GitLab Shares Gain After JPMorgan Upgrade, Thanks To Microsoft & ServiceNow

• JPMorgan analyst Sterling Auty upgraded GitLab Inc (NASDAQ: GTLB) to Overweight from Neutral with an unchanged price target of $99, suggesting an upside of 62%.

• The analyst calls the company a "Growth All-Star" with a current valuation of less than 18-times 2022 revenue.

• The results from Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) and ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) validate that the fundamentals in software continue to be very good, Auty tells investors in a research note.

• Related Content: Why Microsoft Shares Are Trading Higher Today

• ServiceNow Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2021 Financial Results

• After the bear market, the subsequent 12 months will see software stocks beating and raising on revenue outperform, and GitLab will be one of those companies, says the analyst.

• Price Action: GTLB shares traded higher by 5.91% at $61.16 on the last check Thursday.

Latest Ratings for GTLB

Jan 2022	JP Morgan	Upgrades	Neutral	Overweight
Jan 2022	Piper Sandler	Upgrades	Neutral	Overweight
Dec 2021	JP Morgan	Maintains		Neutral

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