Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Sells $5,381,772.40 in Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 42,443 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $126.80, for a total value of $5,381,772.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 704,821 shares in the company, valued at $89,371,302.80. This represents a 5.68% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Olivier Pomel also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 2nd, Olivier Pomel sold 68,922 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total transaction of $7,618,637.88.

Datadog Stock Performance

Shares of DDOG opened at $125.08 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $122.54 and its 200 day moving average price is $141.39. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $81.63 and a 52 week high of $201.69. The company has a market capitalization of $44.10 billion, a PE ratio of 403.48, a PEG ratio of 35.71 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 3.38 and a current ratio of 3.38.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $953.19 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. Datadog had a net margin of 3.14% and a return on equity of 4.14%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.160 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.490-0.510 EPS. Research analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog launched AI-focused capabilities to production: MCP Server reached general availability and a new Cohesity integration links real‑time observability to automated recovery for AI workloads — this strengthens Datadog’s position in AI observability and could expand customer use cases and retention. Datadog (DDOG) Valuation Check As New AI Observability And Resilience Tools Reach General Availability
• Positive Sentiment: An external analyst house issued a new Buy rating, providing short‑term demand support and reinforcing institutional interest. New Buy Rating for Datadog (DDOG), the Technology Giant
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog is pushing into regulated sectors with AI‑driven observability and compliance features — a strategic product push that may take time to translate into material revenue. Datadog Targets AI Driven Observability And Compliance Focused Growth In Regulated Sectors
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short‑interest data appears anomalous (zero/NaN), so it provides no clear signal to traders; treat that data point cautiously. (No external article link — data summary.)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CEO Olivier Pomel sold ~42.4k shares and director Amit Agarwal sold 20k shares in mid‑March — large, disclosed sales that can create near‑term selling pressure and raise investor questions about timing. SEC Filing — Olivier Pomel sale SEC Filing — Amit Agarwal sale
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation concerns persist: multiple commentaries label Datadog “high quality, high valuation,” and coverage notes the stock’s rich P/E and muted near‑term earnings growth — a backdrop that can limit upside despite product gains. Datadog: High Quality, High Valuations

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Westside Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Datadog by 74.3% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 126.6% during 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. Tripletail Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Datadog in the 3rd quarter valued at $28,000. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Datadog by 315.2% in the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the period. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Datadog during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. 78.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently issued reports on DDOG shares. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on Datadog from $175.00 to $150.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 9th. BMO Capital Markets set a $165.00 price target on Datadog in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Arete Research boosted their price target on Datadog from $230.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Thirty-six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Datadog has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $179.62.

About Datadog

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.