Citigroup Lowers Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Price Target to $175.00

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) had its price objective dropped by stock analysts at Citigroup from $200.00 to $175.00 in a research note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Citigroup’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 47.03% from the company’s current price.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on DDOG. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Datadog from $216.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $205.00 price target on Datadog in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Datadog from $195.00 to $140.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Datadog from $154.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their price target on Datadog from $150.00 to $217.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Thirty-four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $195.84.

Datadog Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of DDOG stock opened at $119.02 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $149.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $146.40. The firm has a market capitalization of $41.74 billion, a PE ratio of 383.94, a P/E/G ratio of 21.50 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 3.66 and a quick ratio of 3.66. Datadog has a 1-year low of $81.63 and a 1-year high of $201.69.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by $0.10. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.14% and a net margin of 3.32%.The company had revenue of $885.65 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $852.77 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.46 earnings per share. Datadog’s quarterly revenue was up 28.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Datadog has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.000-2.020 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.54-0.56 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Datadog will post 0.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Datadog

In other Datadog news, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $197.99, for a total value of $10,674,036.88. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 395,661 shares in the company, valued at approximately $78,336,921.39. This represents a 11.99% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Matthew Jacobson sold 404,306 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.60, for a total transaction of $80,699,477.60. Following the sale, the director owned 12,859 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,566,656.40. This trade represents a 96.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,082,904 shares of company stock valued at $194,318,545. 8.70% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DDOG. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its position in Datadog by 126.6% during the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 315.2% during the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 74.3% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Finally, Tripletail Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog in the third quarter worth approximately $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp reiterated an Overweight rating and a $170 price target while updating quarterly and FY estimates (expects improving EPS into FY2026). That supports the idea of continued fundamental momentum despite near‑term weakness. KeyCorp research / MarketBeat
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage highlights strong analyst attention and favorable placement in cloud‑monitoring roundups — useful context but not company‑specific catalysts. MSN analysts watching MSN earnings review
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary from outlets summarizing Q4 results and analyst reaction provides background for investors but adds no new company guidance. AmericanBankingNews
• Negative Sentiment: Citigroup trimmed its price target to $175 (from $200) but kept a Buy rating — a downgrade in upside that can pressure sentiment even though the target still implies meaningful upside versus today’s level. Benzinga
• Negative Sentiment: BNP Paribas Exane cut its target to $175 from $210 (maintains Outperform) — another sizable target trim that may weigh on short‑term sentiment. MarketScreener
• Negative Sentiment: An insider (Director Shardul Shah) sold ~7,916 shares (~$989k) on Jan. 13, modestly reducing his stake; such sales can be interpreted negatively by traders even if not uncommon. InsiderTrades
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary (Zacks) noted Datadog recently underperformed the broader market, amplifying near‑term selling pressure. Zacks

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.