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To: Sam who wrote (3003)8/17/2010 7:16:47 PM
From: Sam  Respond to of 3069
 
Summary of the bear case on VECO from Canaccord Genuity, 8/10

Canaccord Genuity Downgrades Veeco Instruments (VECO) to Hold; Valuation Concerns Around Cycle Peak
August 9, 2010 11:23 AM EDT

Canaccord Genuity downgrades Veeco Instruments (Nasdaq: VECO) from Buy to Hold. PT lowered from $58 to $39.

Canaccord analyst says, "We are downgrading VECO shares as we project a cyclical digestion period and pause in earnings power in the coming years following the current capacity build-out for LCD TV backlighting...We are modeling 347 MOCVD shipments in 2011, going down to 130 in 2012. As such our revenues go from $1,047.4M in 2011 to $602.1M in 2012 with EPS of $3.87 to $1.30, respectively."

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