What Happened?
A number of stocks jumped in the morning session after strong earnings and upbeat forecasts from several peers boosted the broader software sector.
The gains appeared driven by positive sentiment across the software-as-a-service (SaaS) space. For instance, enterprise software maker Atlassian saw its shares surge after lifting its annual forecast, which in turn lifted peers like Salesforce and ServiceNow.
Similarly, Twilio’s stock jumped after it reported first-quarter revenue that beat estimates and raised its own forecast, with its CEO highlighting artificial intelligence as a catalyst. This positive news from peers helped create a favorable environment for software stocks, which some strategists noted had been underperforming the broader market and were potentially positioned for a comeback.
The stock market overreacts to news, and big price drops can present good opportunities to buy high-quality stocks.
Among others, the following stocks were impacted:
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Developer Operations company GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) jumped 5%. Is now the time to buy GitLab? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
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Cloud Monitoring company PagerDuty (NYSE:PD) jumped 4.8%. Is now the time to buy PagerDuty? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
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Data Analytics company Domo (NASDAQ:DOMO) jumped 4.9%. Is now the time to buy Domo? Access our full analysis report here, it’s free.
Zooming In On GitLab (GTLB)
GitLab’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 36 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 16 days ago when the stock gained 6.9% on the news that markets benefited from a “risk-on” sentiment fueled by potential peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.
As geopolitical tensions eased, investors returned to growth-heavy favorites like Microsoft and ServiceNow, which offer high-margin subscription revenue and clearer paths for integrating generative AI into enterprise workflows.
GitLab is down 34.8% since the beginning of the year, and at $23.60 per share, it is trading 55.8% below its 52-week high of $53.43 from May 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of GitLab’s shares at the IPO in October 2021 would now be looking at an investment worth $227.16.
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