BWS Financial analyst Hamed Khorsand lowered his price target for Avaya to $22 from $32 saying the company has an "up-hill challenge of regaining investor confidence" following the weaker than expected fiscal Q2 results. Avaya claimed Reuters' story of the company being approached by a third party caused some customers to hold off on hardware and software licenses at the very end of the quarter. Khorsand, however, said he has "never seen this kind of excuse used before and find it difficult to believe." Nonetheless, given the stock's discount to his new price target, the analyst keeps a Buy rating on Avaya.