{"id":51746,"date":"2025-08-09T22:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/brokerratingsrecent-analyst-ratings-biotech-buys-and-big-pharma-holds\/51746\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T22:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T02:03:53","slug":"brokerratingsrecent-analyst-ratings-biotech-buys-and-big-pharma-holds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/brokerratingsrecent-analyst-ratings-biotech-buys-and-big-pharma-holds\/51746\/","title":{"rendered":"[BrokerRatings]Recent Analyst Ratings: Biotech Buys and Big Pharma Holds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals lead with recent strong buy ratings for <a href=\"\/stock\/ABBV\">ABBV<\/a> (AbbVie Inc.), <a href=\"\/stock\/VRTX\">VRTX<\/a> (Vertex Pharmaceuticals), and <a href=\"\/stock\/INCY\">INCY<\/a> (Incyte Corporation) in the past two days. Consumer retail also sees positive analyst sentiment with strong buys for <a href=\"\/stock\/WMT\">WMT<\/a> (Walmart Inc.) and <a href=\"\/stock\/SFM\">SFM<\/a> (Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.). Conversely, several large-cap biotech names like <a href=\"\/stock\/LLY\">LLY<\/a> (Eli Lilly and Company), <a href=\"\/stock\/BMY\">BMY<\/a> (Bristol-Myers Squibb Company), and <a href=\"\/stock\/NVO\">NVO<\/a> (Novo Nordisk A\/S) faced downgrades to Hold, signaling caution in some growth areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals lead with recent strong buy ratings for ABBV (AbbVie Inc.), VRTX (Vertex Pharmaceuticals), and INCY (Incyte Corporation) 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