SunTrust analyst Joel Fishbein initiated fourteen stocks in the infrastructure and security sector. Regarding infrastructure, he said he believes "we are in the 3rd inning of a multi year (even multi-decade) opportunity" and projected on-demand penetration of 70% by 2028, adding that "spending on cloud software is projected to grow at ~3x the overall software market rate, resulting in a greater than $208B market opportunity through 2025." However, Fishbein cautioned to "stay selective" as while he is bullish on the underlying trends, "too many investors are chasing too few stories." For cybersecurity, Fishbein noted that it remains a top priority for the corporations, and cited the IDC stating that "worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $133.7B in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate of 9.9%." He believes that emerging vendors with innovative technology are growing much faster, and sees a "shift in spending from legacy security providers to next generation technology providers and multi-product platforms." The analyst started eight names with Buy ratings -- Atlassian (TEAM), New Relic (NEWR), ServiceNow (NOW), Splunk (SPLK), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Rapid7 (RPD), SailPoint (SAIL), and Zscaler (ZS). The other six names Fishbein started with Hold ratings -- PagerDuty (PD), Check Point (CHKP), FireEye (FEYE), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), and Tenable Holdings (TENB).

Data Center revenue growth year-over-year is expected to be in the range of 40% to 42%. Gross margin is expected to be approximately 81.0% on a GAAP basis and approximately 83.5% on a non-GAAP basis. Operating margin is expected to be approximately (7.0%) on a GAAP basis and approximately 18.5% on a non-GAAP basis.

Sees Q2 revenue $607M-637M, consensus $623.27M. Comments taken from Q1 earnings conference call.

Zscaler announced innovations - ZDX Copilot, Hosted Monitoring, and Data Explorer - to its Zscaler Digital Experience service. The new ZDX Copilot, an AI assistant, instantly analyzes and harnesses knowledge from over 500 trillion data points daily across users, devices, networks, and applications, to provide IT operations, service desk, and security teams insights they need related to digital experience and performance. Teams can ask sequences of questions to effectively converse with Copilot, which uses Generative AI, to review high-level trends and progressively narrow results down to specific actionable insights.

KeyBanc analyst Jackson Ader lowered the firm's price target on ServiceNow to $950 from $1,000 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm notes the quarter plainly did not beat guidance by enough to satisfy expectations, and it would include its expectations in that assessment as well. The headline numbers on revenue and margin aren't the problem; "it was the non-revenue top-line metrics that catch our eye," says KeyBanc. Current billings was an outright miss, but the firm understands that invoicing patterns and timing swing this around more so than getting ink on paper for contracted obligations. Still, not great.

UBS lowered the firm's price target on ServiceNow to $875 from $920 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. ServiceNow is still in rarified territory by growing more than 20% with 400 basis points of year over year margin expansion, but this print fell a bit short of expectations, the analyst tells investors in a research note. This print in a seasonally light 1Q quarter isn't likely to be a thesis-changer for most, UBS contends.

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Sees 2024 subscription gross profit margin 84.5%, income from operations margin 29%.

Sees Q2 cRPO growth 20.5% year-over-year.

Notable companies reporting after the market close, with earnings consensus, include Meta Plataforms (META), consensus $4.32... IBM (IBM), consensus $1.60... ServiceNow (NOW), consensus $3.14... Lam Research (LRCX), consensus $7.30... Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), consensus $11.68... O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), consensus $9.26... Ford Motor (F), consensus 42c... United Rentals (URI), consensus $8.32... Align Technology (ALGN), consensus $1.97... Molina Healthcare (MOH), consensus $5.59... Teradyne (TER), consensus 33c... Universa Health Services (UHS), consensus $3.16... Western Union (WU), consensus 41c.