** Berenberg has upgraded German software company Nemetschek NEKG.DE to "buy" from "hold" on alleviated valuation concerns and a more positive growth outlook
** The broker sees strong adoption momentum for the firm's Bluebeam software and notes attractive greenfield opportunities
** Berenberg says it is reassured that investors understand potential near-term growth headwinds from multi-year agreements, easing its prior concerns about an "expectation gap"
** "We no longer view Nemetschek's valuation as overly demanding or stretched" following a recent share price pullback of over 20% since August, the brokerage says
** Shares of Nemetschek are up 2.5% at 07:31 GMT
** Out of 20 analysts that cover Nemetschek SE, eight rate the stock "strong buy" or "buy," nine rate "hold" and three rate the stock "strong sell" or "sell" - LSEG data
(Reporting by Maria Rugamer)
((Maria.Rugamer@thomsonreuters.com))