Investors stay cautious on software sector, Scotiabank says
** Brokerage Scotiabank says 2024 has been disappointing for the software sector, with investors unwilling to make bold long or short bets
** Wall Street's 2025 ests look too high, so investors are bracing for downward revisions - brokerage
** Investors following CrowdStrike's CRWD.O recent analyst day feel the company is managing the fallout from the July outage incident well - brokerage
** Competitive environment is favoring software observability platform Dynatrace DT.N, with rivals Datadog's DDOG.O pricing as high and New Relic is being considered less often - brokerage
** Brokerage recommends investors take a wait-and-see approach on software firm MongoDB MDB.O as recovery in demand is unlikely in 2024
** Scotiabank says data cloud company Snowflake SNOW.N faces less severe challenges than current investor sentiment suggests
** Cybersecurity firm Zscaler ZS.O competitively retains its leadership position, its profitability could increase further
** Palo Alto Networks PANW.O will benefit from its consolidation efforts, standardizing security operations on a single platform
** Brokerage looks for data whether cybersecurity firm SentinelOne S.N can capitalize on the CrowdStrike outage
Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru
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