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Dynatrace (DT) is in focus after a series of August updates that combine earnings, fresh guidance, a completed buyback and leadership changes around its long-serving finance chief.
See our latest analysis for Dynatrace.
Dynatrace's 1 month share price return of 8.79% and 90 day share price return of 28.10% point to building momentum around its AI observability story, although the 1 year total shareholder return of 1.87% and 5 year total shareholder return decline of 21.21% show a more mixed longer term picture.
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The recent move in Dynatrace, supported by buybacks, guidance tweaks and the Arize deal, leaves you weighing two paths: lean in after the latest run, or wait and hope valuation offers a cleaner entry.
The most followed Dynatrace narrative sets a fair value of $58.18 per share, compared with the recent $49.14 close. This points to a meaningful valuation gap that hinges on a detailed earnings and margin story.
Dynatrace is well positioned to capture incremental share of the expanding addressable market created by enterprises accelerating digital transformation and cloud modernization initiatives, as evidenced by multi-million dollar, end-to-end observability deals and a pipeline heavily weighted toward large, strategic consolidations, catalyzing sustained revenue growth and increased average ARR per customer over time.
Want to see what sits behind that confidence in Dynatrace? The narrative focuses on specific revenue growth, rising margins and a rich future earnings multiple. Curious which exact assumptions make $58.18 stack up?
Result: Fair Value of $58.18 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, the Dynatrace narrative still hinges on key risks, including intense competition from hyperscalers and rivals, as well as the possibility of longer, lumpier enterprise sales cycles.
Find out about the key risks to this Dynatrace narrative.
The DCF based fair value of $71.55 per share suggests Dynatrace could be undervalued by 31.3% compared with the recent $49.14 price. That is a much larger gap than the $58.18 narrative fair value. Which storyline do you think better reflects the risk you are willing to take?
Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.
With both risks and rewards in play for Dynatrace, it helps to move quickly, examine the full picture yourself, and then weigh your comfort with the trade off highlighted in the 2 key rewards and 1 important warning sign
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