Datadog (DDOG) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Datadog has been rated by research analysts at Barclays , Benchmark , BMO Capital Markets , BTIG Research , Canaccord Genuity Group , Cantor Fitzgerald , Citigroup , Citizens Jmp , DA Davidson , FBN Securities , Guggenheim , Jefferies Financial Group , KeyCorp , Mizuho , Morgan Stanley , Needham & Company LLC , Oppenheimer , Raymond James Financial , Robert W. Baird , Rosenblatt Securities , Royal Bank Of Canada , Scotiabank , TD Cowen , The Goldman Sachs Group , UBS Group , Wedbush , Weiss Ratings , Wells Fargo & Company , and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

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Datadog - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 46 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
4

Buy
41

Based on 46 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Datadog in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 46 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 4 have given a hold rating, 38 have given a buy rating, and 3 have given a strong buy rating for DDOG.

Consensus Price Target

$277.73
-0.45% Downside

According to the 46 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Datadog, the average price target is $277.73. The highest price target for DDOG is $340.00, while the lowest price target for DDOG is $158.00. The average price target represents a forecasted downside of -0.45% from the current price of $278.99.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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DDOG Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/6/25 to 10/6/26	1 Month Ago 9/6/25 to 9/6/26	3 Months Ago 7/8/25 to 7/8/26	1 Year Ago 10/6/24 to 10/6/25
Strong Buy	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	38 Buy rating(s)	38 Buy rating(s)	40 Buy rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)
Hold	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$277.73	$276.32	$244.73	$156.69
Forecasted Upside	-0.45% Downside	29.77% Upside	-6.27% Downside	-0.43% Downside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

DDOG Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

DDOG Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Datadog Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Datadog	Technology Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.91	2.23	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	0.48% Upside	530.17% Upside	20.68% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Neutral News See Recent DDOG News	Neutral News	Neutral News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/2/2026	FBN Securities 2 of 5 stars	Shebly Seyrafi Not Rated	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$325.00	+17.56%
9/11/2026	Wedbush 5 of 5 stars	Steven Wahrhaftig Not Rated	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$260.00 ➝ $275.00	+24.03%
8/17/2026	Zacks Research 4 of 5 stars		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/12/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C)
8/7/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	William Power Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$300.00	+26.52%
8/7/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Karl Keirstead Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$315.00 ➝ $280.00	+18.35%
8/7/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$300.00	+26.80%
8/7/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Colville Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$275.00 ➝ $285.00	+24.30%
8/7/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mike Cikos Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$260.00 ➝ $300.00	+30.84%
8/7/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kash Rangan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$158.00	-31.09%
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8/7/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Fatima Boolani Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $305.00	+28.60%
8/7/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gil Luria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$315.00	+37.38%
8/6/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$280.00	+21.02%
8/6/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brent Thill Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$260.00	+12.38%
8/4/2026	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Blair Abernethy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$220.00 ➝ $305.00	+11.48%
8/4/2026	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kingsley Crane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$250.00 ➝ $295.00	+7.82%
8/3/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Thomas Blakey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$226.00 ➝ $327.00	+22.03%
7/28/2026	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Yi Fu Lee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/28/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sanjit Singh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$225.00 ➝ $300.00	+19.11%
7/28/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gray Powell Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$255.00 ➝ $289.00	+14.75%
7/22/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew Sherman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$260.00 ➝ $300.00	+22.43%
7/22/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Howard Ma Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$225.00 ➝ $300.00	+17.74%
7/21/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Raimo Lenschow Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$260.00 ➝ $290.00	+10.18%
7/20/2026	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Walravens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Market Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $311.00	+18.07%
7/20/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ryan MacWilliams Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $295.00	+14.04%
7/20/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ittai Kidron Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $300.00	+15.97%
7/16/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Hedberg Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$280.00	+8.57%
7/16/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Eric Heath Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$225.00 ➝ $320.00	+21.00%
7/15/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gregg Moskowitz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$220.00 ➝ $300.00	+10.81%
7/6/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Peter Weed Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$180.00 ➝ $226.00	-13.20%
6/23/2026	Arete Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$260.00 ➝ $340.00	+53.65%
6/17/2026	Capital One Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight	$217.00 ➝ $268.00	+17.27%
6/15/2026	Craig Hallum Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Buy
6/15/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Miller Jump Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$190.00 ➝ $300.00	+30.49%
6/11/2026	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$260.00	+13.00%
6/11/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$295.00	+29.60%
6/10/2026	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Todd Coupland Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$250.00 ➝ $280.00	+22.31%
6/10/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rob Owens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $275.00	+20.96%
6/10/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $265.00	+14.72%
6/8/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Koji Ikeda Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$260.00 ➝ $280.00	+21.31%
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5/13/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$190.00 ➝ $240.00	+19.60%
5/11/2026	CICC Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$150.00 ➝ $204.00	+1.37%
5/7/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$305.00	+61.61%
5/7/2026	Monness Crespi & Hardt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$255.00 ➝ $270.00	+43.67%
4/23/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Daniel Sepahi Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$170.00	+28.65%
1/15/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$210.00 ➝ $175.00	+44.80%
12/29/2025	Moffett Nathanson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
11/7/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight	$140.00 ➝ $200.00	+1.08%
11/7/2025	Macquarie Infrastructure Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$175.00 ➝ $220.00	+15.29%
12/23/2024	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Yun Kim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$160.00 ➝ $200.00	+33.82%

