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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Teradyne, Omnivision and DemandTec were today's noteworthy upgrades:
  • Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Teradyne Inc (NYSE: TER) to Outperform from Perform after channel checks indicated several positive catalysts, including continued market share gains and that the company is benefiting from the inventory build of game consoles.
  • Jefferies upgraded Omnivision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) to Buy from Hold and named the stock their Tuesday Value Pick, as they find the risk/reward favorable at current levels. Jefferies thinks fundamentals will likely bottom in the April quarter.
  • JMP Securities raised DemandTec Inc (NASDAQ: DMAN) to Strong Buy from Outperform, as they believe the company had a very strong close to the year and is seeing real traction with its Promotions product.
OTHER UPGRADES:

Analyst upgrades: MA, RAD, CPB, TER, OVTI and DMAN originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MOST NOTEWORTHY: Caliper Life Sciences, Network Appliance, EMC Corp, Concur Tech and TechTarget were today's noteworthy initiations:
  • Caliper Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: CALP) was initiated at Piper Jaffray with an Outperform rating and $8 target. Piper believes the company's collection of acquisitions offers a diverse portfolio targeting a $1.2B segment of the life science tools market.
  • Credit Suisse resumed coverage of Network Appliance Inc (NASDAQ: NTAP) and EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) with Neutral ratings and a $28 target and $20 target, respectively, as they have concerns of near-term demand risk.
  • Concur Technologies (NASDAQ: CNQR) was started at Jefferies with a Buy rating and $40 target, as they believe the company is changing the landscape of employee expense management by integrating travel and expense reimbursement and feels shares deserve a premium valuation.
  • Oppenheimer sees limited upside from current levels at TechTarget Inc (NASDAQ: TTGT) and would consider an entry point in the low-to-mid teens. The firm started shares with a Neutral rating and $17 target.
OTHER INITIATIONS:

Analyst initiations: CALP, NTAP, EMC, CNQR and TTGT originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As has been expected, NetSuite filed its IPO yesterday. The company - which is backed by Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) Larry Ellison - is a leader in a new approach to software: on-demand. This uses the Internet as a way to deliver business applications.

To get some insight on the IPO, I interviewed Chris Cabrera, who is the CEO and founder of Xactly (which is a venture-backed on-demand software company).

How are things going at Xactly?

Things at Xactly continue to go great. We have more than 70 customers, we are dominating the on-demand compensation space, we were recently recognized by the ABA (American Business Awards) as "Best New Company" and we just moved into 30k square feet of prime real estate in downtown San Jose to house our 100 employees.


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Why is the NetSuite IPO important? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On a worldwide basis, retail sales account for about 23% of gross domestic product. In fact, there are more than 1,500 retailers with annual sales of $500 million or more.

That's a big opportunity for software providers and it has certainly benefited DemandTec. Now, the company has filed to go public.

Essentially, the company develops consumer demand management (CDM) software and allows for scientific approaches for merchandising. It helps with things like store location, in-store displays, advertising, dealing with seasonality and so on. Like Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the software is delivered via the Internet.

DemandTec has more than 135 customers. Some include Office Depot (NYSE: ODP), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). Over the past year, revenues increased from $32.5 million to $43.4 million. Although, there was a net loss of $1.5 million.

The lead underwriters include Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS). The proposed ticker is "DMAN."

You can find the IPO filing at the SEC website.

Tom Taulli is the author of various books, including the Complete M&A Handbook and the EDGAR-Online Guide to Decoding Financial Statements.

DemandTec wants some IPO action originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 28 May 2007 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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