Datadog Inc (NASDAQ: DDOG) has seen a rise in its stock price by 5.14 in relation to its previous close of 107.88. However, the company has experienced a 7.30% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-05-12 that When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock’s price, but are they really important?
Is It Worth Investing in Datadog Inc (NASDAQ: DDOG) Right Now?
Datadog Inc (NASDAQ: DDOG) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 245.71x compared to its average ratio. DDOG has 36-month beta value of 0.98. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 26 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 12 as “overweight,” 9 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for DDOG is 306.99M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.28% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of DDOG on May 13, 2025 was 5.64M shares.
DDOG’s Market Performance
DDOG stock saw an increase of 7.30% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 21.72% and a quarterly increase of -22.90%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.01%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.34% for Datadog Inc (DDOG). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 12.89% for DDOG’s stock, with a -7.57% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of DDOG
Stifel gave a rating of “Hold” to DDOG, setting the target price at $140 in the report published on January 29th of the current year.
DDOG Trading at 11.71% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought DDOG to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -33.31% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.34%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.01%, as shares surge +23.26% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -2.69% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, DDOG rose by +7.30%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -3.32% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $100.47. In addition, Datadog Inc saw -20.62% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at DDOG starting from Le-Quoc Alexis, who sale 127,105 shares at the price of $105.83 back on May 07 ’25. After this action, Le-Quoc Alexis now owns 466,535 shares of Datadog Inc, valued at $13,451,672 using the latest closing price.
Jacobson Matthew, the Director of Datadog Inc, sale 186,684 shares at $107.61 during a trade that took place back on May 08 ’25, which means that Jacobson Matthew is holding 0 shares at $20,088,484 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for DDOG
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.01 for the present operating margin
- 0.8 for the gross margin
The net margin for Datadog Inc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value 6.48, with 3.27 for asset returns.
Based on Datadog Inc (DDOG), the company’s capital structure generated 0.39 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.5. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.64. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 5.95.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 317.99 million with net debt to EBITDA at 5.04. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 14.1. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.78for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.47. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.71.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Datadog Inc (DDOG) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
