10 Best Forestry Stocks To Own For 2015

10 Best Forestry Stocks To Own For 2015: Splunk Inc (SPLK)

Splunk Inc. (Splunk) provides a software platform. Splunks software collects and indexes data regardless of format or source, and enables users to search, correlate, analyze, monitor and report on this data, all in real time. Its software is designed to help users in various roles, including information technology (IT) and business professionals, analyze machine data and realize real-time visibility into and about their organization's operations. The core of its software is a machine data engine, comprised of collection, indexing, search and data management capabilities. Its software can collect and index terabytes of information daily, irrespective of format or source. As of January 31, 2012, the Company had approximately 3,700 customers.

The Companys software enables users to identify problems, get answers and gain new business insights and intelligence from machine data across their globally distributed enterprise all through one platform. Its softwar e contains features and functionality, such as Universally collect, index, store and archive any machine data, from any source, search and investigate, user-friendly interface, knowledge store, monitor and alert, report and analyze, custom dashboards and views, platform extensibility, role-based access and controls.

The Company competes with BMC Software, Inc., CA, Compuware, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft Corporation, Quest Software, Adobe Systems, Google, Webtrends, EMC, Oracle and SAP.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was started as Buy with a $62 price target at Canaccord Genuity.

  Stryker Corp. (NYSE: SYK) was raised to Outperform from Neutral by Credit Suisse.

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Calling all cash flows
  When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relati! onship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK  ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.

• [By Benjamin Pimentel and Rex Crum]

  Splunk Inc. (SPLK) flexed its muscles, surging $13.66 a share, or almost 23%, to close at $73.56 after the data-analytics software company reported late Thursday a wider fiscal third-quarter loss, but its results beat Wall Street forecasts. Splunk said it added 450 new customers during the quarter.

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