Wunderlich Sees Quest Software (QSFT) Being Taken Out for $24.50-$26/Share

May 9, 2012 11:54 AM EDT
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Shares of Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) are up more than 9.5 percent Wednesday morning amid earlier news the company's "go-shop" period ended with multiple proposals being brought to the table. The initial offer came from Insight Venture Partners at $23 per share in cash.

Wunderlich's Brian Freed believes Quest will likely be taken out somewhere around $24.50-$26 per share. He sees strategic bidders as: Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), IBM (NYSE: IBM) or Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).

The analyst maintians a Hold rating and $24.50 price target on Quest Software shares.

The stock last traded at $24.99.


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