Morgan Stanley Upgrades Datadog to Overweight, Sees Sustained Core Growth Through 2027
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Source: CNBC
- Strong Growth Trends: Morgan Stanley upgraded Datadog from Equal Weight to Overweight, citing the return of digital transformation and cloud migration as key drivers for accelerating core growth expected to sustain through 2027, highlighting the company's competitive edge in the rapidly evolving cloud services market.
- Attractive Valuation: Wells Fargo upgraded ConocoPhillips to Overweight with a price target raised to $132, primarily based on an increase in dividend growth assumptions, reflecting the company's compelling valuation appeal within the oil and gas sector.
- Investment Opportunity: Bernstein upgraded Liberty Formula One to Outperform, advising investors to buy the dip, as favorable deal-making is anticipated to drive upward revisions in earnings estimates, showcasing the company's potential growth avenues in the market.
- Cloud Infrastructure Transformation: Morgan Stanley upgraded Akamai to Overweight, noting that its evolution from a content delivery provider to a cloud infrastructure and security platform is approaching an inflection point, underscoring the strategic significance of the company's technological advancements.
Analyst Views on AKAM
Wall Street analysts forecast AKAM stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for AKAM is 94.58 USD with a low forecast of 80.00 USD and a high forecast of 115.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
16 Analyst Rating
7 Buy
7 Hold
2 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 90.650
Low
80.00
Averages
94.58
High
115.00
Current: 90.650
Low
80.00
Averages
94.58
High
115.00
About AKAM
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is a cybersecurity and cloud computing company. The Company develops and provides solutions for global enterprises to build, secure and accelerate their applications and digital experiences. Akamai Connected Cloud, the Company's platform, is comprised of an edge and cloud architecture and underlying network for cloud computing, security and content delivery services. Its cloud computing services include compute, storage, networking, database and container management services that are required to build, deploy and secure applications and workloads. Its security solutions are designed to keep infrastructure, websites, applications, application programming interfaces and users safe from a multitude of cyberattacks and online threats while improving performance. Its content delivery solutions consist of Web and mobile performance focused solutions and media delivery solutions. It also specializes in serverless WebAssembly function-as-a-service (FaaS) technology.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
