Intech Investment Management LLC Lowers Holdings in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Intech Investment Management LLC trimmed its position in Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) by 49.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,616 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,452 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Datadog were worth $628,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 126.6% in the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Datadog in the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 1,461.5% in the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog in the 4th quarter worth $31,000. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of Datadog by 242.6% in the 4th quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 233 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Datadog

In related news, Director Titilope Cole sold 5,131 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $247.87, for a total value of $1,271,820.97. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,216 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $301,409.92. This trade represents a 80.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 21,506 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $5,745,327.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 509,805 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $136,194,405.75. This represents a 4.05% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,070,415 shares of company stock valued at $205,781,777. 6.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $227.34 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $171.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $145.78. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $98.01 and a 12 month high of $278.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 598.28, a PEG ratio of 24.81 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 32.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on Datadog from $121.00 to $139.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $225.00 price target on Datadog in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Monness Crespi & Hardt boosted their price target on Datadog from $255.00 to $270.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Datadog from $120.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, DA Davidson set a $250.00 price target on Datadog in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $220.17.

Key Stories Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog unveiled 100+ new capabilities at its DASH event, including major upgrades to Bits AI, AI Guard, Bring Your Own Cloud, and Agent Console. The new tools are aimed at increasing automation, improving observability, and helping customers manage AI and security complexity, which supports the company’s growth story. Article link
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its price target on Datadog to $280 from $260 and reiterated a Buy rating, reinforcing expectations for further upside after the company’s strong earnings and revenue growth. Article link
• Positive Sentiment: Other recent analyst writeups also framed Datadog as a buy candidate, suggesting Wall Street remains constructive on the company’s software and AI-driven observability opportunities. Article link
• Neutral Sentiment: A preview article said investors should “mark their calendars for June 9,” pointing to a possible catalyst around the DASH event, but the details were not clear. Article link
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider activity remains a headwind: Director Titilope Cole sold 5,131 shares, continuing a pattern of heavy insider selling that can weigh on investor confidence. Article link

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.