** Shares of Taser maker Axon Enterprise AXON.O jumps 15.9% to $513.01 in premarket trading after co beat Q4 profit and revenue estimates on strong demand for its security devices and software
** Co reported adj Q4 EPS of $2.15, beating analysts' average est of $1.60, per LSEG data; revenue of $796.7 mln also topped expectations
** "This was a critical quarter & AXON knocked it out of the park," said analysts at TD Cowen
** Connected devices, Axon's biggest segment, revenue jumped 38% while software and services' segment revenue rose 40%, from a year earlier
** 21 analysts rate the stock "buy" on average; their median PT is $727.5 - data compiled by LSEG
** As of last close, AXON down over 22% YTD
(Reporting by Kanchana Chakravarty in Bengaluru)
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