Bank of America Securities lifted its 12-month price target on Oracle Corp. to $295 from $220 while keeping a Neutral rating, pointing to accelerating demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The brokerage highlighted swelling capital-expenditure budgets at hyperscale customers, noting Microsoft’s first-quarter spend now tops $30 billion and Meta Platforms’ reaches $69 billion, both above earlier estimates. BofA said the spending surge is expanding Oracle’s cloud backlog and should bolster sentiment toward the software group. Separately, DA Davidson raised its price target on Datadog Inc. to $160 from $125 and reiterated a Buy recommendation. The firm cited a jump in developer usage and a rotation toward AI-driven software tools, describing the observability market as a "two-horse race" in which Datadog remains well positioned.
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$DDOG | 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐠 (DDOG): DA Davidson reiterates 𝐁𝐮𝐲, raises 𝐏𝐓 𝐭𝐨 $𝟏𝟔𝟎.𝟎𝟎 (from $125.00) Analyst sees 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 and 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 boosting DDOG; calls Observability a 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. https://t.co/dIsBvFSR8k
$ORCL +1.6% [BofA raised Oracle's price target from $220 to $295 while maintaining a Neutral rating. Microsoft’s Q1 capex is now over $30B and Meta's is at $69B, exceeding estimates. These signals point towards strong demand for AI infrastructure, benefiting Oracle.]