Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Given Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) has been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the forty-six research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, thirty-eight have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $261.6818.

DDOG has been the topic of several recent research reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn started coverage on Datadog in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. They set a “buy” rating and a $170.00 price objective on the stock. Capital One Financial upped their target price on Datadog from $217.00 to $268.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 17th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Datadog from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. Evercore raised their target price on Datadog from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $260.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Friday, June 12th.

Key Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s enterprise business appears to be accelerating, with larger customer adoption, broader product usage and AI integrations supporting recurring revenue growth and deeper wallet share. DDOG’s Enterprise Customer Expansion Accelerates: More Growth Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts reiterated bullish views or raised price targets, including Bank of America’s Buy rating, Oppenheimer’s higher target to $300, and Wells Fargo’s expectation that the stock can rise further. Bank of America Securities Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Datadog (DDOG)
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts still expect strong year-over-year earnings and revenue growth heading into the next report, which keeps the growth story intact despite recent volatility. Do Split Analyst Views On Datadog (DDOG) Reveal A Tension In Its Growth Narrative?
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog is in focus ahead of earnings, with investors waiting for the company’s report to see whether growth can justify the premium valuation. Earnings preview: What to expect from Datadog’s report
• Neutral Sentiment: Some valuation models suggest the stock is now fairly valued, with sales still looking expensive after a strong multi-year run. Datadog (DDOG) Stock Looks Fairly Valued With Sales Still Looking Rich
• Negative Sentiment: Recent insider selling, including a CTO share sale, may add caution around valuation and near-term sentiment. What Does the Datadog CTO’s Sale of Company Shares Worth $11.5 Million Mean to Investors?
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the long-term rally, the stock has recently lagged the broader market at times, as investors question whether expectations have become too high. Datadog (DDOG) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

Insider Activity at Datadog

In other news, Director Michael James Callahan sold 112,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.60, for a total transaction of $26,055,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,996 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,473,073.60. This trade represents a 88.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total transaction of $25,407,857.44. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 835,679 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,002,091.36. This trade represents a 13.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,396,309 shares of company stock worth $317,712,002 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its position in Datadog by 1,461.5% in the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 203 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Datadog during the fourth quarter worth $31,000. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 242.6% during the fourth quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the period. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 52.5% in the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 273 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares in the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Datadog Stock Down 0.6%

NASDAQ DDOG opened at $244.39 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a current ratio of 3.40. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $240.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $168.00. Datadog has a twelve month low of $98.01 and a twelve month high of $278.70. The stock has a market cap of $86.99 billion, a PE ratio of 643.15, a PEG ratio of 24.99 and a beta of 1.54.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $960.12 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, research analysts forecast that Datadog will post 0.64 EPS for the current year.

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.