Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 43,224 Shares of Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $278.90, for a total value of $12,055,173.60. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 488,033 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $136,112,403.70. The trade was a 8.14% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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, October 7th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $273.60, for a total transaction of $14,750,323.20.
• On Wednesday, September 23rd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.17, for a total transaction of $10,899,796.08.
• On Wednesday, September 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 21,772 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total transaction of $4,635,258.80.
• On Tuesday, September 1st, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.02, for a total transaction of $12,239,102.24.
• On Monday, August 24th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was 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 transaction of $13,659,144.32.

Datadog Trading Down 11.5%

Shares of NASDAQ DDOG opened at $235.27 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $251.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $198.14. Datadog, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $98.01 and a fifty-two week high of $300.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $84.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 480.15, a P/E/G ratio of 25.95 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 3.20 and a quick ratio of 3.20.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a net margin of 4.48% and a return on equity of 5.67%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share. Datadog has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.630-0.650 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.540 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.70 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on DDOG shares. Guggenheim raised their target price on Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $158.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. FBN Securities initiated coverage on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $325.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research note on Sunday, October 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have assigned a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Datadog presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.22.

Key Headlines Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave: AIOps Platforms, Q4 2026. The recognition highlights its AI-powered observability platform and Bits AI capabilities for detecting, investigating and remediating operational issues, potentially strengthening its competitive position. Datadog Named a Leader in AIOps Platforms Research
• Positive Sentiment: A Wells Fargo analyst reportedly expects Datadog’s stock price to rise, providing some analyst support ahead of the company’s upcoming results. Datadog Stock Price Expected to Rise
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street is concentrating on Datadog’s third-quarter 2026 metrics, including revenue growth, customer additions, usage trends and profitability. The company’s latest reported quarter showed revenue growth of 35.6% year over year and adjusted EPS above expectations, but investors are likely demanding continued strength. Datadog Q3 Earnings Projections
• Negative Sentiment: Datadog fell alongside other cybersecurity and technology software stocks even as a major Binance cryptocurrency theft underscored demand for digital-security products. The move suggests broad market and sector selling, rather than a deterioration in Datadog’s fundamentals, is currently dominating trading. Datadog and Cybersecurity Stocks Fall
• Negative Sentiment: CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares worth approximately $12.1 million. The transaction was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which reduces its significance as a discretionary bearish signal, although insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC Insider Trading Filing

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its holdings in Datadog by 22.8% in the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 7,749,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $905,570,000 after buying an additional 1,439,082 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 197.9% during the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,443,008 shares of the company’s stock worth $669,018,000 after acquiring an additional 1,622,904 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 81.5% during the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,685,562 shares of the company’s stock worth $435,081,000 after acquiring an additional 1,654,429 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 30.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,645,827 shares of the company’s stock worth $312,340,000 after acquiring an additional 615,090 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its stake in Datadog by 46.1% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 919,360 shares of the company’s stock valued at $251,767,000 after acquiring an additional 290,066 shares during the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Datadog Company Profile

Datadog, Inc is a technology company that provides a cloud-based monitoring and security platform for applications, infrastructure and other technology environments. Its platform helps organizations collect, analyze and visualize data from servers, databases, containers, cloud services, applications and user interactions in a unified environment.

Datadog’s products include infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, real user monitoring, synthetic monitoring, network performance monitoring, cloud security, software delivery tools and incident-management capabilities.