** Shares of Medtronic's diabetes business MiniMed MMED.O rise 3% to $14.79 after at least seven brokerages initiate coverage with largely bullish calls as research quiet period ends
** Co secured a valuation of $5.35 billion after shares opened 4.8% below their offer price in Nasdaq debut
** Analyst at BofA says, "the split is timely given MMED is at an inflection with a pipeline to accelerate growth"
** "We expect MMED to sustain HSD+ (nearly 10%) top line growth, supported by a refreshed product pipeline with better form factor, outcomes, and patient experience" - Evercore ISI
** Wells Fargo says, "the company is uniquely positioned with control over the full automated insulin delivery (AID) stack, including algorithm, pumps and digital infrastructure
** MMED down 28.25% since its debut on March 6
Brokerage
Rating
PT
Wells Fargo
Overweight
$26
BofA
Buy
$27
Deutsche Bank
Buy
$20
Mizuho
Outperform
$21
Evercore ISI
Outperform
$20
Citigroup
Buy
$23
Piper Sandler
Neutral
$16
(Reporting by Pragyan Kalita in Bengaluru)
((Pragyan.Kalita@thomsonreuters.com;))