Xilinx

Bank of America Merrill Lynch published a report on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) today where they expected 2Q results in-line with consensus expectations. The report also began by anticipating general strength in China-driven communications. Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in the report, "Investors...

Novellus Systems (NASDAQ: NVLS) is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2011 results Monday after the closing bell, offering an early peek at what to expect from coming earnings from semiconductor companies. Analysts expect to see Novellus's per-share earnings up nearly 12% from a year ago but...

Morgan Stanley has upgraded the following companies: Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) from Underweight to Equal-weight, $39 PT removed East West Bancorp (NASDAQ: EWBC) from Equal-weight to Overweight, $25 PT established Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) from Underweight to Equal-weight, $29 PT removed

Goldman Sachs has upgraded XILINX (NASDAQ: XLNX) from Sell to Neutral and has raised the price target from $25 to $33.

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX), maintaining Sell. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We think Xilinx's strategy to regain market share has merit over the long term. However, in the near term we continue to see risk to fundamentals as we expect...

J.P. Morgan reports on Xilinx analyst meeting, where Xilinx (NASDAQ: XILINX) stated its March quarter guidance. J.P. Morgan writes, "The company reiterated its March quarter guidance of revenue to be flat to up 5% QoQ and maintained its long term revenue and gross margin targets. However, F12...

FBR Capital Markets has published a research report on Semiconductor Trading, in which it writes "Our latest back-end assembly/test production checks suggest 1Q production will seasonally decrease by about 6.5% QOQ, worse than our month-ago checks of –6.0% QOQ and in line with typical seasonality....

Credit Suisse is raising its PT on Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) to $31 from $25. “We lower CY11 rev/EPS est. to $2.38bn/$2.22 from $2.42bn/$2.31 vs. Street's $2.33bn/$2.09,” Credit Suisse writes. “Our TP goes to $31 from $25 reflecting a 14.0x multiple on CY11 EPS, in-line with its 2 yr avg of 14.7x...

J.P. Morgan is maintaining its Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) F11 revenue estimate of $2.35 billion but raises its F11 EPS estimate from $2.23 to $2.30 due to higher gross margins and a lower tax rate. “We are maintaining our F12 revenue estimate of $2.46 billion but lowering our F12 EPS estimate from...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) from $27 to $29.50 and maintains its Neutral rating.