Canaccord Genuity Boosts PT, Comments on 21Vianet (VNET) to $35 Following Q2 Results

Canaccord Genuity boosts its price target on 21Vianet (Nasdaq: VNET) from $31 to $35 following Q2 results issued late Wednesday. The firm keeps 21Vianet with a Buy rating.

Analyst Greg Miller commented, After trading lower for two straight days into the Q2/14 earnings report, 21Vianet produced results with solid guidance after the close that we would expect to cause the shares to rally on the news. Q2/14 revenues were ahead of expectations largely driven from higher than expected hosting revenues and, to a lesser degree, MNS. EBITDA was in line with our expectations and slightly lower than the Street as investments in various growth initiatives somewhat offset strong revenue growth. Guidance for Q3/14 and 2014 was meaningfully higher than current expectations on contributions from acquisitions and, more importantly, continued underlying strength in the core data center business. With Microsoft continuing to ramp (nearly $6mm USD in Q2) and IBM commercializing soon, we increase our estimates and price target.

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21Vianet closed at $28.31 yesterday.

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