BMO lowers Novo Nordisk price target to $105, says reaction to data ‘overdone’

BMO Capital lowered the firm’s price target on Novo Nordisk (NVO) to $105 from $156 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares after CagriSema’s Phase 3 data readout failed to meet investor expectations. CagriSema was supposed to best Eli Lilly’s (LLY) Zepbound, but missed the mark on efficacy and tolerability, which “cuts the margin of error for execution in 2025,” so Q4 results “cannot miss and the 2025 guide must be strong,” the analyst tells investors. Given the data, the firm is cutting its Novo price target, but thinks the reaction in shares today has been “overdone,” the analyst added.