JPMorgan upgrades Datadog to "overweight," citing potential end to growth slowdown

Investing.com -- Analysts at JPMorgan have upgraded their rating of Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) to "overweight" from "neutral," arguing that the "worst period" of decelerating revenue growth at the software solutions group has most likely ended.

Along with other cloud infrastructure platforms like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Web Services and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure, New York-based Datadog has been grappling with a slowdown in IT spending by inflation-hit customers, the analysts said.

But in a note also bumping up their share price target of the business to $115 from $90, the analysts suggested that this downturn -- which had contibuted to Datadog's revenue growth slowing from 83% in early 2022 to 25% today -- may be starting to "moderate and level out."

The comments come after Datadog reported better-than-anticipated third-quarter revenue of $548 million and lifted its full-year financial projections. Its total number of new and existing customers also spiked by 20% year-on-year to 3,130 as of Sept. 30.

Shares in Data were lower in premarket trading on Wednesday after surging by more than 28% in the prior session.

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