Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 53,912 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.02, for a total value of $12,239,102.24. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 509,805 shares in the company, valued at $115,735,931.10. The trade was a 9.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Alexis Le-Quoc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, September 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 21,772 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total value of $4,635,258.80.
• On Monday, August 24th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $228.63, for a total transaction of $9,882,303.12.
• On Monday, August 10th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.36, for a total value of $13,659,144.32.
• On Monday, July 20th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.23, for a total transaction of $11,464,301.52.
• On Wednesday, July 8th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $257.24, for a total value of $13,868,322.88.
• On Monday, June 22nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.97, for a total transaction of $9,551,207.28.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of DDOG opened at $212.93 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 3.20 and a current ratio of 3.20. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $292.72. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $249.65 and its 200 day moving average price is $193.28. The company has a market capitalization of $76.46 billion, a PE ratio of 434.56, a PEG ratio of 21.03 and a beta of 1.49.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. Datadog had a net margin of 4.48% and a return on equity of 5.67%. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.08 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.46 EPS. Datadog’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.630-0.650 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.540 EPS. Research analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Datadog during the third quarter worth $27,000. EMC Capital Management acquired a new stake in Datadog in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC increased its position in Datadog by 54.9% in the 2nd quarter. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC now owns 127 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC raised its stake in shares of Datadog by 52.5% in the fourth quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 273 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Datadog by 341.7% in the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 318 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 246 shares during the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

DDOG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Datadog from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $295.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Datadog from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 12th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Datadog from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $230.00) on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Datadog currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $276.32.

More Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong Snowflake results supported the software sector. Snowflake’s better-than-expected earnings and outlook renewed optimism about enterprise spending on data infrastructure, artificial intelligence and observability tools—markets that could benefit Datadog. Snowflake earnings and Datadog article
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s latest operating results remain strong. The company most recently reported quarterly EPS of $0.65 versus the $0.58 consensus estimate, while revenue reached $1.12 billion, up 35.6% year over year and above expectations. Management issued third-quarter 2026 EPS guidance of $0.63–$0.65 and full-year guidance of $2.50–$2.54. Datadog stock and earnings information
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable, but expectations are high. Datadog carries a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average analyst price target of $276.32, although the stock’s very high earnings multiple leaves it sensitive to changes in growth expectations and interest rates.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple executives reported stock sales. On September 2, the CEO, CFO, CTO, COO, CRO and general counsel collectively sold roughly $23.5 million of shares. Each filing stated that the sales were made to cover tax-withholding obligations related to vested equity awards, reducing the likelihood that they represent a direct negative view of Datadog’s prospects. Datadog CEO insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Additional CTO selling adds an overhang. Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares for approximately $12.2 million on September 1 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The scheduled nature of the transaction makes it less informative, but the scale of the sale may still pressure sentiment. Datadog CTO insider sale filing

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.