Piper Sandler hikes Uber PT on advertising growth opportunity
** Piper Sandler hikes Uber UBER.N PT to $88 from $86; maintains 'overweight' rating
** Brokerage says gig economy companies have high-margin advertising opportunity and sees ~$5 bln ads revenue opportunity feasible by 2027 at UBER
** Uber shares up 0.16% to $70.65 in premarket
** Says Uber's massive scale makes it a 'sleeping giant' and it can outpace Instacart CART.O in ad revenue in 2024
** Piper Sandler says Uber stock's underperformance may have run its course and its valuation multiple looks more secure than Lyft LYFT.O or Doordash DASH.O
** In May, Uber had posted a surprise quarterly loss and forecast Q2 gross bookings below Wall Street expectations
** 47 of 49 analysts rate the stock "buy" or higher, 2 "hold"; their median PT is $87.50 – LSEG data
** Uber stock has risen 14.57% pct this year, as of last close
Reporting by Gokul Pisharody in Bengaluru
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