Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 43,224 Shares of Company Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $278.90, for a total transaction of $12,055,173.60. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 488,033 shares in the company, valued at approximately $136,112,403.70. This trade represents a 8.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Alexis Le-Quoc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, October 7th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $273.60, for a total transaction of $14,750,323.20.
• On Wednesday, September 23rd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.17, for a total value of $10,899,796.08.
• On Wednesday, September 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 21,772 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $212.90, for a total value of $4,635,258.80.
• On Tuesday, September 1st, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $227.02, for a total value of $12,239,102.24.
• On Monday, August 24th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $228.63, for a total transaction of $9,882,303.12.
• On Monday, August 10th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.36, for a total transaction of $13,659,144.32.

Datadog Stock Down 11.5%

Shares of DDOG traded down $30.57 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $235.27. 5,862,395 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,059,000. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $98.01 and a 52 week high of $300.68. The company has a market cap of $84.48 billion, a PE ratio of 480.15, a P/E/G ratio of 27.18 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 3.20 and a quick ratio of 3.20. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $251.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $197.60.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a net margin of 4.48% and a return on equity of 5.67%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.46 earnings per share. 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, research analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.70 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. EMC Capital Management purchased a new stake in Datadog in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC raised its position in shares of Datadog by 54.9% in the 2nd quarter. Cornerstone Financial Management LLC now owns 127 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Datadog by 341.7% in the first 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. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in Datadog by 2,700.0% in the 2nd quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 168 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Datadog in the third quarter worth $46,000. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on DDOG. Weiss Ratings upgraded Datadog from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 8th. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $315.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Datadog from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 17th. Citizens Jmp increased their price objective on Datadog from $225.00 to $311.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded Datadog from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $237.00 to $350.00 in a report on Monday, October 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $287.22.

Key Headlines Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave: AIOps Platforms, Q4 2026. The recognition highlights its AI-powered observability platform and Bits AI capabilities for detecting, investigating and remediating operational issues, potentially strengthening its competitive position. Datadog Named a Leader in AIOps Platforms Research
• Positive Sentiment: A Wells Fargo analyst reportedly expects Datadog’s stock price to rise, providing some analyst support ahead of the company’s upcoming results. Datadog Stock Price Expected to Rise
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street is concentrating on Datadog’s third-quarter 2026 metrics, including revenue growth, customer additions, usage trends and profitability. The company’s latest reported quarter showed revenue growth of 35.6% year over year and adjusted EPS above expectations, but investors are likely demanding continued strength. Datadog Q3 Earnings Projections
• Negative Sentiment: Datadog fell alongside other cybersecurity and technology software stocks even as a major Binance cryptocurrency theft underscored demand for digital-security products. The move suggests broad market and sector selling, rather than a deterioration in Datadog’s fundamentals, is currently dominating trading. Datadog and Cybersecurity Stocks Fall
• Negative Sentiment: CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,224 shares worth approximately $12.1 million. The transaction was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, which reduces its significance as a discretionary bearish signal, although insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC Insider Trading Filing

About Datadog

Datadog, Inc is a technology company that provides a cloud-based monitoring and security platform for applications, infrastructure and other technology environments. Its platform helps organizations collect, analyze and visualize data from servers, databases, containers, cloud services, applications and user interactions in a unified environment.

Datadog’s products include infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, real user monitoring, synthetic monitoring, network performance monitoring, cloud security, software delivery tools and incident-management capabilities.