Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 32,300 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.46, for a total transaction of $3,761,658.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 531,311 shares in the company, valued at approximately $61,876,479.06. This trade represents a 5.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Alexis Le-Quoc also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, March 23rd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,418 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $127.75, for a total transaction of $4,141,399.50.
• On Tuesday, March 10th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.49, for a total transaction of $6,765,416.88.
• On Monday, March 2nd, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,541 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total transaction of $5,918,422.14.
• On Wednesday, February 11th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 43,106 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.79, for a total transaction of $5,465,409.74.
• On Wednesday, January 28th, Alexis Le-Quoc sold 32,418 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.99, for a total transaction of $4,570,613.82.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ DDOG opened at $108.98 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $38.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 351.55, a PEG ratio of 32.02 and a beta of 1.29. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $87.69 and a 12 month high of $201.69. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $120.27 and its 200-day simple moving average is $139.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 3.38 and a quick ratio of 3.38.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $953.19 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $916.53 million. Datadog had a net margin of 3.14% and a return on equity of 4.14%. The business’s revenue was up 29.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.49 EPS. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.080-2.160 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.490-0.510 EPS. Analysts expect that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 EPS for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Guggenheim upgraded DDOG to a Buy and set a $175 price target, citing AI-driven growth in data volumes and modeling stronger revenue/GMV growth than the street — a clear analyst vote of confidence that supports meaningful upside. Datadog upgraded to Buy due to AI-driven growth in data volumes: Guggenheim
• Positive Sentiment: Datadog is launching new product capabilities (Experiments / product testing tools) and remains highlighted by Wells Fargo as a favored SaaS name — product innovation plus positive analyst attention can support longer-term revenue expansion. Datadog Experiments Launch Puts Product Testing And Valuation In Focus
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent earnings showed a beat and healthy revenue growth (Feb quarter: revenue up ~29% y/y; EPS beat), and management reiterated FY26 guidance — fundamentals remain solid but already partly priced in. Datadog Stock Report / Earnings Summary
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation review: the stock has pulled back ~9% over one month and ~11% over three months, prompting assessments of whether current weakness is a buying opportunity or a momentum shift. This keeps short-term sentiment mixed. Assessing Datadog (DDOG) Valuation After Recent Share Price Weakness
• Negative Sentiment: Share price declined today and has underperformed in recent months despite the Guggenheim upgrade — investors appear rotating out or taking profits, pressuring near-term momentum. Datadog (DDOG) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CTO Alexis Le‑Quoc sold 32,300 shares (executed under a 10b5‑1 plan). While routine for many tech execs, repeated large sell transactions can amplify downside psychology. Alexis Le-Quoc Sells 32,300 Shares of Datadog Stock

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

DDOG has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Canaccord Genuity Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Datadog from $195.00 to $165.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. BNP Paribas Exane dropped their price objective on shares of Datadog from $210.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Moffett Nathanson reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Datadog from $200.00 to $175.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Thirty-eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $181.41.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Westside Investment Management Inc. lifted its position 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 buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its position in shares of Datadog by 126.6% during the 3rd quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Tripletail Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its position 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 buying an additional 145 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

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.