52% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
12 more new buyers than exits, ownership fell 7.04 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and no widely-followed fund managers in the top 25.
52% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
38.8% institutional ownership
BROWN ADVISORY INC portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Software - Application peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in DDOG across 13F flow, ownership shift, marquee holders, and holder-count growth.
Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value
Share of total reported institutional value in DDOG held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 35.3M | $4.16B | +24.4% | 9.903% | 0.07% |
| 2 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 21.3M | $2.52B | β | 5.989% | 0.06% |
| 3 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 17.6M | $2.07B | β | 4.938% | 0.11% |
| 4 | STATE STREET CORP | 14.1M | $1.66B | +0.2% | 3.950% | 0.06% |
| 5 | FMR LLC | 13.3M | $1.57B | -27.0% | 3.733% | 0.08% |
| 6 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 9.3M | $1.10B | +3.1% | 2.623% | 0.07% |
| 7 | JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | 5.9M | $699.2M | -22.3% | 1.664% | 0.48% |
| 8 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 5.2M | $609.2M | -16.1% | 1.450% | 0.07% |
| 9 | MORGAN STANLEY | 5.1M | $597.6M | +25.4% | 1.422% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Invesco Ltd. | 4.7M | $559.5M | -5.9% | 1.332% | 0.09% |
| 11 | SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | 4.2M | $501.0M | -3.1% | 1.192% | 0.06% |
| 12 | AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 3.8M | $449.1M | +4.3% | 1.069% | 0.23% |
| 13 | FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | 3.7M | $435.1M | +81.5% | 1.035% | 0.31% |
| 14 | BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | 3.1M | $363.8M | -22.2% | 0.866% | 0.37% |
| 15 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 2.8M | $332.9M | +2.4% | 0.792% | 0.04% |
| 16 | BROWN ADVISORY INC | 2.8M | $331.4M | -18.9% | 0.789% | 0.54% |
| 17 | UBS Group AG | 2.8M | $331.2M | +18.8% | 0.788% | 0.05% |
| 18 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 2.6M | $312.3M | +30.3% | 0.743% | 0.06% |
| 19 | AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.6M | $301.7M | +78.1% | 0.720% | 0.14% |
| 20 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.5M | $299.9M | β | 0.714% | 0.12% |
| 21 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 2.5M | $290.4M | +2.9% | 0.691% | 0.04% |
| 22 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 2.2M | $260.9M | +8.2% | 0.621% | 0.02% |
| 23 | Legal & General Group Plc | 2.2M | $254.7M | +1.3% | 0.606% | 0.06% |
| 24 | Amundi | 2.1M | $244.5M | -12.2% | 0.582% | 0.07% |
| 25 | Employees Provident Fund Board | 2.0M | $236.1M | β | 0.562% | 0.00% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). β% of Fundβ shows how much of that investorβs total 13F portfolio is invested in DDOG β a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in DDOG during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new DDOG position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their DDOG position in Q1 2026
8 quarters of 13F filings Β· Ξ columns show change vs prior quarter
| Quarter | Inst. Holders | Ξ Holders | Ownership % | Ξ Ownership | Total 13F Value | Ξ Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 1,021 | +1.2% | 38.84% | 7.04 pp | $30.92B | 15% |
| Q4 2025 | 1,009 | +7.7% | 45.88% | 4.55 pp | $36.53B | 9.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 937 | 0.7% | 50.43% | +5.16 pp | $40.15B | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | 944 | +8.1% | 45.27% | +13.73 pp | $36.04B | +43% |
| Q1 2025 | 873 | 4.7% | 31.54% | 28.18 pp | $25.11B | 47% |
| Q4 2024 | 916 | +11% | 59.72% | +25.40 pp | $47.54B | +74% |
| Q3 2024 | 822 | +4.3% | 34.32% | 14.91 pp | $27.32B | 30% |
| Q2 2024 | 788 | β | 49.23% | β | $39.19B | β |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Ξ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
No recent Form 4 insider transactions on file for DDOG.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying DDOG stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Datadog, Inc. stands at 38.8%, held across 1,021 reporting institutions.
BlackRock, Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of DDOG, with approximately 35,251,123 shares worth $4.16B as of Q1 2026.
No marquee "smart money" managers (Berkshire, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost, etc.) currently appear among the top 25 institutional holders of DDOG.
Our composite Smart Money Score for DDOG is 25 out of 100 (Bearish). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
190 institutions opened new positions in DDOG during Q1 2026, while 178 fully exited. 221 added to existing positions and 604 trimmed.
DDOG institutional ownership fell by 7.04 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of β holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 50.3% of all reported 13F value in DDOG, and the top 25 account for 66.3%.
All data is sourced from SEC Form 13F filings, which institutional investment managers with at least $100M in assets are required to file each quarter. We process every 13F filing from EDGAR and recompute the aggregates after each cycle. Insider transactions are sourced from Form 4 filings.