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4 Opportunities That Could Write The Next Chapter Of Red Hat's Growth Story
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 1:20pm | 387Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT)'s earnings report came in better than expected on multiple fronts, including revenue, billings, margins and earnings per share, Wells Fargo's Siti Panigrahi commented in a research report. The analyst maintains an Outperform rating on Red Hat's stock with a price target...
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Analyst Tips His Cap To Red Hat After Yet Another Beat And Raise Quarter
Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 11:16am | 446Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) reported Monday an encouraging earnings beat that sent shares higher by more than 4 percent Tuesday. But not all of Wall Street were sufficiently impressed to be recommending the stock, including Bank of America's Kash Rangan who maintains a Neutral rating on Red Hat's stock...
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Red Hat Back In The Groove; 34% Upside Seen For Shares
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 11:44am | 525Reviewing Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT)'s fourth-quarter results, Drexel Hamilton said investors are back in the Red Hat groove, as the company's performance rebounded in the fourth quarter after a tumultuous third quarter. Delivering Strong Growth Analyst Brian White noted that OpenStack and...
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Red Hat's Investments Begin To Bear Fruit, Q3 Billings Handily Beat Estimates
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 10:04am | 382Shares of Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) were trading higher by more than 5 percent ahead of Tuesday's market open in reaction to the company's fourth-quarter earnings report. Baird: 'Clean Beat' Rob Oliver of Baird commented in a research report that Red Hat provided investors with a "clean beat and...
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Trip Chowdhry: VMWare Is A $45 Stock
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 11:20am | 351According to Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research, shares of VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) are overvalued and should decline to the $45 level. Chowdhry explained in his research note that VMware's business is being "squeezed" on two different fronts. The first, from SuperClouds, like Amazon.com,...
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Credit Suisse Lowers Rackspace PT, Sees 2 Big Challenges Ahead; Stock Falls In Pre-Market
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 9:06am | 355Credit Suisse sees two challenges for Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), and slashed its price target by $2 to $20 after the company reported mixed first-quarter results. Analyst Sitikantha Panigrahi said the cloud service company would find it difficult to retain its existing public cloud...
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Rackspace Cut By Analysts On Poor Outlook, Strong Competition
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 12:19pm | 526Shares of Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) touched a 52-week low after the cloud service company guided slower revenue growth for 2016 despite reporting better-than-expected fourth quarter results. The development led to a series of analyst downgrades on the stock, which fell 17 percent on...
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Should IBM Or Hewlett-Packard Acquire Rackspace?
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 - 10:13am | 389Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) became an intriguing tech stock after the company announced that it had hired Morgan Stanley to evaluate its strategic alternatives. No one knows if a merger will actually occur. And if it does, the buyer is still a question mark, as there are many possible suitors. Ivan...
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Rackspace Earnings Preview: Will Short-Term Setbacks Hurt the Long-Term Picture?
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 2:41pm | 695After the market closes on Monday, Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) will report its first quarter results. The current consensus expectation is for Rackspace to report an EPS of $0.14 and $404.86 million revenue. Investors will have high expectations for the company's earnings, as the cloud space has...
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Rackspace Down 7% After Q3 Report
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 6:56pm | 434Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) was down more than seven percent in after hours trading, after announcing its third quarter results. The IT hosting company reported a Q3 EPS of $0.11, which may not compare to the Street estimate of $0.16. Revenue came in at $388.6 million, which may not compare to the...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Reiterates Buy, $65 PT on Rackspace Hosting as WMware Joins OpenStack
Monday, August 27, 2012 - 10:16am | 130Jefferies reiterated its Buy rating and $65 price target on Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) as VMware (NYSE: VMW) joins OpenStack project, where the company has significant exposure. Jefferies commented, "We believe VMware's decision to join the OpenStack Foundation will be a positive for...