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Strength Seen in PagerDuty (PD): Can Its 5.5% Jump Turn into More Strength?

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PagerDuty (PD - Free Report) shares rallied 5.5% in the last trading session to close at $6.74. This move can be attributable to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares to the stock's 41.8% loss over the past four weeks.

PagerDuty benefits from structural efficiency initiatives alongwith increasing demand for AI Operations and Agentic Solutions, double-digit year-over-year growth in new customer acquisition and in total paid and free customers.

This software developer is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +9.1%. Revenues are expected to be $123.07 million, up 1.3% from the year-ago quarter.

Earnings and revenue growth expectations certainly give a good sense of the potential strength in a stock, but empirical research shows that trends in earnings estimate revisions are strongly correlated with near-term stock price movements.

For PagerDuty, the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days. And a stock's price usually doesn't keep moving higher in the absence of any trend in earnings estimate revisions. So, make sure to keep an eye on PD going forward to see if this recent jump can turn into more strength down the road.

The stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>>

PagerDuty is a member of the Zacks Internet - Software industry. One other stock in the same industry, Penguin Solutions, Inc. (PENG - Free Report) , finished the last trading session 2.2% higher at $20.68. PENG has returned 2.4% over the past month.

For Penguin Solutions, Inc., the consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming report has remained unchanged over the past month at $0.43. This represents a change of -17.3% from what the company reported a year ago. Penguin Solutions, Inc. currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

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