BUZZ-Truist Securities downgrades Penumbra on Boston Scientific's $14.5 billion buyout

Reuters
2026.01.16 19:27
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Truist Securities downgrades medical equipment maker Penumbrato “hold” from “buy” Boston Scientificsaid on Thursday that it will buy PEN in a deal valued at about $14.5 billionWe don’t see any major hurdles to this deal closing and believe it will be hard to top BSX given the smooth strategic fit, brokerage says11 of 19 brokerages rate the stock “buy” and 8 “hold”; their median PT is $370Including session’s move, PEN up 34% in the last 12 months