Square Peg Capital PTY Ltd. Has $15.63 Million Stake in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Square Peg Capital PTY Ltd. lessened its stake in Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) by 3.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 114,920 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,706 shares during the period. Datadog comprises 15.6% of Square Peg Capital PTY Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Square Peg Capital PTY Ltd.’s holdings in Datadog were worth $15,628,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Datadog by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,327 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,540,000 after purchasing an additional 284 shares during the period. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec lifted its stake in Datadog by 17.1% during the fourth quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 20,571 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,796,000 after purchasing an additional 3,000 shares during the period. DRW Securities LLC bought a new position in Datadog during the fourth quarter worth about $208,000. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its stake in Datadog by 27.6% during the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 7,424 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,024,000 after purchasing an additional 1,606 shares during the period. Finally, Callan Family Office LLC lifted its stake in Datadog by 37.9% during the fourth quarter. Callan Family Office LLC now owns 30,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,084,000 after purchasing an additional 8,248 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Datadog Stock Performance

NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $229.90 on Friday. Datadog, Inc. has a 1 year low of $98.01 and a 1 year high of $278.70. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $178.29 and a 200-day moving average of $147.38. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $81.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 605.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 25.08 and a beta of 1.56.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) 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 company had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.46 earnings per share. Datadog’s quarterly 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts are increasingly upbeat on Datadog’s AI opportunity. BMO raised its price target to $260, BTIG reaffirmed a buy rating with a $255 target, and Wedbush also reiterated a buy view, reinforcing expectations for further upside. Article link
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage around Datadog’s GPU Monitoring and broader AI observability stack suggests the company is expanding its role in optimizing AI workloads, which could become a meaningful growth driver. Article link
• Positive Sentiment: Technical traders are encouraged by DDOG breaking above its 20-day moving average, a sign of improving short-term momentum after a strong run. Article link
• Positive Sentiment: Financial press is highlighting Datadog as a beneficiary of AI-driven cybersecurity spending, with analysts raising targets and framing DDOG as a hidden winner from the AI boom. Article link
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s recent AI-focused product launch and broader platform expansion are strengthening the company’s growth narrative and supporting elevated valuation expectations. Article link
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog remains a premium-valued stock after its strong revenue growth and beat-and-raise earnings report, so the market is balancing solid fundamentals against high expectations.
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider sales by CEO Olivier Pomel and CFO David Obstler may create some near-term overhang, even though the transactions were made under pre-arranged trading plans. Article link

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total value of $25,407,857.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 835,679 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,002,091.36. The trade was a 13.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Matthew Jacobson sold 52,832 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $189.28, for a total transaction of $10,000,040.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 622,726 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $117,869,577.28. This trade represents a 7.82% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,272,556 shares of company stock valued at $252,615,825 in the last ninety days. 6.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DDOG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Datadog from $155.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $226.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and set a $275.00 price target (up from $230.00) on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday. CICC Research raised their price target on shares of Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of Datadog from $121.00 to $139.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Datadog presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $231.64.

Datadog 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.