14 Best Software Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts

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​7. Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 72

Upside: 55.07%

​Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) is one of the Best Software Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts. Recently, on January 30, Blair Abernethy from Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a Buy rating on the stock and lowered the price target from $200 to $180. Earlier, on January 29, Keith Bachman from BMO Capital also reiterated a Buy rating on Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) but lowered the price target from $215 to $170.

​The ratings come ahead of the company’s Q4 2025 earnings, expected to be released on February 10. Analysts at Rosenblatt Securities noted that they expect the company to post Q4 results largely in line or slightly above the Street’s expectations. The firm reduced the price target mainly to incorporate the macro headwinds that are impacting the enterprise software segment.

​On the other hand, analysts at BMO Capital noted that the reduced price target is mainly due to the concerns that OpenAI might migrate its workloads away from Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG)’s platform. The firm noted that the timing and scale of the migration remain uncertain, and BMO maintained a Buy rating. The reduced price target reflects broader software sector valuation pressures.

​Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG) is a software company that provides an observability solution built for cloud-scale applications, monitoring servers, databases, tools, and services via its SaaS-based data analytics platform.

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