Sean Michael Walters Sells 13,409 Shares of Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) Stock

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) CRO Sean Michael Walters sold 13,409 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $267.15, for a total value of $3,582,214.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive directly owned 270,296 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $72,209,576.40. The trade was a 4.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Sean Michael Walters also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, May 7th, Sean Michael Walters sold 7,657 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $188.50, for a total value of $1,443,344.50.
• On Tuesday, May 5th, Sean Michael Walters sold 1,914 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $150.00, for a total value of $287,100.00.
• On Wednesday, March 11th, Sean Michael Walters sold 22,330 shares of Datadog stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.68, for a total value of $2,806,434.40.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of DDOG opened at $234.11 on Friday. Datadog, Inc. has a 12-month low of $98.01 and a 12-month high of $278.70. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $167.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $145.28. The company has a quick ratio of 3.40, a current ratio of 3.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The stock has a market cap of $83.33 billion, a PE ratio of 616.10, a PEG ratio of 26.08 and a beta of 1.56.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.09. Datadog had a return on equity of 4.83% and a net margin of 3.69%.The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $960.12 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.46 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 32.1% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.360-2.440 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.570-0.590 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 4,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $622,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares in the last quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Vivaldi Capital Management LP now owns 2,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $383,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares in the last quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 74.3% during the 3rd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming boosted its position in shares of Datadog by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 1,946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.29% of the company’s stock.

More Datadog News

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Datadog’s recent earnings and outlook remain solid, with Q1 revenue rising 32.1% year over year, EPS beating estimates, and management guiding for continued growth. Analyst coverage is still broadly constructive, and several firms have recently raised price targets.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary has framed Datadog as a beneficiary of renewed interest in AI-related software, which may be helping support longer-term investor sentiment. Software sector rebound report
• Neutral Sentiment: Datadog also presented at the Bank of America 2026 Global Technology Conference, but the headline does not indicate a major new catalyst. Bank of America conference transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple Datadog insiders sold shares in recent filings, including CTO Alexis Le-Quoc, CEO Olivier Pomel, COO Adam Blitzer, CFO David M. Obstler, CRO Sean Michael Walters, and General Counsel Kerry Acocella. Most sales were tied to 10b5-1 plans or tax withholding on equity vesting, but the broad cluster of insider selling can still weigh on sentiment. SEC insider filing
• Negative Sentiment: A separate report said insiders sold about $90 million of Datadog shares over the past year, reinforcing concerns that management may see limited near-term upside after the stock’s strong run. Datadog insiders sold US$90m of shares suggesting hesitancy

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on DDOG. CICC Research upped their price target on Datadog from $150.00 to $204.00 in a research report on Monday, May 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Datadog from $121.00 to $139.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Datadog from $180.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. DA Davidson set a $250.00 price target on Datadog in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price target on Datadog from $195.00 to $230.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $219.69.

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.