pressure. Zacks

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.