Qualys Focuses on Product Expansion for Growth

Earlier this month, cloud services security provider Qualys (Nasdaq: QLYS) announced its fourth-quarter results that surpassed market expectations. The company is continuing to invest in product development as it tries to expand its market reach.

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Cloud Stocks: Zendesk Rejects Private Equity Buyout Offer

Complaint management solutions provider Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN) recently announced its fourth-quarter results that continue to outpace the market’s estimates. Zendesk recently also received an offer of acquisition from private equity firms, which it rejected. The company believes that it has a significant market opportunity that it can address as a public player.

Cloud Stocks: Freshworks Targets IT Operations Management Market

Recently listed Freshworks (Nasdaq: FRSH) announced its fourth-quarter results. The company is now targeting the $34 billion IT operations management market for its next round of growth.

Cloud Stocks: HubSpot’s PaaS Keeps Growing

Inbound marketing specialist HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) recently reported its fourth-quarter results that surpassed market expectations. The company continues to see significant benefits from its PaaS ecosystem.

Twilio Uses its PaaS to Expand Partnerships

Communications PaaS player Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) recently announced its fourth-quarter results that surpassed market expectations. The company continues to bank on expanding its partnerships with other customer engagement companies as it progresses towards its mission of becoming the leader in customer engagement solutions.

Cloud Stocks: Analysis of GoDaddy’s Pagely Acquisition

Internet domain provider GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) delivered another strong quarter. The company continues to acquire other players to expand its product offerings. It is also focusing on payment services for its portfolio of customers.

Cloud Stocks: Bill.com Continues Focus on Services for the SMB Segment

I have been impressed with how invoicing solutions provider Bill.com (NYSE:BILL) has been quietly scaling its operations. I rank Bill.com as one of the top 25 cloud stocks to invest in 2022. Its recent result announcements have reaffirmed my faith in the company.

Cloud Stocks: Amazon to Test Prime Customer Stickiness

Earlier last week, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced its fourth-quarter results that had mixed reactions. While it fell marginally short of revenue expectations, it reported a significant increase in income, thus gaining the market’s confidence. For the longest time, Amazon decoupled growth and profitability, and the market went along with that sentiment. It is nice to see profitability returning to being a consideration.

Facebook Gets the Thrashing it Deserves

Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) recently announced its fourth-quarter financials that sent its stock plummeting. The company suffered its biggest one-day wipeout ever with its stock sliding 26%, wiping out more than $230 billion of its market value. The company actually reported the first-ever user decline in 18 years, causing the big upheaval. Also, Apple has tightened the privacy screws on Facebook, taking away serious targeting capabilities. Most likely, a lot more grief is on the way for the company as EU privacy rules also start to kick in gear on privacy issues.

Cloud Stocks: Google Focuses on AI Enhancements

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) reported its fourth-quarter results earlier this week that continued to outpace market expectations. While it saw significant growth across most of its segments, its Cloud growth was impressive. The company is investing in AI capabilities and released several new products during the quarter.