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Splunk

CEO: Doug Merritt

Dec. 30, 2016: $51.15

June 30, 2017: $56.89

Change: +11.22%

Splunk is a fast-growing developer of real-time operational intelligence software used for security, IT performance management, business analytics and other applications.

In April Splunk announced that its Splunk Cloud software was available through the Amazon Web Services Marketplace.

For its fiscal 2018 first quarter (ended April 30), Splunk reported revenue of $242.4 million, up 30 percent from $186.0 million in last year's first quarter. The company's loss was $99.9 million, about 1 percent below the $100.9 million loss reported one year before.