Datadog Inc (NASDAQ: DDOG) is -27.97% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $98.30 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 $103.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.04%.
Currently trading at $102.93, the stock is -7.62% and -20.59% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.99 million and changing -1.00% at the moment leaves the stock -18.75% off its SMA200. DDOG registered -16.08% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -5.79%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $129.6129 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $126.6905.
The stock witnessed a -21.43% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -34.33%, and is 0.95% up 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 3.40% over the week and 3.99% over the month.
Datadog Inc (DDOG) has around 6500 employees, a market worth around $35.28B and $2.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 200.45 and Fwd P/E is 48.57. Profit margin for the company is 6.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.71% and -39.48% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.72%).
with sales reaching $741.73M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -5.81% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 19.26% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 21.35% in year-over-year returns.
Datadog Inc (DDOG) Top Institutional Holders
1391.0 institutions hold shares in Datadog Inc (DDOG), with institutional investors hold 90.95% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 316.79M, and float is at 305.03M with Short Float at 4.23%. Institutions hold 88.32% 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 2.8344% 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 Le-Quoc Alexis, the company’s Chief Technology Officer. SEC filings show that Le-Quoc Alexis sold 127,105 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 12 ’25 at a price of $102.15 per share for a total of $12.98 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.37 million shares.
Datadog Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 11 ’25 that Walters Sean Michael (Chief Revenue Officer) sold a total of 8,454 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 11 ’25 and was made at $102.04 per share for $0.86 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.19 million shares of the DDOG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 12 ’25, ALEXIS LEQUOC (Director) Proposed Sale 127,105 shares at an average price of $101.96 for $12.96 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Datadog Inc (DDOG).
