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 Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $271.05, for a total value of $14,612,847.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 531,311 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $144,011,846.55. This trade represents a 9.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

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

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 21,506 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $5,745,327.90.
• On Monday, May 18th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.04, for a total value of $8,992,320.96.
• 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 value 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 value 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 value 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 value 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 value of $6,765,416.88.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $243.60 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.40, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. Datadog, Inc. has a 1 year low of $98.01 and a 1 year high of $278.70. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $164.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $144.65. The firm has a market cap of $86.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 641.07, a P/E/G ratio of 26.80 and a beta of 1.56.

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

Key Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog was highlighted as one of the most-upgraded software stocks last month, reinforcing confidence in its growth outlook and the AI-driven rebound in software sentiment. 3 Most Upgraded Stocks Last Month According to MarketBeat (DDOG)
• Positive Sentiment: Commentary that software stocks are rebounding as investors see AI as a growth catalyst supports the broader bull case for DDOG. DDOG, ORCL, MSFT emerge as top software stock picks as the sector rebounds: report
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s presentation at the Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference may have kept the company in focus, but no new material catalyst was highlighted in the headline provided. Datadog, Inc. (DDOG) Presents at Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling by senior executives, especially the CTO’s large share sales, is likely the biggest near-term drag on investor sentiment. SEC insider filing

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on DDOG shares. Raymond James Financial increased their price objective on Datadog from $170.00 to $220.00 in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on Datadog from $178.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group increased their price objective on Datadog from $195.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. CICC Research increased their price objective on Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on Datadog from $165.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Datadog presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.69.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in Datadog during the fourth quarter valued at about $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter worth about $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 7.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,023,000 after purchasing an additional 672 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 17.6% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog in the second quarter worth about $509,000. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.