4 Reasons Why This Atlassian Analyst Is Bullish

Atlassian Corporation PLC TEAM is poised to benefit from the ongoing shift to application development, its low-touch model and its efforts to move toward cloud subscriptions, according to Piper Sandler.

The Atlassian Analyst: James Fish initiated coverage of Atlassian with an Overweight rating and $212 price target.

The Atlassian Takeaways: The stock’s premium valuation to peers is justified given “Atlassian’s market position, higher outyear growth, and better FCF margin,” Fish said in a Tuesday initiation note.

The analyst named four reasons for the bullish rating:

“First, the on-going shift towards application development as a differentiation for every company, combined with other infrastructure and operations trends, will directly benefit Atlassian. Atlassian has one of the most comprehensive DevOps Toolchains,” he said. 

Atlassian has invested heavily in its products, which it makes available at low prices — making it tough to compete against the company, Fish said. 

“Third, we see four ways Atlassian can become the next +$5B software business and continue its hyper-growth status. This includes landing new customers across the F500K, cross-selling across the DevOps Toolchain, selling into IT and knowledge workers, and up-selling customers to Premium bundles.”  

Atlassian’s aggressive shift to the cloud could result in significant benefits beyond fiscal 2021 and add to the company’s subscription revenue, the analyst said. 

TEAM Price Action: Shares of Atlassian were trading down slightly at $170.94 at last check Wednesday.