ILMN :Signs $25 millon Deal With Children's Hospital of Philade 2006-06-07 12:16 (New York)
  Piper Jaffray & Co. Company Note
  (ILMN - $26.62) Outperform                                                 Volatility: Medium   Signs $25 millon Deal With Children's Hospital of Philadelphia   Edward A. Tenthoff, Sr Research                            Reason for Report: Analyst                                                        Company Update 212 284-9403, edward.a.tenthoff@pjc.com   William T. Ho, Research Analyst 212 284-9308, william.t.ho@pjc.com     KEY POINTS:   * This morning, Illumina announced a big deal with the Children's Hospital of   Philadelphia (CHOP) for a large-scale genotyping facility. This is the   largest single contract Illumina has ever signed with an initial value in   excess of $25 million for the first 30,000 samples.
  * The goal of the new Center for Applied Genomics at CHOP is to genotype over   100,000 children in order to understand the genetic basis of the most   common diseases. This contract could ultimate exceed $75 million.
  * The CHOP deal increases our confidence in our product sales forecast for   Illumina of $27 million in 2Q:06 and $111.5 million for all of 2006.
  * Further, this deal reinforces our thesis that Illumina is gaining share   from Affymetrix with the recent launch of the HumanHap550 Genotyping   BeadChip. Affymetrix has struggled with the launch of its own 500K   genotyping array.
  * Last month, Illumina completed a successful equity offering of 4.025   million shares, raising gross proceeds of $96.2 million. This deal   significantly strengthened Illumina's balance sheet with pro forma cash of   $145 million.
  * With the increased share count offset by increased interest income, we   continue to estimate Illumina will achieve pro forma EPS of $0.08 in 2Q:06,   $0.33 in 2006 and $0.69 in 2007.
                       From         To   Price:                           $26.62 Changes         (Previous) (Current)  52 Week High:                    $32.00 Rating                  -- Outperform 52 Week Low:                     $10.30 Price Tgt               --     $34.50 Price Target:                    $34.50 FY06E Rev (mil)         --     $135.2 (50x 2007E Pro Forma EPS of FY07E Rev (mil)         --     $195.7 $0.69) FY06E EPS            $0.32      $0.33 Shares Out (mil):                  50.1 FY07E EPS               --      $0.69 Market Cap. (mil):             $1,333.7                                       Avg Daily Vol (000):                676                                       Book Value/Share:                 $1.70                                       Cash Per Share:                   $2.90                                       Debt to Total Capital:               0%                                       Est LT EPS Growth:                   NM                                       P/E to LT EPS Growth (FY06):         NA                                       Est Next Rep Date:           07/18/2006                                       Fiscal Year End:                    Dec   Incl impact of equity offering   Rev (mil)  2005A   2006E   2007E                EPS       2005A  2006E  2007E Mar       $15.2A  $29.1A  $41.3E                Mar    ($0.03)A $0.07A $0.12E Jun       $15.8A  $33.0E  $48.4E                Jun    ($0.07)A $0.08E $0.16E Sep       $19.5A  $33.2E  $45.9E                Sep    ($0.03)A $0.07E $0.17E Dec       $23.0A  $39.9E  $60.0E                Dec      $0.01A $0.12E $0.24E FY        $73.5A $135.2E $195.7E                FY     ($0.12)A $0.33E $0.69E CY        $73.5A $135.2E $195.7E                CY     ($0.12)A $0.33E $0.69E FY RM      18.1x    9.9x    6.8x                FY P/E       NM  80.7x  38.6x CY RM      18.1x    9.9x    6.8x                CY P/E       NM  80.7x  38.6x    INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATION: We reiterate our Outperform rating and are maintaining our $34.50 price target based on a 50x multiple to our 2007 pro forma EPS estimate of $0.69. We continue to view this multiple as warranted due to the rapid top-line and earnings growth at Illumina. We look for Illumina to remain a leader in the fast-growth genotyping market and grow new products in gene expression and MoDx.   RISKS TO ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET PRICE: Risks include the development of new technologies that could obsolete Illumina's products, increased competition, new product adoption and litigation. Also, Illumina may not integrate CyVera and may fail to achieve our sales or earnings forecasts.   COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Illumina is a leading provider of genotyping technology to the life science research market. Now, Illumina is expanding into gene expression research and molecular diagnostics, dramatically expanding the company's market opportunity. |