Peptide News Digest

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JPMorgan Cuts Hims & Hers Price Target to $33; Canaccord Raises to $32 — Split Calls on Post-Q1 GLP-1 Pivot

Wall Street's read of Hims & Hers' Q1 print delivered May 11 split between two camps. JPMorgan trimmed its price target to $33 from $35 (Overweight reaffirmed) on what analysts called a 'mixed' quarter, citing gross margin compression from 73% to 65% on the wind-down of compounded semaglutide. Canaccord raised its target to $32 from $30 (Buy) framing the quarter as a transition speed bump rather than a thesis break. The central question both calls land on: whether branded Novo Nordisk Wegovy/Ozempic distribution (live since March 26) can offset margin loss from the compounded business. Q1 books closed March 31, so meaningful Wegovy revenue contribution comes in Q2; subscriber count held at 2.6M (+9% YoY).

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Barclays Hikes LLY Price Target to $1,400 on Tirzepatide Momentum, Reiterates Overweight Rating (May 5)

Barclays analyst Emily Field raised her price target on Eli Lilly to $1,400 from $1,350 May 5 and reiterated an Overweight rating, citing tirzepatide momentum continuing to outpace the GLP-1 class and easing concerns around the Foundayo launch trajectory. LLY stock had recovered roughly 11% off the May 4 Foundayo FAERS-driven dip to about $966 by mid-week. Barclays simultaneously trimmed its 2026 Foundayo revenue estimate to approximately $1B (vs. ~$1.4B consensus) on the early IQVIA gap to Wegovy pill, but the higher headline target reflects confidence that Mounjaro and Zepbound's volume growth more than absorbs Foundayo's slower start.

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Cantor Fitzgerald Lifts LLY Price Target to $1,230 and BofA to $1,294 Following Q1 Beat and Foundayo FAERS Recovery

Multiple Wall Street firms raised LLY price targets in the May 5–6 window. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted its target to $1,230, BofA to $1,294, and the broader analyst consensus by 19 firms now sits at $1,228 (24.15% upside over 12 months) per the May 6 update, with a Buy consensus rating. The driver: tirzepatide's Q1 +125% global growth, the Mounjaro/Zepbound volume re-rating, the May 1 stock recovery from the Foundayo hepatic-failure FAERS report, and Lilly's response that no DILI signal exists across the 11,000-patient ACHIEVE+ATTAIN program. RBC Capital framed the FAERS event as 'baseline noise.'