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

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction on Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.04, for a total transaction of $8,992,320.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 531,311 shares in the company, valued at approximately $110,533,940.44. The trade was a 7.52% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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

• On Monday, May 4th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $144.93, for a total transaction of $6,247,352.58.
• On Wednesday, April 22nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.84, for a total transaction of $5,655,428.16.
• On Monday, April 6th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,300 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.46, for a total transaction of $3,761,658.00.
• On Monday, March 23rd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,418 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.75, for a total transaction of $4,141,399.50.
• On Tuesday, March 10th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.49, for a total transaction of $6,765,416.88.
• On Monday, March 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,541 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total transaction of $5,918,422.14.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $218.04 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $77.61 billion, a PE ratio of 573.80, a PEG ratio of 39.77 and a beta of 1.30. The company’s fifty day moving average is $142.27 and its 200 day moving average is $140.52. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $220.35. The company has a quick ratio of 3.40, a current ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

DDOG has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Datadog in a research report on Monday, April 20th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $170.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Citizens Jmp upgraded shares of Datadog from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research report on Monday, May 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $213.38.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s Q1 results beat expectations, with EPS of $0.60 versus $0.51 expected and revenue of $1.01 billion versus $960.1 million projected, reinforcing confidence in demand for its observability and security platform.
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised FY2026 and Q2 guidance, signaling continued momentum after revenue grew 32.1% year over year, which supports the bullish stock move. 2 Software Stocks Turning AI Fears Into Fundamental Gains
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts lifted price targets, including UBS to $220 and Piper Sandler to $230, reflecting growing optimism that Datadog can keep outperforming. Why Datadog (DDOG) Might be Well Poised for a Surge
• Positive Sentiment: Articles highlighting Datadog as an AI beneficiary and a big-data leader are adding to the bullish narrative, with investors viewing AI adoption as a tailwind for the company’s platform. Datadog Backs Dust To Link Observability With Multiplayer AI Workloads
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s investment in Dust’s Series B funding round shows it is staying close to emerging AI workflows, but the direct financial impact appears limited for now.
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling by CTO Alexis Le-Quoc may create a little caution, although the sale was made under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan and does not necessarily signal concern about the business. Insider Selling: Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Sells 43,224 Shares of Stock

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 126.6% during the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 315.2% during the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares in the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 74.3% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

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.