RBC Capital reiterated an Outperform rating on The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: KEYW), and cut the price target to $11.00 (from $12.00), following the company's 3Q earnings report. KEYW reported Q3 sales of $81m, missing street estimates of $83m largely on Gov services. EBITDA of $0.7m was behind consensus $2.8m due to costs, mostly at Gov. EPS was $(0.20).

Analyst Steven Cahall commented, "We maintain our Outperform, Speculative Risk rating on KEYW and trim our price target to $11. While Gov had a tough Q3, Hexis results are gaining momentum and we see this supporting the long-term valuation."

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Shares of The KEYW Holding Corporation closed at $7.39 yesterday.