Shares of data analytics software maker Splunk ( SPLK) are up $1.06, or 3.6%, at $30.22 afterCredit Suisse’s Philip Winslow reinstated coverage of the stock with an Outperform rating and a $40 price target.
Writes Winslow, Splunk is at the early stages of being like Oracle ( ORCL) was at the beginning of the database age. In today’s era of Big Data, the company “could emerge as a unified platform for real-time and batch data analysis, including a single UI for search, analysis, visualization, and the creation of custom reports and applications based on data in Splunk and Hadoop.”
Credit Suisse resumed its coverage on Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $50.
Credit Suisse noted, "We believe that Splunk's disruptive technology, combined with the massive market opportunity and the early-stage adoption of Big Data technologies, position Splunk for significant, sustained revenue growth. Furthermore, we continue to view Splunk as well positioned to establish itself as a unified platform for real-time and batch data analysis, including a single UI for search, analysis, visualization, and the creation of custom reports and applications on top of both Splunk's core data engine as well as data in Hadoop, Cassandra, etc."
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