Needham & Company Maintains Buy on Cree (CREE), Lifts Price Target

August 8, 2012 9:32 AM EDT Send to a Friend
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Price: $59.08 -2.64%

Rating Summary:
    14 Buy, 17 Hold, 3 Sell

Rating Trend: = Flat

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 11 | Down: 18 | New: 13
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Needham & Company maintained their Buy rating on Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) and raised the price target to $30.00 (from $28.00).

"We are particularly encouraged by the strong rebound in the lighting business, highlighting the benefit of Cree’s vertical integration strategy," said Y. Edwin Mok.

"Overall, it was a good [F4Q] report with all three lines of business growing and margins improving. Longer-term, we continue to believe CREE is well-positioned to benefit from growing adoption of LED lighting, especially in high-end applications such as street lights and commercial lighting," added Mok.

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Shares of Cree closed at $26.34 yesterday, with a 52 week range of $20.25-$37.30.


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