Amit Agarwal Sells 20,000 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Director Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.22, for a total value of $5,224,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,640 shares in the company, valued at approximately $428,400.80. This represents a 92.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Amit Agarwal also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, June 25th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.12, for a total value of $4,402,400.00.
• On Thursday, June 18th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.92, for a total transaction of $4,418,400.00.
• On Friday, June 12th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.56, for a total transaction of $4,631,200.00.
• On Monday, May 11th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.13, for a total transaction of $4,002,600.00.
• On Monday, April 27th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.47, for a total transaction of $2,629,400.00.
• On Wednesday, April 15th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.00, for a total transaction of $2,400,000.00.
• On Monday, April 20th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.98, for a total transaction of $2,519,600.00.
• On Wednesday, April 8th, Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.28, for a total transaction of $2,445,600.00.

Datadog Price Performance

DDOG opened at $261.09 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $221.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $158.62. The firm has a market capitalization of $92.94 billion, a PE ratio of 687.10, a P/E/G ratio of 26.11 and a beta of 1.54. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $278.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a current ratio of 3.40.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $960.12 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.46 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. 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, analysts anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain broadly constructive on Datadog after its last earnings report topped expectations, with revenue above estimates and management’s FY2026 outlook reinforcing confidence in continued growth.
• Positive Sentiment: Benchmark raised its price target on Datadog to a Street-high $330 and kept a Buy rating, citing strong execution and customer momentum in the company’s product-led growth business. Benchmark Lifts PT on Datadog (DDOG), Remains Bullish
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s acquisition of Adaptive ML and its broader AI investment plans are keeping the stock in focus as investors look for upside from AI-enabled observability and automation. Datadog (DDOG): The Best High Growth Cybersecurity Stock to Buy Now
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded Datadog to a Strong Buy, signaling improving near-term earnings sentiment that could support additional buying interest. Datadog (DDOG) Moves to Strong Buy: Rationale Behind the Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Several insiders disclosed pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 stock sales, including directors Amit Agarwal and Michael James Callahan, which may weigh on sentiment but do not necessarily indicate a change in fundamentals. SEC filing
• Negative Sentiment: Bernstein downgraded Datadog to Market Perform, warning that growth could slow and that investor expectations may be running ahead of near-term fundamentals. This Analyst Just Downgraded Datadog Stock. Here’s Why.
• Negative Sentiment: Bernstein also flagged a possible “Q4 problem” for Datadog’s AI growth story, raising concern that the stock’s sharp run-up may leave little room for disappointment. Datadog in spotlight as Bernstein downgrades, citing upcoming ‘caution’

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Datadog by 14.8% during the 2nd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,785 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,506,000 after purchasing an additional 744 shares in the last quarter. Trust Point Inc. bought a new position in Datadog in the second quarter valued at approximately $249,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC bought a new position in Datadog in the second quarter valued at approximately $910,000. Cooper Financial Group boosted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 16.6% in the second quarter. Cooper Financial Group now owns 7,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,892,000 after buying an additional 1,036 shares during the period. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 2,700.0% in the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 162 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

DDOG has been the subject of several analyst reports. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on Datadog from $200.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $295.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $178.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce boosted their price objective on shares of Datadog from $250.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. Finally, New Street Research set a $260.00 target price on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $244.73.

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.