UPDATE: BMO Capital Markets Reiterates Market Perform Rating, Lowers PT on Volcano Corporation on 4Q12 Revenue

In a report published Friday, BMO Capital Markets reiterated its Market Perform rating on Volcano Corporation

, but lowered its price target from $28.00 to $26.00. BMO Capital Markets noted, “VOLC reported 4Q12 revenue of $102.5 million (up 10.5%; up 12.5% exfx), in line with the company's preannouncement, including 1) Consoles sales of $12.2 million (up 5.8%), 2) FFR disposables sales of $27.2 million (up 42.7%; up 45% ex-fx), and 3) IVUS Catheter sales of $52.2 million (down 2.6%), including a 4% drain in Japan, and a 13% drag in Europe. EPS was a loss of $0.02, coming in below the consensus' $0.09 gain estimate.” Volcano Corporation closed on Thursday at $24.67.