Olivier Pomel Sells 127,141 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.69, for a total value of $29,457,298.29. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 612,747 shares in the company, valued at $141,967,352.43. This trade represents a 17.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

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

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Olivier Pomel sold 26,012 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $6,949,105.80.
• On Tuesday, May 26th, Olivier Pomel sold 84,698 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $223.58, for a total value of $18,936,778.84.
• On Monday, May 11th, Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total value of $25,407,857.44.
• On Thursday, April 9th, Olivier Pomel sold 42,443 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.14, for a total value of $4,717,115.02.
• On Monday, March 16th, Olivier Pomel sold 42,443 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.80, for a total value of $5,381,772.40.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $234.24 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $176.06 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $146.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $83.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 616.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 24.37 and a beta of 1.56. Datadog, Inc. has a one year low of $98.01 and a one year high of $278.70.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its quarterly 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 business had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. Analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on DDOG shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $226.00 target price on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday. Robert W. Baird set a $210.00 target price on Datadog in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Datadog from $180.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $305.00 target price on Datadog in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. One 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Datadog currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $230.73.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog in the fourth quarter worth $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Datadog in the fourth quarter worth $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC grew its stake in 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. grew its stake in 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 purchased a new stake in Datadog in the second quarter worth $509,000. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive on Datadog after the company unveiled 100+ new AI, observability and security capabilities, including major updates to Bits AI and new tools like AI Guard and Bring Your Own Cloud, reinforcing the long-term growth story. GlobeNewswire article
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple Wall Street firms raised price targets or reaffirmed bullish ratings, including CIBC to $280, Evercore to $265, BTIG to $255, and RBC with an outperform view, suggesting analysts see room for the stock to run higher. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Recent articles say Datadog is evolving beyond observability into a “control plane” for AI systems, which could expand its addressable market and support future revenue growth. Seeking Alpha article
• Positive Sentiment: Commentary also notes Datadog has outperformed the technology sector, reflecting strong relative momentum and continued investor enthusiasm for the name. Barchart article
• Neutral Sentiment: One headwind is valuation: Datadog trades at a premium sales multiple, so the stock may remain sensitive to any slowdown in AI-related demand or execution. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling by CEO Olivier Pomel and CFO David Obstler may create some near-term overhang, even though both transactions were made under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans. SEC filing

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.