Swiss National Bank Trims Stock Holdings in Datadog, Inc. $DDOG

Key Points

• Swiss National Bank trimmed its Datadog stake by 4.7% in Q3, selling 40,900 shares and leaving it with 828,800 shares (about 0.24% of the company) valued at roughly $118.0 million.
• Q4 results and guidance: Datadog reported $953.19 million in revenue (up 29.2%) and $0.59 EPS, topped estimates, and set FY2026 EPS guidance of 2.080–2.160; analysts' consensus is a "Moderate Buy" with a $179.62 target.
• Insider selling and stock metrics: insiders sold 292,622 shares in the past 90 days (including large sales by the CTO and a director), while the stock is down 4.3%, trading around $123 with a high P/E (~397) and a $43.4 billion market cap.

Swiss National Bank reduced its holdings in shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG - Free Report) by 4.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 828,800 shares of the company's stock after selling 40,900 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank owned about 0.24% of Datadog worth $118,021,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Rothschild Investment LLC increased its stake in Datadog by 126.6% in the third quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 179 shares of the company's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Datadog by 315.2% during the third quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 191 shares of the company's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Westside Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Datadog by 74.3% in the third quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company's stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Tripletail Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Datadog in the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new stake in Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at about $28,000. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company's stock.

Datadog Stock Down 4.3%

Datadog stock opened at $123.08 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.38, a current ratio of 3.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26. The firm has a market cap of $43.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 397.03, a P/E/G ratio of 35.34 and a beta of 1.31. The business has a fifty day moving average of $123.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $141.84. Datadog, Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.63 and a twelve month high of $201.69.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 return on equity of 4.14% and a net margin of 3.14%.The firm had revenue of $953.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $916.53 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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. On average, analysts forecast that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on DDOG shares. Citizens Jmp restated a "market perform" rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $185.00 price target on shares of Datadog in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on Datadog in a report on Monday, January 12th. They issued a "sell" rating and a $113.00 price target for the company. TD Cowen restated a "buy" rating on shares of Datadog in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Datadog in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Thirty-six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $179.62.

Insider Buying and Selling at Datadog

In other news, Director Shardul Shah sold 7,916 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.89, for a total value of $988,629.24. Following the sale, the director directly owned 340,701 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,550,147.89. This trade represents a 2.27% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CTO Alexis Le-Quoc sold 53,541 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.54, for a total transaction of $5,918,422.14. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 437,257 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $48,334,388.78. This trade represents a 10.91% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 292,622 shares of company stock valued at $36,347,847. 6.67% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.

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