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What: Shares of TIBCO Software
So what: ThinkEquity analyst Yun Kim downgraded the company's rating from buy to hold, while reducing his price target from $35 to $32. According to the analyst's "checks," TIBCO may soon substantially reduce its employee headcount and those layoffs could result in challenges in execution as well as slower growth going forward.
Now what: In response to the drop, TIBCO has issued a formal statement saying that the third-party research is inaccurate and that the company has not taken any such steps and furthermore is not contemplating it, either. TIBCO also says it has not incurred any related restructuring charges, helping to prop shares back up from the lows. It's a round of "my word against yours," but in this case I'd go with first-party statements and SEC filings over third-party research and checks.
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