Canaccord Genuity Reiterates a 'Buy' on Cepheid (CPHD); Lab Interviews Support GeneXpert Outlook

July 14, 2011 9:30 AM EDT
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Canaccord Genuity reiterates a 'Buy' on Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD), PT increased from $36 to $40.

Canaccord analyst, Jeffrey Frelick, says, "We reiterate our rating on CPHD and increase our target to $40 following recent lab interviews of GeneXpert users that suggest upside to our prior consumable revenues estimate of $257M...Increasing 2012 estimates. Due to increases in utilization and our consumable estimates, we are raising our 2012E revenue and EPS to $327M and $0.40 from $310M and $0.35."

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Shares of Cepheid closed at $32.37 yesterday.


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