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Dougherty & Co Upgrades Hologic (HOLX) to Buy; Pending GPRO Acquisition

July 31, 2012 9:33 AM EDT
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Price: $74.73 -0.25%

Rating Summary:
    11 Buy, 18 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 17 | Down: 14 | New: 16
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Dougherty & Co upgraded Hologic (NASDAQ: HOLX) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $21.00 (from $20.00).

Analyst, Junaid Husain, said, "Following last night's Q3 results, we're upgrading HOLX to Buy ahead of the pending Aug 1st close of the Gen-Probe (Nasdaq: GRPO) acquisition...Ultimately, our Buy rating is predicated on solid execution of the Gen-Probe transaction."

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Shares of Hologic closed at $18.26 yesterday.


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