18 software stocks that have the 'durability' to defy a choppy market

Tech stocks took a beating in last week's market-wide sell off. 
But one Wall Street analyst thinks a special breed of software companies are well positioned to withstand choppy stock market conditions. 
In a note published Sunday, Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne flagged a group of software companies and compared them to February 2016 levels — that's when the stock market reached a short-lived low point amid uncertainty and fear.
"We believe that when it comes to software inve