Datadog, Inc. $DDOG Shares Sold by Country Trust Bank

16 Jan 2026, 05:28 by Scott Moore · The Cerbat Gem

Country Trust Bank reduced its stake in shares of Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG – Free Report) by 24.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 224,505 shares of the company’s stock after selling 72,853 shares during the quarter. Country Trust Bank’s holdings in Datadog were worth $31,970,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Callan Family Office LLC grew its stake in Datadog by 145.6% in the 2nd quarter. Callan Family Office LLC now owns 22,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,047,000 after acquiring an additional 13,445 shares during the last quarter. PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co acquired a new position in Datadog during the third quarter worth about $1,709,000. Munro Partners purchased a new stake in shares of Datadog in the third quarter valued at about $7,120,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its position in shares of Datadog by 30.4% in the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 24,062 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,232,000 after purchasing an additional 5,609 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Yousif Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Datadog by 869.3% during the 3rd quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 36,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,237,000 after purchasing an additional 32,983 shares in the last quarter. 78.29% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Datadog Trading Down 1.3%

NASDAQ DDOG opened at $120.86 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $42.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 389.87, a P/E/G ratio of 22.11 and a beta of 1.26. Datadog, Inc. has a 12 month low of $81.63 and a 12 month high of $201.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 3.66 and a quick ratio of 3.66. The company has a 50-day moving average of $151.27 and a 200-day moving average of $146.41.

Datadog (NASDAQ:DDOG – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.45 by $0.10. Datadog had a net margin of 3.32% and a return on equity of 4.14%. The business had revenue of $885.65 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $852.77 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.46 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 28.4% on a year-over-year basis. Datadog has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.000-2.020 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.54-0.56 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Datadog, Inc. will post 0.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Datadog

In related news, insider Yanbing Li sold 6,715 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.60, for a total value of $1,064,999.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 199,394 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $31,623,888.40. This trade represents a 3.26% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Shardul Shah sold 7,916 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $124.89, for a total value of $988,629.24. Following the sale, the director directly owned 340,701 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,550,147.89. This trade represents a 2.27% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 1,082,904 shares of company stock worth $194,318,545. 8.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Trending Headlines about Datadog

Here are the key news stories impacting Datadog this week:

Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp reiterated an Overweight rating and a $170 price target while publishing updated quarterly and FY estimates that show improving EPS over FY2025–FY2026 (analyst forecasts imply earnings growth ahead). This supports the case for upside versus today’s price. KeyCorp research / MarketBeat
Positive Sentiment: A bullish analyst piece (Seeking Alpha) reiterates why Datadog remains a long‑term buy based on product leadership and secular cloud monitoring demand — sentiment that can underpin rebounds when the stock dips. Seeking Alpha
Neutral Sentiment: Media pieces highlight elevated analyst attention and Datadog’s strong showing in recent cloud‑monitoring earnings roundups — useful context but not new company‑specific data. MSN analysts watching MSN earnings review
Negative Sentiment: BNP Paribas Exane trimmed its price target to $175 from $210 (keeps Outperform) — a meaningful downgrade to prior upside that can pressure sentiment despite the still‑positive rating. MarketScreener
Negative Sentiment: An insider (director Shardul Shah) sold ~7,916 shares (~$988k) on Jan 13, modestly reducing his stake. Insider sales can be read negatively by traders even when not unusual. SEC Form 4
Negative Sentiment: Market commentary (Zacks) flagged that Datadog underperformed the broader market recently, amplifying short‑term selling pressure. Zacks

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on DDOG shares. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their target price on Datadog from $170.00 to $180.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Datadog from $165.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. BNP Paribas Exane decreased their price objective on Datadog from $210.00 to $175.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $205.00 price objective on Datadog in a research report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Datadog in a report on Monday. They issued a “sell” rating and a $113.00 target price on the stock. Thirty-three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Datadog has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $197.89.

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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.