Here’s a tech to buy

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PAGERDUTY INC., $31.60, is a buy. The company (New York symbol PD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.pagerduty.com; Shares o/s: 90.0 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; No dividends paid) will lay off 7% of its 950-member workforce as part of an effort to boost profitability. Notably, many tech firms, including Microsoft and Amazon.com, have recently cut workers. The pandemic IT boom is over, interest rates have risen and inflation has slowed spending. Still, PagerDuty continues to invest a very high 35% of its sales on research to position itself as the market leader in innovation and technology. We think the company has lots of growth ahead as businesses—from major corporations to small firms—place more and more emphasis on dealing with customers digitally. It also has lots of room for expansion internationally. The company now generates only 23% of its revenue outside of the U.S. Pager Duty is a buy. buy…