MKM Cuts Fair Value Estimate on Red Hat (RHT)

September 25, 2012 1:15 PM EDT
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MKM Partners maintained a Neutral rating on Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) and reduced their fair value estimate to $60.00 (from $65.00).

“Reported billings increased 15% y/y to $349 million vs. our $346.3 million estimate This represents a slight deceleration from Q1 growth of 16%,” said Enterprise Software analyst Israel Hernandez . “For shares to maintain recent momentum, we believe billings needed to grow 20%.”

Hernandez also noted the weakness in services, and as a result tweaked FY13 estimates to $1.325 billion and EPS of $1.17.

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Shares of Red Hat closed at $57.54 yesterday.


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