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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Stock Expected to be Volatile
1. Equity Research
Equity Derivatives Equity Linked Strategies
Devapriya Mallick 1.212.526.5429 dmallik@lehman.com
Rohit Bhatia 1.212.526.0367 rbhatia@lehman.com
Ryan Renicker 1.212.526.9425 ryan.renicker@lehman.com January 31, 2007
JNJ – 2007 Expected to be Volatile
Fundamental View
Lehman’s Medical Supplies and Devices analyst Bob Hopkins has upgraded his price target on Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, $66.39)
to $75, based on a sum of the parts valuation1. The biggest uncertainty currently is the growth outlook for the Pharma division,
with upcoming patent expirations for two blockbuster drugs (Risperdal and Topamax). The Pharma business delivers 45% of JNJ's
operating profits and in 2007, changes in the perception of JNJ’s pharma pipeline will be the primary driver of the stock, in our
analyst’s view. Several potential catalysts are expected in 2007:
Update on transition to new anti-psychotic drug Invega, away from Risperdal (April Q1 call, June analyst day)
FDA response on Invega vs Seroquel trial (1H07)
Datasets from two Centocor antibodies - CNTO 148 and 1275 (4Q07)
Considering the nature of the catalysts, our analyst feels there are also risks to the downside. In either scenario, JNJ is likely to
realize more volatility this year than in 2006.
Options Strategies
Implied volatility for JNJ options has declined sharply in the last two weeks. This has been in keeping with an environment of
subdued realized volatility (Figure 1). Few real data points on the JNJ Pharma pipeline in 2006 has also meant the absence of
catalysts to drive the stock higher.
Options have cheapened across the largest constituents of the S&P 500 over the last month, with 3-month implied volatility
contracting by 1.2% on average (Figure 2).
Figure 1: JNJ Implieds Near Two-Year Lows … Figure 2: … Amidst a Decline in Megacap Vols
22% Implied Vol
Weight in S&P Implied Vol Realized
Ticker Change (since
20% JNJ Implied Vol (3m) 500 (as of 1/29) (3m) Vol (3m)
12/29)
JNJ Realized Vol (3m)
18% XOM 3.3% 20.6% -0.2% 20.9%
GE 2.9% 14.5% -1.3% 13.5%
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C 2.1% 15.0% -1.0% 14.2%
14% MSFT 2.1% 18.5% -0.6% 13.5%
12%
BAC 1.8% 14.1% -0.6% 10.1%
T 1.8% 18.2% -0.5% 17.0%
10% PG 1.6% 13.2% 0.4% 8.6%
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JNJ 1.5% 12.3% -1.1% 10.9%
PFE 1.5% 18.5% -1.7% 27.0%
6% MO 1.4% 18.7% -0.3% 11.5%
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Please see Pot’l Catalysts Coming; Sum of Parts=$75, Bob Hopkins, January 29, 2007 for further details. Our $75 price target is
derived from a 16.5x multiple on our 2008 cash EPS estimate of $4.52.
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Due to its size, JNJ cannot be easily compared to most other pharmaceutical and health care equipment companies. Figure 3 shows
the implied-realized spread for 3-month and 1-month vols for JNJ and other stocks used as comparables by our fundamental
analyst. To screen for option liquidity, we only consider stocks with a total open interest of at least 50,000 contracts. Within this
universe, JNJ has the lowest absolute level of implied volatility and among the narrowest spreads between implied and realized
volatility.
JNJ’s upward sloping term structure of implied volatility does not appear to be pricing in any major catalysts in the medium term.
Options expiring in July appear slightly cheap relative to other maturities (Figure 4).
We believe purchasing the Jul07 70 calls represents an efficient means of expressing a bullish fundamental view on JNJ. The
$1.05 offer as of last night’s close represents about 1.6% of the underlying stock price. We believe the breakeven of 71.05 looks
fairly low considering the potential upcoming catalysts.
An alternative strategy for investors looking to benefit from price moves in either direction would be to purchase the Jul07 65-70
strangle for about $2.45 (~ 3.7% of the underlying price). Delta-hedging the strangle can be an attractive means of taking
advantage of the cheap implied volatility, while benefiting as either leg moves closer to the money.
Figure 3: JNJ Implied Realized Spread Relative to Peers Figure 4: July Options Relatively Cheap
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Market Implied- Implied-
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Ticker Cap ($ GICS Industry Realized Realized
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Vol Vol
Spread Spread
STJ 15,132 Health Care Eq & Svcs 28.2% 1.7% 27.4% -5.2%
ABT 81,512 Pharmaceuticals 16.0% 0.3% 15.4% 0.5% 13%
JNJ 192,923 Pharmaceuticals 12.3% 1.4% 11.7% 0.8%
SGP 36,946 Pharmaceuticals 19.5% 1.7% 18.1% 2.6% 12%
MRK 97,456 Pharmaceuticals 19.6% 2.6% 19.5% 4.1% JNJ Term Structure
PFE 188,265 Pharmaceuticals 18.5% -8.5% 20.1% 4.8%
BMY 54,655 Pharmaceuticals 23.5% 7.8% 27.4% 4.8% 11%
WYE 66,823 Pharmaceuticals 18.4% 2.1% 19.0% 5.0%
PG 204,068 Household Products 13.2% 4.6% 14.4% 5.1%
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MDT 61,229 Health Care Eq & Svcs 17.1% -3.9% 17.9% 5.6%
CL 34,521 Household Products 14.7% 3.2% 15.2% 6.7%
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ZMH 19,963 Health Care Eq & Svcs 19.3% 4.6% 22.8% 8.8%
BSX 27,181 Health Care Eq & Svcs 31.7% 7.7% 31.0% 9.2%
BOL 2,910 Health Care Eq & Svcs 24.3% 7.4% 22.8% 12.4%
Source: Lehman Brothers Source: Lehman Brothers
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Mentioned Stocks
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ - USD66.15) 1-Overweight / Positive J
Risks Which May Impede the Achievement of the Price Target: Risks to the JNJ story include possible rotation back into large-cap pharma, delays and/or
failure in the late-stage pharma pipeline.
Disclosure Legend:
J: Lehman Brothers Inc. or an affiliate trade(s) regularly in the shares of the subject company.
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