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Compass Point Upgrades MICROS Systems (MCRS) to Buy

November 29, 2012 8:43 AM EST
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Price: $67.99 --0%

Rating Summary:
    0 Buy, 10 Hold, 0 Sell

Rating Trend: = Flat

Today's Overall Ratings:
    Up: 11 | Down: 18 | New: 17
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Compass Point upgraded MICROS Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $50.00.

The firm comments, "We are upgrading our rating from Neutral to Buy. Our price target remains $50. Our estimates are unchanged. In May the shares traded around $58. Yesterday the shares closed near $43. That's down about 26%, albeit from a lofty valuation. The current price is now barely above the 52 week low of $42.95. In our view, the pullback is related to near-term issues and represents a disconnect from long-term fundamentals. Specifically, today's price appears to reflect the modest +1.4% organic revenue growth reported in 1Q'FY'13 related to (1) uncertainty surrounding the election, (2) reduced growth rates in EMEA, and (3) the effect of the Olympics in the UK - all of which are not recurring - in addition to other factors like the Fiscal Cliff rather than on the potential earnings power of management's FY'16 $2 billion revenue target. Accordingly, we now recommend the shares."

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Shares of MICROS Systems closed at $43.15 yesterday.


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