Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG – Get Free Report) Director Michael James Callahan sold 12,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $287.47, for a total value of $3,593,375.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,996 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,310,900.12. The trade was a 45.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Michael James Callahan also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, July 1st, Michael James Callahan sold 12,500 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.47, for a total value of $3,343,375.00.
- On Monday, June 29th, Michael James Callahan sold 12,500 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $247.47, for a total value of $3,093,375.00.
- On Friday, June 12th, Michael James Callahan sold 112,500 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.60, for a total value of $26,055,000.00.
Datadog Price Performance
Shares of DDOG traded down $53.88 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $229.29. 14,996,423 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,657,059. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 3.40 and a current ratio of 3.40. The company has a market cap of $81.62 billion, a PE ratio of 603.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 29.19 and a beta of 1.54. Datadog, Inc. has a 52-week low of $98.01 and a 52-week high of $292.72. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $249.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $176.68.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at about $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in shares of Datadog by 7.0% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,023,000 after buying an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Datadog by 17.6% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 769 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after buying an additional 115 shares during the period. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $509,000. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research analysts recently commented on DDOG shares. CICC Research lifted their price target on Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on Datadog from $226.00 to $327.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. Zacks Research raised Datadog from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Datadog from $225.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Wedbush began coverage on Datadog in a report on Monday, June 15th. They issued a “neutral” rating for the company. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $272.48.
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Datadog News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Datadog reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of $0.65 per share, above the $0.58 consensus estimate, while revenue increased 35.6% year over year to approximately $1.1 billion. Growth also accelerated from 32% in the first quarter. Datadog Q2 Earnings and Revenues Surpass Estimates
- Positive Sentiment: Management raised its fiscal 2026 outlook to approximately $4.5 billion in revenue and $2.50–$2.54 in EPS, above analyst expectations of about $4.3 billion in revenue and $2.07 in EPS. Datadog Q2 Beat and Raised FY26 Outlook
- Positive Sentiment: The company’s AI-powered observability and security platform continues to benefit from platform expansion and demand for cloud monitoring tools, supporting the longer-term growth story.
- Neutral Sentiment: Third-quarter EPS guidance of $0.63–$0.65 exceeded consensus, but revenue guidance was roughly in line with expectations at about $1.1 billion, offering investors little upside surprise for the next quarter. Datadog Stock Falls as High Bar Offsets Strong Quarter
- Negative Sentiment: Bookings growth cooled, raising concerns that future revenue growth could decelerate despite the strong reported quarter.
- Negative Sentiment: Datadog warned that lower usage from a major artificial-intelligence customer could weigh on growth, while its full-year sales outlook was viewed by some investors as below the very high expectations embedded in the stock. Datadog Says Lower Usage From Major AI Customer Could Dent Growth
- Negative Sentiment: After reaching a record closing high earlier in the week, DDOG faced profit-taking and a demanding valuation. The selloff also pushed the stock below its 50-day moving average, potentially worsening technical sentiment. Datadog Technicals Sour
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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