Jefferies Boosts Price Target On Cepheid (CPHD) to $35

April 21, 2011 11:14 AM EDT
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Jefferies raised its price target on Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD) from $30 to $35 and reiterated their Buy rating following a profitable Q1.

The firm states, "CPHD's 1Q11 GAAP EPS of $0.01 was $0.02 ahead of consensus on better than expected revenue growth and profit trends. We are raising our 2011 and 2012 EPS forecasts to $0.03 (from $0.02) and $0.52 (from $0.50), respectively. Our PT moves to $35 (from $30) on higher cash flow forecasts."

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Shares of Cepheid closed at $30.71 yesterday.


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