** Shares of cloud services company Nutanix NTNX.O rise
1.9% to $72.80
** Barclays raises PT to $81 from $68, J.P. Morgan lifts it
to $80 from $70 - LSEG data
** Barclays sees "continued share gains and expanding
pipelines as well as increased private cloud repatriation"
** J.P. Morgan sees continued strength in demand for co from
core existing customers and from emerging VMware-related
opportunities and Cisco partnership
** Three brokerages rate stock "strong buy", 12 "buy" and
three "hold"; their median PT is $71 - LSEG data
** Stock has risen 52% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))