Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Datadog Inc shares valued at $988,660 were sold by Shah Shardul on Jan 13 ’26. At $124.89 per share, Shah Shardul sold 7,916 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 340,701 shares worth approximately $42.06 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, 2019 SHAH FAMILY TRUST purchased 7,916 shares, netting a total of over 1,001,928 in proceeds.
Before that, Le-Quoc Alexis had sold 43,106 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $5,773,036, the Chief Technology Officer traded Datadog Inc shares for $133.93 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 43,106 shares, worth approximately $37.22 million.
As published in a research note from Morgan Stanley on January 12, 2026, Datadog Inc [DDOG] has been rated up from an Equal-weight to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $180. As of November 07, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets has increased its “Sector weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for DDOG. Earlier on November 07, 2025, CIBC upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Sector outperform” for DDOG stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing DDOG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Datadog Inc [NASDAQ: DDOG] rose 5.52% to $123.46. The stock’s lowest price that day was $118.75, but it reached a high of $126.27 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.63%. Over the course of the year, Datadog Inc shares have dropped approximately -10.79%.
Is Datadog Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Datadog Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.52 million shares to 9.28 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 9.79 million shares. A decline of -5.56% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.7 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.7.
Which companies own the most shares of Datadog Inc (DDOG)?
In terms of Datadog Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 180 in the next 12 months, up nearly 53.85% from the previous closing price of $117.0. Analysts anticipate Datadog Inc stock to reach 215 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 105. In spite of this, 26 analysts ranked Datadog Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.
