Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Raises Holdings in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. raised its position in Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) by 1,897.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 303,821 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 288,610 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. owned 0.09% of Datadog worth $43,264,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter worth about $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Datadog in the 4th quarter valued at about $228,000. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its stake in Datadog by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 10,313 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,023,000 after purchasing an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $259,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on Datadog from $216.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 5th. Bank of America raised their target price on Datadog from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on shares of Datadog from $170.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Datadog from $154.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on shares of Datadog from $225.00 to $210.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 19th. Thirty-four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $195.84.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.93, for a total transaction of $5,773,186.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 301,458 shares in the company, valued at $40,374,269.94. This trade represents a 12.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, COO Adam Blitzer sold 8,023 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.61, for a total transaction of $1,240,436.03. Following the sale, the chief operating officer owned 165,197 shares in the company, valued at $25,541,108.17. This trade represents a 4.63% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,082,904 shares of company stock valued at $194,318,545 over the last quarter. 8.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Datadog Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ DDOG opened at $119.02 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 3.66 and a quick ratio of 3.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $41.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 383.94, a PEG ratio of 21.50 and a beta of 1.26. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $149.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $146.40. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $81.63 and a 12 month high of $201.69.

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

More Datadog News

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

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.