High R&D spending keeps them on top

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PagerDuty and Twilio were well positioned to gain during the pandemic, but since early 2021 they have dropped along with many other tech/platform stocks. Still, we think both have room to rebound as their services continue to experience strong and growing demand. Both are buys. PAGERDUTY INC., $21.77, is a buy. The company (New York symbol PD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (pagerduty.com; Shares o/s: 95.6 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; No divd.) operates a platform that collects real-time data from software systems and devices and then notifies its IT customers of incidents that could harm operations. For the three months ended April 30, 2024, revenue rose 7.7%, to $112.2 million from $103.2 million a year earlier. Sales were higher due to the addition of new customers. As well, many of the company’s existing customers increased their spending. Excluding one-time items, PagerDuty made $0.17 a share. That’s down 19.0% from $0.21. The decline came from higher expenses, including for R&D. On April 30, 2024, the company had…