Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Wedbush Analyst Says

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) had its price objective boosted by research analysts at Wedbush from $190.00 to $220.00 in a research note issued on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Wedbush’s price target suggests a potential upside of 9.91% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Datadog from $180.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. BNP Paribas Exane decreased their price target on Datadog from $210.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 15th. KeyCorp raised their price target on Datadog from $155.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Monness Crespi & Hardt raised their price target on Datadog from $255.00 to $270.00 in a report on Thursday. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Datadog from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, January 17th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.76.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of DDOG stock opened at $200.16 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $124.41 and its 200-day moving average is $136.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 3.38 and a current ratio of 3.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $70.57 billion, a PE ratio of 526.75, a PEG ratio of 68.31 and a beta of 1.30. Datadog has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $201.69.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Datadog will post 0.32 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Datadog

In other Datadog news, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 68,922 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total transaction of $7,618,637.88. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 704,821 shares in the company, valued at approximately $77,910,913.34. This trade represents a 8.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.49, for a total value of $6,765,416.88. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 437,257 shares in the company, valued at approximately $54,871,380.93. This trade represents a 10.98% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 654,018 shares of company stock worth $80,903,197. Company insiders own 6.67% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Datadog by 3.3% during the third quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC boosted its holdings in Datadog by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 4,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $622,000 after buying an additional 73 shares during the last quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP raised its position in shares of Datadog by 2.8% during the third quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP now owns 2,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $383,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the period. Westside Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Datadog by 74.3% during the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $529,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog delivered a beat-and-raise quarter, with Q1 revenue of about $1.01 billion and EPS of $0.60 both ahead of estimates, while management lifted FY 2026 and Q2 guidance well above consensus. Datadog Q1 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Several major Wall Street firms raised price targets after the results, including Citigroup, RBC, Piper Sandler, Wedbush, TD Cowen, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho, and others, reinforcing the bullish case and supporting the stock’s rally. Analyst price target hikes
• Positive Sentiment: Management highlighted strong demand across AI-native and non-AI customers, plus growth in larger customers and new product launches, which suggests the growth story is broadening beyond one-time earnings strength. RBC commentary on Datadog
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy call-option buying and elevated trading volume indicate strong short-term momentum, but some of the move may be trader-driven and could increase volatility. Options activity report
• Negative Sentiment: Several insiders, including the CTO, general counsel, and a director, sold shares in pre-arranged 10b5-1 transactions, which may temper enthusiasm for some investors even though the sales were scheduled in advance. SEC filing for insider sale

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.