** Shares of Swiss sports software firm Sportradar Group AG
SRAD.O up 8.3% at $10.29 premarket
** Co posts Q1 rev of 265.9 mln euros ($287.94 million) vs
est of 247 mln euros - LSEG data
** Says the U.S. revenue grew by 65% while rest of the world
revenue rose by 19%
** Adds that Craig Felenstein would join as chief financial
officer
** Co also raised its 2024 revenue forecast to 1.06 billion
euros vs 1.05 bln euros, forecasted earlier
** "The business continues to evolve both from a revenue and
a profit perspective, as the U.S. outgrows the much larger ROW
(rest of world)" - Jefferies
** Upto last close, stock is down ~14% YTD
($1 = 0.9234 euros)
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Sourasis.bose@thomsonreuters.com))