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Wells Fargo Upgrades ICON plc (ICLR) to Outperform; Revenue Ramping

April 25, 2012 8:55 AM EDT
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Price: $163.15 -2.59%

Rating Summary:
    13 Buy, 12 Hold, 1 Sell

Rating Trend: Up Up

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 13 | Down: 14 | New: 11
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Wells Fargo upgraded ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR) from Market Perform to Outperform, price target range raised from $21-22 to $28-30.

Analyst, Tim Evans, said, "With revenue ramping in-line with management's goals, bookings well ahead of our expectations, and substantial SG&A leverage, 2013 margin targets that once looked extremely aggressive suddenly seem achievable and position the company to exceed Street expectations."

Evans sees ICLR's dynamics following closely to PAREXEL (Nasdaq: PRXL), but lagging by one quarter. (PRXL's margin troughed in June; ICLR's in September)

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on ICON plc click here. For more ratings news on ICON plc click here.

Shares of ICON plc closed at $22.40 yesterday.


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