Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) CEO Sells $10,551,213.78 in Stock

Key Points

• Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel sold 63,939 shares of the company stock for approximately $10.55 million, reducing his ownership by 10.70%. After the sale, he still holds about 533,358 shares, valued at roughly $88 million.
• The company's stock price recently reached $164.07, with a market capitalization of $57.22 billion, and an average target price set by analysts at $158.46.
• Datadog reported $826.76 million in revenue for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, and has projected earnings per share (EPS) guidance for Q3 2025 between $0.440 and $0.460.

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG - Get Free Report) CEO Olivier Pomel sold 63,939 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $165.02, for a total value of $10,551,213.78. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 533,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $88,014,737.16. The trade was a 10.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

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

• On Tuesday, October 7th, Olivier Pomel sold 32,923 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.43, for a total value of $5,084,298.89.
• On Wednesday, October 8th, Olivier Pomel sold 25,620 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $165.01, for a total value of $4,227,556.20.
• On Tuesday, September 23rd, Olivier Pomel sold 11,195 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.94, for a total value of $1,544,238.30.
• On Monday, September 8th, Olivier Pomel sold 32,923 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.74, for a total value of $4,468,968.02.
• On Tuesday, September 2nd, Olivier Pomel sold 15,357 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.85, for a total value of $2,055,534.45.
• On Monday, August 11th, Olivier Pomel sold 32,923 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.38, for a total value of $4,292,500.74.
• On Monday, July 28th, Olivier Pomel sold 11,195 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.82, for a total value of $1,688,429.90.

Datadog Stock Performance

DDOG traded down $0.05 on Thursday, reaching $164.07. 3,387,528 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,666,186. The company's 50-day moving average price is $137.11 and its 200 day moving average price is $124.51. Datadog, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $81.63 and a fifty-two week high of $170.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 3.43 and a quick ratio of 3.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $57.22 billion, a PE ratio of 468.78, a PEG ratio of 60.46 and a beta of 1.21.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $826.76 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $791.72 million. Datadog had a return on equity of 5.04% and a net margin of 4.13%.The firm's revenue was up 28.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.43 EPS. Datadog has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.440-0.460 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 1.800-1.830 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Datadog

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DDOG. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datadog in the fourth quarter valued at $209,000. Bison Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Datadog in the fourth quarter valued at $228,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in Datadog by 16.4% in the first quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 18,815 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,867,000 after buying an additional 2,655 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in Datadog by 10.7% in the first quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,052 shares of the company's stock valued at $207,000 after buying an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Datadog by 3.3% in the first quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 3,891 shares of the company's stock valued at $386,000 after buying an additional 123 shares in the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on DDOG. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on Datadog from $145.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their price objective on Datadog from $147.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d+)" rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho upped their price target on Datadog from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Finally, Barclays set a $170.00 price target on Datadog and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Twenty-four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Datadog currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $158.46.

Datadog Company Profile

Datadog, Inc operates an observability and security platform for cloud applications in North America and internationally. The company's products comprise infrastructure and application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, continuous profiler, database monitoring, data streams and universal service monitoring, network monitoring, incident management, workflow automation, observability pipelines, cloud cost and cloud security management, application security management, cloud SIEM, sensitive data scanner, and CI visibility.

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