Dell (DELL) Could Be Considering Bid for Quest Software (QSFT)

May 25, 2012 9:08 AM EDT
Traders should watch shares of Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) Friday morning following a Bloomberg report late Thursday which suggested Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) could be kicking the tires on the company.

The rumor follows a March 9th merger agreement between Quest and Insight Venture Partners. The deal is valued at about $2 billion, or at $23 per share in cash. Shares of Quest are up more than 30 percent since the merger was first announced.

The stock is up nearly 4 percent to $26.15 Friday morning amid the Dell rumor.


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