Q4 EPS Estimates for Datadog Raised by Capital One Financial

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) – Analysts at Capital One Financial boosted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Datadog in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.23 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.21. The consensus estimate for Datadog’s current full-year earnings is $0.52 per share.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on DDOG. Rosenblatt Securities increased their target price on Datadog from $140.00 to $148.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Loop Capital upped their price objective on Datadog from $160.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on Datadog from $151.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. DA Davidson upped their target price on Datadog from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Finally, UBS Group reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of Datadog in a research note on Friday, October 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, twenty-six have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $156.97.

Datadog Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:DDOG opened at $140.95 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $145.36 and its 200-day moving average price is $128.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $47.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 265.95, a PEG ratio of 19.82 and a beta of 1.14. Datadog has a one year low of $98.80 and a one year high of $170.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datadog

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Holocene Advisors LP lifted its position in Datadog by 205.2% during the third quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 1,632,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $187,878,000 after buying an additional 1,097,815 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its position in Datadog by 1,597.9% during the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 785,261 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,841,000 after acquiring an additional 739,011 shares during the period. Champlain Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in Datadog during the 3rd quarter valued at about $52,561,000. Eagle Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Datadog by 72.4% during the third quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. now owns 914,776 shares of the company’s stock worth $113,844,000 after acquiring an additional 384,121 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of Montreal Can grew its holdings in Datadog by 129.2% in the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 610,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $79,384,000 after purchasing an additional 344,431 shares during the period. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Datadog news, Director Matthew Jacobson sold 3,393 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.03, for a total transaction of $424,226.79. Following the transaction, the director now owns 695,086 shares in the company, valued at approximately $86,906,602.58. This represents a 0.49 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Olivier Pomel sold 178,723 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.28, for a total value of $28,824,445.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 379,693 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $61,236,887.04. This represents a 32.01 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 609,763 shares of company stock worth $87,543,649. 11.78% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.