** Piper Sandler raises PT for drug management system maker
Omnicell Inc OMCL.O to $66 from $55; maintains 'overweight'
rating
** Says OMCL's preliminary FY products rev forecast is
typically 60% to 80% covered by the short-term backlog
** Co's FY23 short-term backlog of $433 mln implies a
product rev forecast range of $541 mln to $722 mln, down at
least 20% from FY22 rev forecast
** "We do not think this product cycle is dead or
permanently injured. The XT cycle is intact, but on pause" -
Piper on the lower short term backlog from FY22
** XT-ADC is co's automated medicine dispensing cabinet
** Stock was up ~11% as of last close this month
(Reporting by Anirban Chakroborti in Bengaluru)
((Anirban.Chakroborti@thomsonreuters.com;))