Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CRO Sells $2,743,593.52 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CRO Sean Michael Walters sold 11,876 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.02, for a total transaction of $2,743,593.52. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive directly owned 258,420 shares in the company, valued at approximately $59,700,188.40. The trade was a 4.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Sean Michael Walters also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Sean Michael Walters sold 13,409 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total transaction of $3,582,214.35.
• On Thursday, May 7th, Sean Michael Walters sold 7,657 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $188.50, for a total transaction of $1,443,344.50.
• On Tuesday, May 5th, Sean Michael Walters sold 1,914 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total transaction of $287,100.00.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of DDOG stock opened at $226.63 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $148.81. The company has a quick ratio of 3.40, a current ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The firm has a market cap of $80.67 billion, a PE ratio of 596.41, a P/E/G ratio of 24.75 and a beta of 1.56. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $98.01 and a 12 month high of $278.70.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. Datadog had a net margin of 3.69% and a return on equity of 4.83%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. DA Davidson set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $226.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $160.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Finally, Evercore boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-one have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Datadog currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $238.34.

Institutional Trading of Datadog

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DDOG. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in Datadog by 3.3% during the third quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC raised its position in shares of Datadog by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 4,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $622,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares during the period. Vivaldi Capital Management LP raised its position in shares of Datadog by 2.8% in the third quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP now owns 2,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $383,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the period. State of Wyoming raised its position in shares of Datadog by 4.1% in the first quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Datadog by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $529,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Citigroup raised Datadog’s price target to $270 from $218 and kept a buy rating, citing durable AI-driven demand and implying more upside for the stock. Citi raises Datadog target to $270 citing durable AI-driven demand
• Positive Sentiment: Capital One Financial increased its price target on Datadog to $268 from $217 and reiterated an overweight view, reinforcing Wall Street optimism around the company’s growth trajectory. Capital One adjusts price target on Datadog to $268
• Positive Sentiment: Truist also upgraded Datadog to buy and raised its target to $300, with recent coverage pointing to stronger demand for Datadog’s AI observability, cloud monitoring, and security products. Truist Just Upgraded Datadog Stock. Here’s Why.
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog shareholders backed the board and executive pay at the 2026 annual meeting, which removes a possible governance overhang but is unlikely to materially move the stock on its own. Datadog shareholders back board, pay at 2026 meeting
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders, including General Counsel Kerry Acocella, Director Amit Agarwal, and CRO Sean Michael Walters, sold shares under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans; while routine, insider selling can weigh on sentiment. Datadog insider trade details

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.