Olivier Pomel Sells 42,443 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 42,443 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.80, for a total transaction of $5,381,772.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 704,821 shares in the company, valued at $89,371,302.80. This represents a 5.68% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

Olivier Pomel also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 2nd, Olivier Pomel sold 68,922 shares of Datadog stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total value of $7,618,637.88.

Datadog Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $129.94 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.38, a quick ratio of 3.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $122.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is $141.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $45.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 419.16, a PEG ratio of 36.03 and a beta of 1.31. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.63 and a twelve month high of $201.69.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.04. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.14% and a net margin of 3.14%.The business had revenue of $953.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.49 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.160 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.490-0.510 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Datadog News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New buy rating from an equity outlet adds upside momentum and may attract buyers given recent strong revenue/guide execution. New Buy Rating for Datadog (DDOG), the Technology Giant
• Positive Sentiment: Company is emphasizing AI-driven observability and compliance-focused growth in regulated industries — a strategic push that can expand ARR per customer and open higher‑value enterprise contracts. Datadog Targets AI Driven Observability And Compliance Focused Growth In Regulated Sectors
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces note DDOG’s strong 1‑year performance but flag that recent intraday moves slightly outperformed/underperformed the market; useful for context but not a catalyst by itself. Datadog (DDOG) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Note
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple analysis pieces highlight Datadog’s high quality platform but warn valuations are elevated — helpful for positioning and time horizon decisions. Datadog: High Quality, High Valuations
• Neutral Sentiment: Data on short interest appears unreliable (reported increases but with zero shares/NaN); no clear evidence of rising short pressure to drive the stock materially.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CEO Olivier Pomel sold ~42.4k shares (~$5.38M) and director Amit Agarwal sold 20k shares (~$2.53M) in mid‑March — raises near‑term sentiment risk even if such sales can be for diversification or tax reasons. Olivier Pomel SEC Sale Filing Amit Agarwal SEC Sale Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple analyst notes flag rich multiples after a ~27% one‑year gain — could limit fresh inflows and make the stock sensitive to any execution or guidance slip. Datadog Stock Surges 27% in a Year: Time to Hold or Book Profits?

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on DDOG shares. Needham & Company LLC dropped their price objective on shares of Datadog from $220.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of Datadog in a research note on Monday, January 12th. They set a “sell” rating and a $113.00 target price for the company. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $225.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Capital One Financial lifted their price target on Datadog from $156.00 to $157.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Datadog in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Thirty-six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $179.62.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Datadog

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Datadog during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $116,000. World Investment Advisors boosted its stake in Datadog by 27.6% during the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 3,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $427,000 after purchasing an additional 679 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Datadog by 51.6% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 24,356 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,300,000 after purchasing an additional 8,292 shares during the period. Employees Provident Fund Board acquired a new position in shares of Datadog during the 4th quarter valued at $251,582,000. Finally, Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Datadog in the 4th quarter worth $229,000. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

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.