Street View: Abbott faces investor hesitation despite strong fundamentals
** Abbott Laboratories ABT.N raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday after its second-quarter earnings edged past Wall Street estimates on double-digit growth on sales of its glucose monitors and strong demand for heart devices.
** Average recommendation of 26 brokerages is "buy," median PT is $125 - LSEG data
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** JP Morgan ("overweight") says underlying fundamentals are healthy for Abbott and adds that the current multiple doesn’t reflect the high single-digit sustainable growth brokerage thinks the company can deliver over the medium term
** Brokerage adds, with NEC liability still an overhang and sizing of liability a question mark, they don’t see many investors buying in the short term despite an attractive valuation
** Raymond James ("outperform," PT: $122) says infant nutrition litigation has paralyzed new investors, but taking a longer-term view, the brokerage continues to view fear as excessive
** RBC ("outperform," PT: $125) likes ABT's durable growth profile, believes litigation risk is manageable
** Needham says surprised by the strength in both ABT's and Johnson & Johnson's electrophysiology businesses, despite pulsed field ablation catheter launches by Boston Scientific and Medtronic
Reporting by Khushi Singh in Bengaluru
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