R&D powers these two U.S. tech leaders

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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 they continue to experience strong and growing demand. Both are buys. PAGERDUTY INC., $15.646, is a buy. The company (New York symbol PD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (pagerduty.com; Shares o/s: 91.1 million; Market cap: $1.4 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 January 31, 2025, revenue rose 9.3%, to $121.4 million from $111.1 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 $0.22 a share. That’s up 29.4% from $0.17. On January 31, 2025, the company had 15,114 paying customers, slightly better than the 15,039 a year…