Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$234.67 +2.94 (+1.27%)

Closing price 05/22/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$234.43 -0.25 (-0.10%)

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Johnson & Johnson - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 27 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
7

Buy
20

Based on 27 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Johnson & Johnson in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 27 analysts, 7 have given a hold rating, and 20 have given a buy rating for JNJ.

Consensus Price Target

$253.04
7.83% Upside

According to the 27 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Johnson & Johnson, the average price target is $253.04. The highest price target for JNJ is $285.00, while the lowest price target for JNJ is $190.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 7.83% from the current price of $234.67.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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JNJ Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/23/25 to 5/23/26	1 Month Ago 4/23/25 to 4/23/26	3 Months Ago 2/22/25 to 2/22/26	1 Year Ago 5/23/24 to 5/23/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	20 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)
Hold	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$253.04	$252.48	$232.70	$170.88
Forecasted Upside	7.83% Upside	9.45% Upside	-3.95% Downside	11.60% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

JNJ Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

JNJ Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Johnson & Johnson Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Johnson & Johnson	Medical Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.74	2.30	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	7.83% Upside	1,714.95% Upside	15.10% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent JNJ News	Neutral News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
5/13/2026	Johnson Rice 4 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Outperform
5/13/2026	Leerink Partners 2 of 5 stars	David Risinger Not Rated	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$265.00	+18.07%
4/24/2026	Weiss Ratings Not Rated		Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
4/20/2026	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$244.00 ➝ $266.00	+13.12%
4/16/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$240.00 ➝ $275.00	+15.87%
4/16/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$237.00 ➝ $246.00	+3.65%
4/15/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Terence Flynn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$283.00	+18.90%
4/15/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Shagun Singh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$265.00	+10.35%
4/15/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Rick Wise Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Hold	$220.00 ➝ $250.00	+4.11%
4/15/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matt Miksic Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$234.00 ➝ $255.00	+6.19%
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4/15/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$253.00 ➝ $254.00	+7.02%
4/15/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$237.00 ➝ $258.00	+7.84%
4/15/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$250.00 ➝ $260.00	+8.68%
4/15/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Market Perform	$225.00 ➝ $251.00	+4.92%
4/15/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Larry Biegelsen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$240.00 ➝ $263.00	+9.93%
4/15/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$265.00 ➝ $275.00	+14.95%
4/8/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Nedelcovych Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$250.00	+5.46%
4/7/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$274.00 ➝ $285.00	+19.13%
3/17/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Morten Herholdt Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$265.00 ➝ $280.00	+16.28%
2/19/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$180.00 ➝ $210.00	-14.76%
1/27/2026	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ilya Zubkov Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$220.00	-2.28%
1/22/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Louise Chen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
1/16/2026	Freedom Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
1/5/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Danielle Antalffy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
1/5/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $240.00	+17.19%
12/11/2025	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
7/23/2025	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
7/17/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Overweight
4/24/2025	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Todd Brooks Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
10/16/2024	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$215.00 ➝ $215.00	+30.70%
7/18/2024	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target		$195.00 ➝ $185.00	+18.03%

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Should I Buy Johnson & Johnson Stock? JNJ Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Johnson & Johnson pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Johnson & Johnson
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Johnson & Johnson:

Recent analyst reports have set target prices for Johnson & Johnson as high as $285.00, indicating strong growth potential and a positive outlook from market experts.
The company has a robust oncology and urology pipeline, which is expected to grow, especially in light of recent surveys highlighting the need for better bladder cancer therapies.
Johnson & Johnson's mental health franchise has shown promising data with CAPLYTA, demonstrating favorable efficacy and safety compared to competing antipsychotics, which could enhance its market position.
The current stock price is around $150, which may present a buying opportunity for investors looking for a stable company with a defensive profile.
Johnson & Johnson remains active in strategic acquisitions, such as the recent asset purchase agreement with MeiraGTx, which could bolster its pipeline and long-term growth prospects.

Johnson & Johnson
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Johnson & Johnson for these reasons:

Despite stable fundamentals, Johnson & Johnson's stock has declined about 3.5% since its last earnings report, indicating some investor caution.
There are ongoing legal challenges that could impact the company's reputation and financial performance, creating uncertainty for potential investors.
While the company has a strong pipeline, the immediate impact of recent developments may not significantly alter its earnings in the short term.
Market sentiment remains mixed, with some analysts expressing concerns about the company's ability to maintain growth amidst competitive pressures in the healthcare sector.
Investors may find the current stock price less attractive compared to other growth opportunities in the market, especially if the company does not meet future earnings expectations.

JNJ Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 27 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Johnson & Johnson is $253.04, with a high forecast of $285.00 and a low forecast of $190.00.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Johnson & Johnson in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" JNJ shares.

According to analysts, Johnson & Johnson's stock has a predicted upside of 7.83% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Johnson & Johnson's stock had 2 upgrades and 1 downgrade by analysts.

Johnson & Johnson has been rated by research analysts at Argus, Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Daiwa Securities Group, Guggenheim, HSBC, Johnson Rice, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Leerink Partners, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James Financial, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, Stifel Nicolaus, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Johnson & Johnson more than other "medical" companies. The consensus rating for Johnson & Johnson is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "medical" companies is Hold. Learn more on how JNJ compares to other companies.

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Stock Forecast & Price Target