Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican-Florida) recently bought shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG). In a filing disclosed on June 08th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Datadog stock on May 19th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “UBS IRA ACCOUNT” account.
Representative Maria Elvira Salazar also recently made the following trade(s):
- Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) on 5/29/2026.
- Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 5/21/2026.
- Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) on 5/19/2026.
- Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) on 5/13/2026.
- Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) on 5/13/2026.
- Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) on 5/12/2026.
- Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/12/2026.
- Purchased $50,001 – $100,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/11/2026.
- Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) on 5/11/2026.
- Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) on 5/11/2026.
Datadog Stock Performance
Shares of Datadog stock traded up $0.29 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $227.63. The company had a trading volume of 3,508,245 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,966,630. The stock has a market cap of $81.03 billion, a PE ratio of 599.04, a P/E/G ratio of 24.81 and a beta of 1.56. Datadog, Inc. has a 1-year low of $98.01 and a 1-year high of $278.70. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $171.50 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $145.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40.
Trending Headlines about Datadog
Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Datadog unveiled 100+ new AI, observability and security capabilities at its DASH 2026 event, including major upgrades to Bits AI, AI Guard, Bring Your Own Cloud, Bits Agent Builder and Agent Console. The new tools deepen Datadog’s AI platform story and could support stronger adoption and revenue growth. GlobeNewswire article
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts turned more constructive after the launch, with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raising its target to $280 and Evercore lifting its target to $265, while RBC reaffirmed an outperform view. Higher targets can reinforce the market’s growth expectations for DDOG. Benzinga article
- Positive Sentiment: Coverage in the financial press said Datadog’s agentic AI push is winning Wall Street support, with analysts seeing more upside as the company expands into autonomous operations and AI security. Yahoo Finance article
- Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s strong revenue growth and recent beat-and-raise quarter continue to underpin the stock’s premium valuation, but the shares already reflect high expectations after a big run. Yahoo Finance article
- Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling may temper enthusiasm: CEO Olivier Pomel and CFO David M. Obstler both sold large blocks of stock under pre-arranged 10b5-1 plans, adding to a pattern of recent insider sales at Datadog. SEC filing
- Negative Sentiment: A prior director sale also added to the overhang, reinforcing concerns that insiders may be taking advantage of the stock’s strong rally. SEC filing
Insider Activity at Datadog
In other news, Director Dev Ittycheria sold 120,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $248.78, for a total value of $29,853,600.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 39,235 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,760,883.30. This trade represents a 75.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 127,141 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $199.84, for a total transaction of $25,407,857.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 835,679 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,002,091.36. The trade was a 13.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,272,556 shares of company stock worth $252,615,825. Insiders own 6.48% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
DDOG has been the topic of a number of research reports. Capital One Financial lowered their price objective on Datadog from $157.00 to $135.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Datadog from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. Guggenheim upped their price objective on Datadog from $175.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $210.00 target price on shares of Datadog and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Datadog from $175.00 to $218.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Datadog presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $225.52.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DDOG. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Datadog by 30.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 41,902,227 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,966,877,000 after acquiring an additional 9,748,738 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in Datadog by 106.8% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,732,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,955,547,000 after purchasing an additional 7,091,075 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Datadog during the 4th quarter worth $469,461,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in Datadog by 43.7% in the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 7,623,993 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,036,787,000 after buying an additional 2,316,994 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in Datadog by 119.2% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,075,721 shares of the company’s stock valued at $580,383,000 after buying an additional 2,216,402 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.29% of the company’s stock.
About Representative Salazar
Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2021. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Salazar (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Florida’s 27th Congressional District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Maria Elvira Salazar was born in Miami, Florida, and lives in Coral Gables, Florida. Salazar earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in 1983 and a graduate degree from Harvard University in 1995. Her career experience includes working as a television journalist, reporter, and news anchor.
Datadog Company Profile
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.
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