Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $277.73 According to Analysts

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the forty-six research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, thirty-eight have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $280.51.

Several research analysts recently issued reports on DDOG shares. Wedbush started coverage on shares of Datadog in a research report on Friday, September 11th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $275.00 target price for the company. Guggenheim raised their price target on Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp raised their price target on Datadog from $225.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on Datadog from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded Datadog from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, October 8th.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: RBC raised its price target for Datadog from $280 to $320 and maintained an “outperform” rating, implying further upside from the recent trading level. Royal Bank Of Canada Issues Positive Forecast for Datadog Stock Price
• Positive Sentiment: Yorkville Ives increased its Datadog target to $335, adding to the series of favorable analyst views and signaling confidence in demand for the company’s cloud monitoring and observability products. Yorkville Ives raises target for Datadog stock
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street’s average brokerage recommendation remains equivalent to a Buy. However, the source cautions that analyst ratings can be overly optimistic and should be weighed alongside valuation and fundamentals. Is Datadog a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors continue to focus on whether rising AI observability demand can accelerate Datadog’s growth. Separately, questions about OpenAI’s revenue outlook and AI infrastructure spending could create volatility across AI-related stocks, although they may also present opportunities for established observability providers. Is Broader AI Observability Demand Lifting Datadog?
• Negative Sentiment: Datadog CTO Amit Agarwal sold approximately $14.75 million of stock. The insider transaction may weigh on sentiment, particularly as the shares trade near their 52-week high and at an elevated valuation, including a very high price-to-earnings ratio. Datadog CTO Sells Stock

Datadog Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $283.34 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 3.20 and a quick ratio of 3.20. Datadog has a 1 year low of $98.01 and a 1 year high of $300.68. The firm has a market cap of $101.74 billion, a PE ratio of 578.26, a PEG ratio of 28.04 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $245.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $218.99.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.65 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.08 billion. Datadog had a net margin of 4.48% and a return on equity of 5.67%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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. Analysts expect that Datadog will post 0.70 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Datadog news, General Counsel Kerry Acocella sold 5,280 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $228.85, for a total value of $1,208,328.00. Following the completion of the sale, the general counsel owned 115,243 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,373,360.55. This represents a 4.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Yanbing Li sold 12,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.26, for a total value of $2,810,002.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 250,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $55,413,681.96. This represents a 4.83% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 991,988 shares of company stock worth $241,440,796 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in shares of Datadog by 22.8% in the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 7,749,569 shares of the company’s stock worth $905,570,000 after purchasing an additional 1,439,082 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of Datadog by 81.5% in the first quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,685,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $435,081,000 after acquiring an additional 1,654,429 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in shares of Datadog by 30.3% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,645,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $312,340,000 after acquiring an additional 615,090 shares during the period. Employees Provident Fund Board purchased a new position in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter valued at about $251,582,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in shares of Datadog by 162.2% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,571,018 shares of the company’s stock valued at $185,459,000 after acquiring an additional 971,910 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Datadog Company Profile

Datadog, Inc is a software company that provides a cloud-based monitoring, observability and security platform. Its services help organizations collect, analyze and visualize data from applications, infrastructure, networks, databases and other technology environments, enabling them to identify performance issues, manage incidents and improve digital services.

The company’s product offerings include infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, database and network monitoring, real user and synthetic experience monitoring, cloud security, software supply chain security, incident management and workflow automation.