UPDATE: Barclays Upgrades LogMeIn (LOGM) to Overweight

Barclays upgraded LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM) from Underweight to Overweight with a price target of $105.00 (from $82.00). Analyst Raimo Lenschow called its GoTo deal a "game changer."

"LogMeIn's pending merger with Citrix's divested GoTo assets creates a great new opportunity, in our view. We think cost synergies are likely to come in above the guided range considering the exceptionally high overlap between the businesses. Our confidence here is further bolstered by Elliott Management's decision to take a board seat. Additionally, there are multiple ways to win beyond just outperformance on traditional synergies," said Lenschow.

The analyst added, "We see the merger as motivated by consolidation, rather than TAM expansion. The companies have competing offerings across most of their main product lines. This redundancy provides plenty of areas where duplicative costs can be streamlined, and we expect some of the competing products will be consolidated. The presence of Citrix and Elliott on the new board provides oversight to the integration process from people with experience restructuring software businesses, as well as familiarity running the GoTo business. Any revenue synergies, or even COGS synergies from integrating data centers represent upside to guidance."

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Shares of LogMeIn closed at $90.39 yesterday.

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