Boston Scientific should be bought on surgical mesh selloff, says Piper Jaffray

Piper Jaffray analyst Matt O’Brien recommends using the selloff today in shares of Boston Scientific after the FDA ordered all manufacturers of surgical mesh intended for transvaginal repair to stop selling and distributing their products immediately as a buying opportunity. Mesh products have been declining for several years at Boston Scientific and represented only ~1% of revenue in 2018, O’Brien tells investors in an intraday research note. The analyst estimates the company’s revenue will be negatively impacted by less than $50M in 2019. Further, Boston Scientific is currently working with the FDA on a resolution, adds the analyst. Boston Scientific still has a “plethora of high-growth product launches fully intact” including Lotus, Acurate neo, and Watchman in Japan, “which should help cushion any lost revenue,” says O’Brien. He has an Overweight rating on the shares with a $42 price target. The stock in afternoon trading is down 4% to $36.34.

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