Avoid Semis, Says Goldman Sachs (XLNX)

Goldman Sachs maintained a Neutral rating on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) and cut its price target to $45.00 (from $49.00). Analyst James Covello thinks investors should avoid semi stocks.

"Xilinx’s weak guidance reinforces our view that there is limited visibility into communications infrastructure trends in 2H (recall this drove our downgrade of the stock to Neutral in June), and we continue to recommend investors avoid the semi group at current valuations," said Covello.

"Xilinx attributed disappointing near-term fundamentals in wireless to 1) an inventory correction at comms OEM customers, we believe in part due to shortages in RF components causing volatility in the supply chain; 2) a one-quarter push out in Phase 3 deployments at China Mobile. We believe these dynamics will likely impact semi companies with comms exposure through 2H and fundamentals may be volatile over several quarters. We adjust our estimates on lower sales but higher margins: FY2015/2016/2017 EPS to $2.45/$2.75/$3.05 from $2.50/$2.75/$3.10," he added.

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Shares of Xilinx closed at $48.15 yesterday.

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