Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) COO Adam Blitzer Sells 13,812 Shares of Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) COO Adam Blitzer sold 13,812 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total value of $2,940,574.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer owned 249,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $53,216,271.10. This represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Datadog Trading Down 0.9%

NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $212.93 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.20, a quick ratio of 3.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23. Datadog, Inc. has a 1-year low of $98.01 and a 1-year high of $292.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $76.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 434.56, a PEG ratio of 21.03 and a beta of 1.49. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $249.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $193.28.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a return on equity of 5.67% and a net margin of 4.48%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.46 EPS. Datadog has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.630-0.650 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 2.500-2.540 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong Snowflake results supported the software sector. Snowflake’s better-than-expected earnings and outlook renewed optimism about enterprise spending on data infrastructure, artificial intelligence and observability tools—markets that could benefit Datadog. Snowflake earnings and Datadog article
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s latest operating results remain strong. The company most recently reported quarterly EPS of $0.65 versus the $0.58 consensus estimate, while revenue reached $1.12 billion, up 35.6% year over year and above expectations. Management issued third-quarter 2026 EPS guidance of $0.63–$0.65 and full-year guidance of $2.50–$2.54. Datadog stock and earnings information
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable, but expectations are high. Datadog carries a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average analyst price target of $276.32, although the stock’s very high earnings multiple leaves it sensitive to changes in growth expectations and interest rates.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple executives reported stock sales. On September 2, the CEO, CFO, CTO, COO, CRO and general counsel collectively sold roughly $23.5 million of shares. Each filing stated that the sales were made to cover tax-withholding obligations related to vested equity awards, reducing the likelihood that they represent a direct negative view of Datadog’s prospects. Datadog CEO insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Additional CTO selling adds an overhang. Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares for approximately $12.2 million on September 1 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The scheduled nature of the transaction makes it less informative, but the scale of the sale may still pressure sentiment. Datadog CTO insider sale filing

Institutional Trading of Datadog

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Datadog in the third quarter worth $27,000. EMC Capital Management bought a new position in Datadog in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC increased its stake in Datadog by 54.9% in the 2nd quarter. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC now owns 127 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC increased its stake in 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 buying an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in Datadog by 341.7% during the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 318 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 246 shares in the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on DDOG. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of Datadog from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Scotiabank boosted their price target on shares of Datadog from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $276.32.

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.