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One of the more interesting setups right now is a small-cap cybersecurity platform that has been crushed over the last year, is sitting near fresh lows, and is starting to look like selling pressure may be running out of fuel.

In a cost-cutting economy, security budgets do not disappear. They get consolidated. The winners are the vendors that can prove they reduce risk with fewer tools.

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GitLab | GTLB

Price: $32.85

GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that wants to be the single place teams build, ship, and secure software.

The stock has been hit hard over the last year, which is not surprising given the market’s constant skepticism toward mid-growth software names.

But GitLab’s longer-term story still makes sense: developer workflows are not shrinking, and security is moving closer to the code base, not further away.

What I watch with GitLab is whether it can keep landing larger enterprise customers while expanding its AI-assisted features without turning them into margin killers.

The market is rewarding software vendors that can show steady spend per customer and tighter operating discipline. If GitLab can deliver that, the stock does not need hype.

It just needs consistency. Recent product and platform updates have kept the company in the conversation as AI shifts developer productivity expectations. 

Why it matters for you: GTLB is a sentiment stock. If management keeps proving durable demand plus improving efficiency, the market can move from distrust to cautious respect.

Elastic | ESTC

Price: $60.01

Elastic is a core plumbing company for search, observability, and security analytics.

It tends to do well when enterprises want better visibility across systems without rebuilding everything from scratch.

The problem is that investors have treated it like a “nice product, messy outcomes” story for stretches, which is why the stock has struggled.

The opportunity is straightforward.

If Elastic can show that its platform approach keeps winning consolidated budgets, the revenue line can stabilize, and operating leverage can show up quickly.

This is especially true if customers standardize on fewer tools and want one stack that can do logs, traces, search, and security analytics in the same environment.

Elastic’s recent results and outlook framing have kept investors focused on execution and the pace of cloud momentum. 

Why it matters for you: ESTC is not a moonshot. It is a “prove the platform, earn the multiple” setup. When that clicks, the rebound can be cleaner than people expect.

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Guardant Health | GH

Price: $112.98

Guardant is one of the higher-octane names on this list. The company operates in liquid biopsy and oncology diagnostics, and the stock has been a monster over the past year.

When a healthcare name is up triple digits, the market is usually pricing in major clinical, reimbursement, or adoption wins.

The key with Guardant is that the fundamentals can matter more than the macro.

If testing volumes, new product traction, and regulatory milestones keep lining up, the stock can continue working even in a choppy tape.

But when expectations get elevated, volatility becomes the cost of admission.

Investors will keep watching evidence that adoption is broadening beyond early-use cases and that the company can translate growth into a clearer profitability path over time. 

Why it matters for you: GH is a momentum plus fundamentals hybrid. If the business keeps hitting milestones, it can stay strong. If anything slips, it can drop fast because the bar is high.

Tenable | TENB

Price: $20.05

Tenable lives in vulnerability and exposure management, which is the kind of category companies lean into when they are trying to reduce risk with fewer people.

That matters right now because the labor market tone has shifted toward efficiency and cost control.

The stock has been cut in half over the last year, putting it in the same penalty box as a lot of mid-cap software. But the product category is not going away.

If anything, exposure management becomes more important as environments get more complex and teams get leaner.

The debate is whether Tenable can re-accelerate growth enough to regain investor confidence, or whether it stays viewed as a slower, steadier security vendor with capped upside.

Why it matters for you: TENB is a “security is necessary” story, not a “security is trendy” story. If leadership can show better net retention and cleaner execution, it can stabilize faster than flashier names.

Rapid7 | RPD

Price: $10.65

Rapid7 is the bruised one. The stock is down massively over the last year and is trading near its lows.

When a company gets pushed into this corner, the market is basically saying it does not trust the near-term growth or the go-forward strategy.

But this is exactly where tradable bounces often start.

The setup investors watch is simple: oversold technicals, any sign of estimate stabilization, and a catalyst window where expectations are already depressed.

One recent read is that the stock has moved into oversold territory on RSI, while analysts’ estimate revisions have shown signs of improving, which is the type of combo that can spark a reversal rally if the next update is merely “less bad” than feared. 

Why it matters for you: RPD is high risk, but the asymmetry can improve when pessimism peaks. If execution tightens and guidance stops getting worse, the stock can bounce hard off low expectations.

📊 Stat of the Day: 46,000 jobs

Corporate America is still slimming down from the post-pandemic hiring surge.

One clean snapshot: Amazon and UPS alone add up to roughly 46,000 planned cuts (about 16,000 plus up to 30,000).

That is a reminder that 2026 is shaping up to reward companies that grow without adding headcount, and it helps explain why software buyers are scrutinizing budgets and consolidating vendors.