Earnings season got underway in earnest last week. It was not a great week for the software names. The IGV fell a couple of percent and the CLOU index was unchanged. The CLOU index benefited significantly from the announcement that one of its heavily weighted constituents, Proofpoint, is being acquired by the PE firm, Thomas…
Before dealing with the individual names in this post, I just want to repeat my concerns about the mania that seems to be gripping a class of retail investors to find short squeeze targets. As I mentioned to many subscribers, my background is analytical and it is basically analysis that I try to provide to…
This post addresses Aspen and PTC. It also addresses some commentary about the Dropbox acquisition of HelloSign and some further thoughts about ANET shares. Aspen (AZPN) What to do with the shares of Aspen Tech. It is a company whose shares I would like to recommend, and it has many attractive elements in terms of…
The December quarter is shaping up as another period of growth above expectations for most enterprise IT vendors. Brief Reviews of quarters that were announce by the following companies: Citrix (CTXS), Alteryx (AYX) Aspen (AZPN), PTC (PTC), and F5 (FFIV). For convenience in reading, I have divided the post in two, with the first post…