** Jefferies says Australia's cloud-based hotel platform
provider, SiteMinder Ltd SDR.AX , can increase prices to
mitigate impact from wage inflation; raises rating to "buy" from
"hold"
** Adds while SDR is still making a loss and burning cash,
valuation is compelling at 6.5x FY23 revenue growth of 20%+
** Expects SDR to be more efficient in sales and marketing
in FY23 onwards as it ramps up digital customer acquisition
** Jefferies, however, cuts PT to A$4.46 from A$4.81, says
SDR has underperformed compared to peers
** 5 of 7 analysts rate the stock "buy" or higher, 2 "hold";
their median PT is A$5.50 – Refinitiv data
** SDR down 44.7% since start of the year
(Reporting by Jaskiran Singh in Bengaluru)
((Jaskiran.Singh@thomsonreuters.com;))