Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Datadog Inc shares valued at $5,576,005 were sold by Le-Quoc Alexis on Aug 05 ’25. At $134.47 per share, Le-Quoc Alexis sold 41,468 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 452,769 shares worth approximately $61.75 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ALEXIS T. LE-QUOC purchased 41,468 shares, netting a total of over 5,769,443 in proceeds.
Before that, Pomel Olivier had sold 11,195 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,688,462, the Chief Executive Officer traded Datadog Inc shares for $150.82 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 11,195 shares, worth approximately $74.83 million.
As published in a research note from Monness Crespi & Hardt on August 07, 2025, Datadog Inc [DDOG] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $185. Analysts at Guggenheim downgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Sell”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of June 12, 2025, Wolfe Research has increased its “Peer perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for DDOG. Earlier on February 18, 2025, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for DDOG stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing DDOG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Datadog Inc [NASDAQ: DDOG] plunged -0.42% to $136.38. The stock’s lowest price that day was $131.2, but it reached a high of $149.0 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.57%. Over the course of the year, Datadog Inc shares have jumped approximately 29.92%.
Is Datadog Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Datadog Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 5.02 million shares to 12.67 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 7.65 million shares. A jump of 39.59% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.14.
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In terms of Datadog Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 150 in the next 12 months, up nearly 9.52% from the previous closing price of $136.96. Analysts anticipate Datadog Inc stock to reach 170 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 120. In spite of this, 26 analysts ranked Datadog Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
