Perjeta Nicks Roche’s Fair Value Estimate
Though we’ve slightly reduced our fair value estimate, we see Roche’s wide economic moat as stable, given the firm’s dominance in branded cancer therapies and in vitro diagnostics globally.
While we previously lowered our estimates for Tecentriq in bladder cancer following the lack of an overall survival benefit over chemotherapy in the Imvigor 211 study, our valuation is more closely tied to Tecentriq’s potential in lung cancer, where reported data has remained strong, and this did not materially affect our valuation. We remain bullish on upcoming catalysts (including data on hemophilia drug emicizumab in July, an expected strong launch for multiple sclerosis drug Ocrevus in coming quarters, and important lung cancer data for Tecentriq/Avastin/chemo in the third quarter), and the shares continue to look undervalued. We see Roche’s wide economic moat as stable, given the firm’s dominance in branded cancer therapies and in vitro diagnostics globally, as well as the potential increase in the intersection of these two markets.
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