Datadog, Inc. $DDOG Stake Increased by Aquatic Capital Management LLC

Aquatic Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) by 174.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 70,786 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 45,010 shares during the quarter. Aquatic Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Datadog were worth $10,080,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Algert Global LLC grew its stake in Datadog by 21.0% in the third quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 40,322 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,742,000 after purchasing an additional 6,991 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its holdings in Datadog by 32.9% in the third quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 446,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $63,549,000 after buying an additional 110,410 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its stake in Datadog by 23.3% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 63,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,069,000 after buying an additional 12,018 shares in the last quarter. Credit Agricole S A acquired a new stake in Datadog during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,860,000. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in Datadog by 54.2% during the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 1,380,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $217,218,000 after buying an additional 485,280 shares during the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Datadog Stock Down 2.1%

Shares of Datadog stock opened at $124.52 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 401.68, a PEG ratio of 34.23 and a beta of 1.31. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.63 and a twelve month high of $201.69. 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 $123.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $141.78.

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.

Key Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Fundamentals: Datadog reported a strong quarter (29%+ revenue growth, EPS beat) and set FY‑2026 and Q1 guidance, supporting the revenue trajectory and cross‑sell thesis for its observability + security suite. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst backdrop: Most analysts remain constructive (consensus “Moderate Buy”, average price target ~ $179.6) and several firms retain Outperform/Buy ratings — a tailwind if execution continues. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Upgrade note: A Seeking Alpha piece upgraded Datadog to Buy, citing mission‑critical observability, strong retention and attractive usage‑based economics — helps the bull case. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest data in recent feeds is noisy/ambiguous (reports show zero change/NaN), so there’s no clear short‑squeeze or covering signal to explain today’s move. (Data appears unreliable in these alerts.)
• Neutral Sentiment: Volume & technicals: Intraday volume is below the stock’s multi‑month average and price sits near the 50‑day average — technicals are mixed and volatility may persist.
• Negative Sentiment: CTO Alexis Le‑Quoc sold 53,912 shares (~$125.49 avg); this follows several prior large sales this year, signaling material insider profit‑taking. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: CRO Sean Michael Walters sold 22,330 shares (~$125.68 avg) — another senior exec sale reducing insider ownership. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Director Amit Agarwal sold 20,000 shares at ~ $124.81 and now holds a very small residual position — a steep reduction that can be viewed negatively by the market. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

DDOG has been the subject of several research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $185.00 target price on shares of Datadog in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Evercore dropped their price target on Datadog from $215.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Datadog in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Capital One Financial boosted their target price on shares of Datadog from $156.00 to $157.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $165.00 target price on shares of Datadog in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Thirty-six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $179.62.

Insider Activity

In related news, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,912 shares of Datadog stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.49, for a total value of $6,765,416.88. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 437,257 shares in the company, valued at $54,871,380.93. This trade represents a 10.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CRO Sean Michael Walters sold 22,330 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.68, for a total transaction of $2,806,434.40. Following the transaction, the executive directly owned 238,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $29,960,101.12. The trade was a 8.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 388,864 shares of company stock worth $48,415,898 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 6.67% 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.