Wedbush maintains its Outperform rating and $4 target on Vermillion (NASDAQ: VRML) ahead of the company's Q4 results, which are expected to be lackluster due to limited insight into Quest progress.

Wedbush says, "We are forecasting revs of $330,000 and an EPS loss of ($0.32) when VRML reports 4Q11 financial results before the market open, on Thursday February 23, 2012. First Call consensus estimates are for sales of $340,000 and an EPS loss of ($0.33)." VRML closed at $1.39 a share on Friday.