Interchange Capital Partners LLC decreased its position in Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX – Free Report) by 76.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 540 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,757 shares during the quarter. Interchange Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in Boston Scientific were worth $58,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BSX. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Boston Scientific by 1.3% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 134,588,729 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $13,577,311,000 after purchasing an additional 1,697,945 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in Boston Scientific by 18.6% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 10,610,487 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $1,070,387,000 after purchasing an additional 1,664,108 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB raised its holdings in Boston Scientific by 114.5% during the second quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 2,819,249 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $302,816,000 after purchasing an additional 1,505,019 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in Boston Scientific by 10.8% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 14,143,332 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $1,426,779,000 after purchasing an additional 1,383,524 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd raised its holdings in Boston Scientific by 33.5% during the second quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 5,146,218 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock worth $552,755,000 after purchasing an additional 1,290,414 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.07% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on BSX shares. Erste Group Bank lowered shares of Boston Scientific from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Boston Scientific from $133.00 to $136.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Boston Scientific in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Boston Scientific from $123.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of Boston Scientific from $125.00 to $129.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Boston Scientific presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $120.71.
Boston Scientific Stock Performance
NYSE:BSX opened at $97.77 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $101.48 and its 200 day moving average price is $101.77. Boston Scientific Corporation has a 1-year low of $80.64 and a 1-year high of $109.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The firm has a market cap of $144.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.61.
Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The medical equipment provider reported $0.75 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $5.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.89 billion. Boston Scientific had a net margin of 13.55% and a return on equity of 19.21%. The business’s revenue was up 22.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.62 EPS. Boston Scientific has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.700-0.720 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Boston Scientific Corporation will post 2.85 EPS for the current year.
Insider Activity at Boston Scientific
In other Boston Scientific news, Director Yoshiaki Fujimori sold 2,901 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.99, for a total transaction of $310,377.99. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,081 shares in the company, valued at approximately $222,646.19. The trade was a 58.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Joseph Michael Fitzgerald sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.47, for a total transaction of $4,923,500.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 178,342 shares in the company, valued at $17,561,336.74. The trade was a 21.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 174,214 shares of company stock valued at $17,972,457 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices for use in various interventional medical specialties worldwide. It operates through two segments, MedSurg and Cardiovascular. The company offers devices to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary conditions, such as resolution clips, biliary stent systems, stents and electrocautery enhanced delivery systems, direct visualization systems, digital catheters, and single-use duodenoscopes; devices to treat urological conditions, including ureteral stents, catheters, baskets, guidewires, sheaths, balloons, single-use digital flexible ureteroscopes, holmium laser systems, artificial urinary sphincter, laser system, fiber, and hydrogel systems; and devices to treat neurological movement disorders and manage chronic pain, such as spinal cord stimulator system, proprietary programming software, radiofrequency generator, indirect decompression systems, practice optimization tools, and deep brain stimulation system.
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