** Data streaming platform company Confluent's shares
CFLT.O rise 1.8% to $26.55 premarket
** Evercore ISI initiates coverage of CFLT with an
"outperform" rating
** Sets PT of $35, a 34% upside to the stock's last close
** Says the data streaming market's "shift towards Confluent
Cloud could drive revenue reacceleration to more than 25% in FY
2025 alongside margin expansion"
** Twenty-two brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 7
"hold" and 1 "sell"; their median PT is $36.51 - LSEG data
** Stock had risen 11.5% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))