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A Big Upgrade for Omniture

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Enough top-performing CAPS investors have recently turned bullish on Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendation Omniture (Nasdaq: OMTR  ) to upgrade it from a four-star rank to a tip-top five stars. More than 1,350 players have weighed in with an opinion on Omniture, with many of them offering analysis and commentary on the recent boost in optimism.  

Omniture already has a rock-solid customer list, counting top companies such as Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL  ) , Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ  ) , Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT  ) , and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT  ) as patrons of its analytics tools. But recent wins, such as the deal struck with China's leading search engine, Baidu.com (Nasdaq: BIDU  ) , have helped Omniture diversify internationally to further cement its top standing in online business optimization software.

Omniture's dominance hasn't gone unnoticed -- even Fidelity Aggressive Growth Fund (FDEGX) manager Steve Calhoun made it one of his top five holdings. Though Omniture has consistently shown red ink on the bottom line, revenue is soaring, with 117% top-line growth in the most recent quarter. And the losses largely stem from acquisition costs and expenses. Factoring out these and other charges, Omniture actually expects to report non-GAAP net income of $0.10 to $0.11 per share in the coming quarter.

Despite a crowded field of Web optimization companies that are rapidly consolidating, CAPS investors in general hold Omniture above the crowd. The vast majority believe this leading position will translate into profits, with 97% of the 1,356 investors rating the company believing it will outperform the market in the future.

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  • Report this Comment On May 29, 2008, at 5:29 PM, JacobeanEra wrote:

    Great article, OMTR is a superb growth story. And at these prices..wow. Its still relatively young having IPO'd a couple of years ago.

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