Why Splunk Shares Rose 32.4% in May

Shares of data visualization expert Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) gained 32.4% in May 2020, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock reached fresh all-time highs when the company reported solid first-quarter results on May 21.

Splunk's shares were already on the rise when the earnings report came along, helped by a new cloud-computing partnership with Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google.

In the first quarter, Splunk's sales rose 2% year over year to $434 million. The adjusted bottom line swung from earnings of $0.02 per share to a net loss of $0.56 per share. Analysts had been expecting a $0.57 loss per share on revenues in the neighborhood of $443 million. That mixed performance might not sound like a vat of rocket fuel, especially since revenue guidance for the second quarter also fell below analyst projections, but Splunk's shares soared 13% higher the next day.

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