Leah Sweet Sells 325 Shares of GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) Stock

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) Director Leah Sweet sold 325 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $97.44, for a total value of $31,668.00. Following the sale, the director owned 13,689 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,333,856.16. This trade represents a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Leah Sweet also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, August 28th, Leah Sweet sold 325 shares of GoDaddy stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $97.37, for a total value of $31,645.25.

GoDaddy Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of NYSE GDDY opened at $101.87 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $92.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $87.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 561.10, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.63. GoDaddy Inc. has a 1 year low of $71.59 and a 1 year high of $150.47. The firm has a market cap of $12.90 billion, a PE ratio of 15.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 0.94.

GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The technology company reported $1.83 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.14. GoDaddy had a net margin of 17.83% and a return on equity of 660.96%. The firm had revenue of $1.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.29 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.41 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that GoDaddy Inc. will post 7.21 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of GoDaddy

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Corient Private Wealth LP raised its position in shares of GoDaddy by 15.6% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 24,856 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $2,109,000 after acquiring an additional 3,345 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new position in shares of GoDaddy in the 2nd quarter valued at about $178,000. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new stake in shares of GoDaddy during the 2nd quarter valued at about $24,929,000. California State Teachers Retirement System boosted its position in shares of GoDaddy by 6,098.5% during the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 13,062,353 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,108,733,000 after purchasing an additional 12,851,619 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Paralel Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of GoDaddy by 88.2% during the 2nd quarter. Paralel Advisors LLC now owns 27,941 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,372,000 after purchasing an additional 13,091 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GDDY has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Wedbush decreased their price objective on GoDaddy from $109.00 to $93.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on GoDaddy from $154.00 to $124.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, June 18th. B. Riley Financial reduced their price target on GoDaddy from $190.00 to $170.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 31st. William Blair cut GoDaddy from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Piper Sandler restated a “neutral” rating and set a $95.00 price objective (up from $93.00) on shares of GoDaddy in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $110.07.

Key Stories Impacting GoDaddy

Here are the key news stories impacting GoDaddy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts have an average price target of approximately $110.07, above GoDaddy’s recent trading level. The consensus rating is “Hold,” with nine Buy ratings, eight Holds and one Sell, suggesting moderate potential upside but limited conviction. GoDaddy Analyst Price Target
• Positive Sentiment: GoDaddy’s latest reported quarter exceeded expectations, with earnings of $1.83 per share versus a $1.69 consensus estimate and revenue of $1.30 billion versus $1.29 billion expected. Revenue grew 6.6% year over year, supporting the company’s fundamental investment case.
• Neutral Sentiment: Director Leah Sweet sold 325 shares in transactions conducted under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sales totaled roughly $31,600 each and reduced her holdings by about 2.3%, making the activity relatively small but still potentially notable to investors monitoring insider sentiment. GoDaddy Director Share Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms announced or promoted a securities-fraud class action against GoDaddy and certain executives. The case covers investors who purchased securities between September 3, 2025, and February 24, 2026, with an October 20, 2026 lead-plaintiff deadline. Rosen GoDaddy Class Action Notice
• Negative Sentiment: The complaints allege that GoDaddy failed to adequately disclose customer-acquisition problems and the effects of a $4.99 one-year domain promotion. Plaintiffs claim the promotion encouraged lower-value upfront bookings and conflicted with earlier statements that front-end discounting had been reduced. The allegations are unproven, but litigation may create legal costs, management distraction and valuation risk. GoDaddy Securities Fraud Class Action

GoDaddy Company Profile

GoDaddy is a technology company that provides a suite of online services aimed primarily at small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals looking to establish and grow an online presence. The company’s core activities include domain name registration and aftermarket services, a range of website hosting options, and tools for building, managing and promoting websites. Its product mix is designed to simplify the technical aspects of running a website so customers can focus on their businesses.

Product and service offerings span website builders and managed WordPress hosting, shared and dedicated hosting, e-commerce capabilities, email and productivity solutions, SSL certificates and site security tools, and online marketing and search engine optimization services.