Datadog Inc (NASDAQ: DDOG) is -0.17% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $98.80 and a high of $170.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The DDOG stock was last observed hovering at around $144.85 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.2%.
Currently trading at $142.65, the stock is 0.46% and -3.58% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.47 million and changing -1.52% at the moment leaves the stock 12.08% off its SMA200. DDOG registered 10.43% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 32.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $147.9453 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $127.2696.
The stock witnessed a 0.88% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 14.07%, and is -0.04% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.67% over the week and 3.06% over the month.
Datadog Inc (DDOG) has around 5200 employees, a market worth around $48.46B and $2.54B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 264.07 and Fwd P/E is 70.64. Profit margin for the company is 7.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 44.38% and -16.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.80%).
with sales reaching $713.85M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 34.22% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 24.99% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 21.06% in year-over-year returns.
Datadog Inc (DDOG) Top Institutional Holders
1317.0 institutions hold shares in Datadog Inc (DDOG), with institutional investors hold 86.46% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 312.92M, and float is at 301.23M with Short Float at 4.99%. Institutions hold 83.62% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 28.52 million shares valued at $3.7 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.5962% of the DDOG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 20.06 million shares valued at $2.6 billion to account for 6.0446 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO which holds 9.49 million shares representing 2.8611% and valued at over $1.23 billion, while FMR LLC holds 2.7588 of the shares totaling 9.15 million with a market value of $1.19 billion.
Datadog Inc (DDOG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Agarwal Amit, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Agarwal Amit sold 25,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 05 ’25 at a price of $143.09 per share for a total of $3.58 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.2 million shares.
Datadog Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 03 ’25 that Le-Quoc Alexis (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER) sold a total of 127,105 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 03 ’25 and was made at $142.78 per share for $18.15 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.32 million shares of the DDOG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 05 ’25, AMIT AGARWAL (Director) Proposed Sale 25,000 shares at an average price of $145.83 for $3.65 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Datadog Inc (DDOG).
