The Latest Breaking News from BMO Capital

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BMO Capital has initiated coverage on Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ:CNTA) with a price target of $19 (293% upside), and an Outperform rating. The analyst writes that ZF874 is a differentiated oral therapy as it addresses the root cause of AATD. Early ZF874 data (N=2) demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in patients, but liver toxicity was also flagged.…

BMO Capital initiated coverage of Intellia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NTLA) with a Market Perform rating and a $54 target price.  The analyst says Intellia's gene-editing platform could potentially deliver transformative therapies.  But challenges around the lack of clarity around an IND approval in the U.S., ongoing CRISPR/Cas9 IP litigations with Editas Medicine Inc (NASDAQ:EDIT), and high patient…

BMO Capital initiated coverage on Beam Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BEAM) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of 41. BMO writes that it appreciates the high potential of Beam's next-generation editing approach, but clinical validation is yet to be established. Preclinical base editing data point to a favorable benefit/risk profile. Also Read: Pfizer, Beam…

BMO Capital analyst David Gagliano lowered the price target on United States Steel Corp (NYSE:X) to $23 (an upside of 15.5%) from $30 while maintaining the Market Perform rating on the shares. X provided its 'mid-quarter' update yesterday and mentioned that it expects 2Q22 EBITDA of $1.6 billion, vs. BMO/FactSet consensus of $1.5 billion. Related: United…

BMO Capital has decided to maintain its Market Perform rating of United States Steel (NYSE:X) and lower its price target from $30.00 to $23.00. Shares of United States Steel are trading up 1.76% over the last 24 hours, at $19.93 per share.

Adobe Inc (NASDAQ: ADBE) is set to announce its quarterly results after the bell Thursday, and one investor sees warning signs ahead of the report.

BMO Capital has decided to maintain its Outperform rating of Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and lower its price target from $535.00 to $450.00. Shares of Adobe are trading up 0.36% over the last 24 hours, at $372.98 per share. A move to $450.00 would account for a 20.65% increase from the current…

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BMO Capital cut Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) price target from $344 to $304. Lululemon shares fell 0.2% to $302.00 in pre-market trading.

BMO Capital analyst Tom MacKinnon lowered the price target for Sun Life Financial Inc (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) to C$72 from C$75, with an Outperform rating on the shares.