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Home » Analyst downgrades pressure medtech stocks

Analyst downgrades pressure medtech stocks

January 3, 2019 By Brad Perriello

thumbs downSeveral medical device companies took hits yesterday after analysts on Wall Street downgraded their stocks, on a day when the major market indices each closed up a hair, and even medtech firms that enjoyed upgrades came under pressure.

Globus Medical (NYSE:GMED) suffered the most after Morgan Stanley analyst David Lewis cut his rating on the stock from “overweight” to “equal-weight,” sliding -8.5% to a $39.61-per-share close yesterday, compared with the prior day’s closing price.

In fact, Lewis’s downgrades led the pack in terms of impact, taking Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) and Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) shares down some -7.4% and -6.5%, respectively. Here’s a look at some of yesterday’s downgrade action:

DOWNGRADES
Company Analyst Old rating New rating Close 1/2/19 %
Globus (GMED) Morgan Stanley Overweight Equal-Weight $39.61 -8.5%
Insulet (PODD) Morgan Stanley Hold Hold* $73.43 -7.4%
Hologic (HOLX) Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Under-Weight $38.42 -6.5%
Abbott (ABT) Citigroup Neutral Sell $69.50 -3.9%
Medtronic (MDT) Citigroup Buy Neutral $87.92 -3.3%
Henry Schein (HSIC) Robert W. Baird Outperform Neutral $76.39 -2.7%
Smith & Nephew (SNN) JP Morgan Overweight Neutral $36.40 -2.6%
Bayer (BAYN) JP Morgan Overweight Neutral $17.40 -1.0%
*cut price target

The upgrade picture was murkier, with a trio of medical device companies taking hits despite upgrades, but three others gaining (including a bullish move from Lewis on shares of Baxter (NYSE:BAX)):

UPGRADES
Company Analyst Old rating New rating Close 1/2/2019 %
Tactile Systems (TCMD) Northland Capital Under Perform Market Perform $44.59 -2.1%
Stryker (SYK) Evercore ISI In-line Outperform $154.50 -1.4%
Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) Citigroup Neutral Buy $102.28 -1.4%
Bausch Health (BHC) Piper Jaffray Neutral Overweight $20.23 0.1%
Baxter (BAX) Morgan Stanley Under-Weight Overweight $65.30 0.8%
Citigroup Neutral Buy
Apollo Endosurgery (APEN) Northland Capital Under Perform Market Perform $3.65 5.8%

By way of comparison, the three major U.S. market indices all closed up a hair yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up 0.1% at 23,346.24. The S&P 500 also closed up 0.1%, at 2,510.03, and the NASDAQ index ended at 6,665.94, up 0.5%.

Filed Under: Featured, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abbott, Apollo Endosurgery, Bausch + Lomb, Baxter, Bayer, Globus Medical, Henry Schein Inc., Hologic, Insulet, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Tactile Systems Technology, Zimmer Biomet

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