Morgan Stanley Sticks to Its Buy Rating for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Morgan Stanley analyst Terence Flynn reiterated a Buy rating on Johnson & Johnson today and set a price target of $283.00.

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According to TipRanks, Flynn is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 9.0% and a 54.42% success rate. Flynn covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as BioNTech SE, Johnson & Johnson, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

In addition to Morgan Stanley, Johnson & Johnson also received a Buy from Wells Fargo’s Larry Biegelsen in a report issued today. However, on the same day, Stifel Nicolaus assigned a Hold rating to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ).

Based on Johnson & Johnson’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 28, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $24.56 billion and a net profit of $5.12 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $22.52 billion and had a net profit of $3.43 billion

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 34 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of JNJ in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2026, Timothy Schmid, the EVP, WW Chair, MedTech of JNJ sold 1,322.00 shares for a total of $324,762.52.