Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG – Get Free Report) insider Yanbing Li sold 11,070 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $2,957,350.50. Following the sale, the insider owned 274,352 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $73,293,136.80. This represents a 3.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.
Yanbing Li also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Friday, May 8th, Yanbing Li sold 19,834 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $197.35, for a total value of $3,914,239.90.
Datadog Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $243.60 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $86.71 billion, a PE ratio of 641.07, a P/E/G ratio of 26.80 and a beta of 1.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 3.40 and a quick ratio of 3.40. The business has a 50-day moving average of $164.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $144.65. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $98.01 and a 12 month high of $278.70.
Key Datadog News
Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Datadog has been highlighted among the most upgraded software stocks, suggesting analysts remain constructive on its growth outlook and the broader AI-driven rebound in software. 3 Most Upgraded Stocks Last Month According to MarketBeat (DDOG)
- Positive Sentiment: Investor and industry coverage continues to frame Datadog as a beneficiary of renewed demand for AI-related software, which may be helping sentiment around the stock. DDOG, ORCL, MSFT emerge as top software stock picks as the sector rebounds: report
- Neutral Sentiment: Datadog’s recent conference appearance may have reinforced its story, but no major new catalyst was identified in the provided headline. Datadog, Inc. (DDOG) Presents at Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference Transcript
- Neutral Sentiment: Datadog also drew heavy search interest from investors, but the article itself did not add a clear new fundamental catalyst. Investors Heavily Search Datadog, Inc. (DDOG): Here is What You Need to Know
- Negative Sentiment: Several Datadog executives, including CTO Alexis Le-Quoc, CEO Olivier Pomel, COO Adam Blitzer, CFO David M. Obstler, CRO Sean Michael Walters, and General Counsel Kerry Acocella, disclosed stock sales in recent filings. Most were tied to 10b5-1 plans or tax withholding on equity vesting, but the wave of insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC insider filing
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Parallel Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Datadog by 12.5% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 9,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,149,000 after buying an additional 1,082 shares in the last quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA grew its stake in shares of Datadog by 15.6% in the first quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 8,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $985,000 after buying an additional 1,126 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise grew its stake in shares of Datadog by 20.4% in the first quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 93,982 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,063,000 after buying an additional 15,907 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog in the first quarter valued at about $65,000. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its stake 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 valued at $905,570,000 after buying an additional 1,439,082 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.29% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities research analysts have commented on the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $305.00 price target on Datadog in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on Datadog from $155.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Datadog from $165.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Citizens Jmp upgraded Datadog from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $225.00 price target for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Capital One Financial dropped their price target on Datadog from $157.00 to $135.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 16th. One investment 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 issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $219.69.
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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.
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