Jefferies Upgrades Medidata Solutions (MDSO) to Buy, Sees Mid-Teen Application Services Growth

Jefferies upgraded Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ: MDSO) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $31 (up from $21.50).

The firm comments, "Following this week's travel with management, we have greater confidence in MDSO's ability to grow Application Services (AS) revenue in the mid-teens both this year and next. 2012 S&M and R&D spending increases will be offset by G&A leverage; R&D growth should taper in 2013, further fueling EPS. Our projected revenue growth makes current valuation attractive, especially for a pure-SaaS company."

Jefferies raised FY13 EPS from $1.42 to $1.44.

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Shares of Medidata Solutions closed at $24.90 yesterday.

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