Oppenheimer Positive on Microsoft's (MSFT) Yammer Deal

June 26, 2012 8:56 AM EDT
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Oppenheimer reiterated their Outperform rating and $36 price target on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) following the acquisition of Yammer for $1.2 billion.

The firm notes the acquisition moves MSFT closer to enterprises around the world, expanding the company’s market reach, and enhancing the broader MSFT cloud service portfolio with solutions like SharePoint, Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics and Skype.

"We view this acquisition as a positive for MSFT as it enhances the company's reach into the enterprise social networking and collaboration space."

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