UPDATE: BMO Capital Markets Raises PT to $44 on Xilinx, Maintains Perform

BMO Capital Markets maintains its Perform rating on Xilinx

and raises its price target to $44 from $41 on decent execution amid a difficult environment. BMO Capital Markets says, "Xilinx beat consensus estimates for reported F3Q and for guidance for F4Q. F3Q revenues were $511 mn, down 8% q-q, and EPS was $0.41, excluding a $0.06 tax benefit. Guidance is for F4Q revenues to be up 4% q-q, in line with our expectation, but above consensus' expectation for growth of 2%." XLNX closed at $35.30 per share on Wednesday.