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Michael Waterhouse
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Illumina’s 4Q Results Foreshadow Growth and Margin Benefits for 2018

Thanks to Illumina’s earnings preview and 2018 outlook from earlier this year, the company’s fourth-quarter results held no major surprises. Although we have raised our fair value estimate to $176 per share and consider shares a bit overvalued, we acknowledge the firm possesses an impressive growth outlook thanks to opportunities from instrument upgrades, increasing demand for sequencing in research and clinical applications, and penetration of prenatal screening, oncology panels, and consumer-o...
Underlying
Illumina Inc.

Illumina is engaged in sequencing- and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis. The company provides whole-genome sequencing, genotyping, noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT), and product support services. Using the company's services, customers can perform whole-genome sequencing projects and microarray projects (including large-scale genotyping studies and whole-genome association studies). The company provides NIPT services through its partner laboratories that direct samples to the company on a test send-out basis in its Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments-certified, College of Pathologists-accredited laboratory. The company also provides support services to customers who have purchased its products.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Waterhouse

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