** AI cloud platform DigitalOcean DOCN.N shares down 8.5% at $76.66 post market on planned equity raise
** DOCN commences $700 mln offering to invest in additional infrastructure, pay down term loan, and for general corporate purposes
** JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and BofA joint bookrunners
** Broomfield, Colorado-based DOCN has ~92 mln shares outstanding for ~$7.8 bln market cap
** DOCN shares ended down 1.3% at $84.92 on Tues, trimming YTD gain to 76.5%
** Avg rating of 14 analysts is "buy"; median PT $76.50, per LSEG
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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