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Should I Buy Datadog Stock? DDOG Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Saturday, October 3, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Datadog pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Datadog
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Datadog, Inc.:

The company demonstrated strong fundamental performance in its most recent quarter, reporting earnings per share of $0.65, which exceeded the consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.07. This beat was accompanied by revenue of $1.12 billion, surpassing the analyst estimate of $1.08 billion, with year-over-year revenue growth of 35.6%.
Datadog, Inc. is benefiting from rising demand to monitor AI applications and infrastructure, a trend that has significantly outpaced many software peers. The company recently introduced AI-focused products such as Journey Monitoring and Bits Testing, which apply AI across the user journey and software-testing process, potentially increasing customer usage of the broader platform.
The stock has shown notable relative strength, trading at a current price of $277.22 as of October 3, 2026. This price is near the fifty-two-week high of $292.72, indicating strong investor momentum and preference for the company's growth profile compared to other software names like Oracle and Cloudflare.
Wall Street analysts maintain a positive outlook, with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $276.66. Recent upgrades include Morgan Stanley raising its target price to $300.00 and TD Cowen raising its price objective to $300.00, reflecting confidence in the company's trajectory.
Global expansion is accelerating, with increasing adoption across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. This international growth is expected to drive additional recurring subscription revenue and improve platform penetration, broadening the company's growth opportunity.

Datadog
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Datadog, Inc. for these reasons:

The company trades at a very high valuation, with a P/E ratio of 565.77. This high earnings multiple leaves the stock sensitive to any slowdown in growth, as investors are paying a premium for future performance that may not materialize if growth rates decelerate.
There has been significant insider selling activity, with Chief Technology Officer Alexis Le-Quoc selling 43,224 shares on September 23, 2026, for a total of approximately $10.9 million. This transaction, executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, represented an 8.14% decrease in his position, which may temper investor confidence.
Despite strong recent performance, the stock has experienced volatility, including a gap down of 10.57% on July 6, 2026, and a percent decline of 10.77% on September 3, 2026. These sharp moves indicate that the stock can be subject to significant price swings, increasing risk for investors.
Short interest has been a factor, with 10,267,560 shares shorted as of September 15, 2026. Although the short percentage of float is 3.06%, the presence of short sellers suggests that some market participants are betting against the stock, which could contribute to downward pressure.
The company's high beta of 1.51 indicates that it is more volatile than the overall market. This means that Datadog, Inc. is likely to experience larger price swings in both directions compared to the broader market, which may not be suitable for risk-averse investors.

DDOG Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 46 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Datadog is $277.73, with a high forecast of $340.00 and a low forecast of $158.00.

46 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Datadog in the last year. There is currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 38 buy ratings and 3 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" DDOG shares.

According to analysts, Datadog's stock has a predicted downside of -0.45% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Datadog's stock had 5 downgrades and 4 upgrades by analysts.

Datadog has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, Benchmark, BMO Capital Markets, BTIG Research, Canaccord Genuity Group, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citigroup, Citizens Jmp, DA Davidson, FBN Securities, Guggenheim, Jefferies Financial Group, KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Oppenheimer, Raymond James Financial, Robert W. Baird, Rosenblatt Securities, Royal Bank Of Canada, Scotiabank, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, UBS Group, Wedbush, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Datadog more than other "technology" companies. The consensus rating for Datadog is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "technology" companies is Hold. Learn more on how DDOG compares to other companies.

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Datadog (DDOG) Stock Forecast & Price Target