Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Given New $220.00 Price Target at Mizuho

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) had its price objective lifted by Mizuho from $145.00 to $220.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday morning,Benzinga reports. Mizuho currently has an outperform rating on the stock.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on DDOG. BTIG Research lifted their price objective on Datadog from $170.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen downgraded Datadog from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, January 17th. Wolfe Research reduced their price objective on Datadog from $185.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on Datadog from $155.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut their target price on Datadog from $205.00 to $170.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Datadog presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $211.76.

Datadog Stock Up 6.1%

DDOG stock opened at $200.16 on Friday. Datadog has a twelve month low of $98.01 and a twelve month high of $201.69. The company has a quick ratio of 3.38, a current ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The stock has a market cap of $70.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 526.75, a PEG ratio of 68.31 and a beta of 1.30. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $124.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $136.98.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $960.12 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.46 EPS. The business’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. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Datadog will post 0.32 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DDOG. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 126.6% in the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 315.2% in the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 145 shares in the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Datadog by 74.3% in the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Datadog in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Datadog News Summary

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.