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RBCによると、Elasticは企業向けAI導入に向けて有利な立場にある。

-- RBCキャピタル・マーケッツは木曜日のレポートで、Elastic(ESTC)は企業における人工知能(AI)の導入拡大、特にAIアプリケーションの大規模運用への移行が進むにつれて、その恩恵を受ける有利な立場にあると述べた。 同証券会社は、Elasticの中期目標である総売上高20%超の成長、非GAAPベースの営業利益率20%超、およびフリーキャッシュフロー・マージンはすべて順調に推移していると指摘した。 RBCは、Elasticは自己管理型で柔軟な導入ソリューションを提供することで競合他社との差別化を図っており、構造化データと非構造化データの両方に対応できる体制を整えていると述べている。 レポートによると、経営陣は、現在の残存履行義務を重要な方向性指標として強調し、直近四半期の成長率が為替変動の影響を除いた実質ベースで15%に加速したことは、今後の売上高成長を支える可能性があると指摘した。 RBCは、「イラン内戦が業績に重大な影響を与えるとは考えていない」と述べ、同社は中東地域に一定のエクスポージャーを有しているものの、これらの市場は比較的小規模であると付け加えた。 RBCは同銘柄に対する「アウトパフォーム」のレーティングを維持したが、目標株価を80ドルから70ドルに引き下げた。

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