Caprock Group LLC Acquires New Shares in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Caprock Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 15,739 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,151,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Rhumbline Advisers grew its position in Datadog by 51.5% during the third quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 638,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,949,000 after buying an additional 217,069 shares in the last quarter. Krilogy Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at $744,000. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its holdings in shares of Datadog by 27.6% during the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 4,599 shares of the company’s stock worth $655,000 after acquiring an additional 995 shares during the last quarter. First National Trust Co increased its stake in Datadog by 5.0% in the third quarter. First National Trust Co now owns 3,557 shares of the company’s stock valued at $507,000 after acquiring an additional 168 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC raised its position in Datadog by 52.9% during the third quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 12,214 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,739,000 after purchasing an additional 4,226 shares in the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $154.05, for a total transaction of $8,305,143.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 295,448 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $45,513,764.40. This trade represents a 15.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 100,754 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.18, for a total transaction of $18,254,609.72. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 533,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $96,633,802.44. This trade represents a 15.89% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 582,023 shares of company stock valued at $92,269,698. 8.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $125.20 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $43.90 billion, a PE ratio of 403.87, a P/E/G ratio of 22.88 and a beta of 1.27. The business has a 50 day moving average of $132.23 and a 200 day moving average of $143.64. Datadog, Inc. has a 52 week low of $81.63 and a 52 week high of $201.69. The company has a quick ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 3.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. Datadog had a net margin of 3.14% and a return on equity of 4.14%. The business had revenue of $953.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share. Datadog’s quarterly revenue 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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and bullish market reaction — Datadog reported a revenue and EPS beat and gave upbeat AI-related guidance that pushed the shares higher after earnings, supporting the thesis that Datadog can monetize AI-monitoring/security demand. Why Datadog (DDOG) Is Up 8.4% After Strong Q4 2025 Earnings And 2026 Revenue Guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish broker commentary remains — Some sell-side analysts (e.g., Rosenblatt) remain constructive despite a cautious tone from management, reinforcing that several institutional investors still view DDOG as an AI/observability play. Datadog’s (DDOG) Cautious Outlook Doesn’t Shake Rosenblatt’s Bullish View
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reporting is noisy and shows 0 shares (likely a reporting artifact), producing an effectively zero days-to-cover reading — not meaningful market pressure today.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor commentary that AI isn’t the core problem — analysis arguing that AI fears are overstated and Datadog remains well-positioned may moderate panic selling but doesn’t immediately alter fundamentals. Datadog: AI Isn’t The Main Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold ~43k shares (~$5.5M), trimming his stake ~8% on Feb 11; insider disposals can increase near-term selling pressure or signal liquidity needs. SEC Form 4 — Alexis Le-Quoc Sale
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple price-target downgrades — Needham, BTIG and Wolfe trimmed targets (to $155, $170 and $160 respectively), signalling reduced near-term expectations despite the beat; these downgrades can weigh on sentiment and limit upside. Needham Cuts Datadog Price Target BTIG Cuts Datadog Price Target Wolfe Research Cuts Datadog Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst concerns on slowing growth, costs and valuation — Several analyst pieces highlight that despite the beat, longer-term growth appears to be slowing, costs are rising and valuation remains rich, which can cap multiple expansion. 3 Reasons to Stay Away From Datadog Stock Despite Q4 Earnings Beat

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $160.00 price objective on Datadog and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Scotiabank cut their price objective on shares of Datadog from $180.00 to $160.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Datadog in a research report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group initiated coverage on shares of Datadog in a research report on Monday, January 12th. They set a “sell” rating and a $113.00 price target for the company. Finally, Evercore ISI decreased their price objective on Datadog from $215.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Thirty-seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $179.50.

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.