Piper Sandler Upgrades $TEM to Overweight, Raises PT to $76 from $56
Three growth drivers that were previously difficult to underwrite are now increasingly visible:
(1) the pending acquisition of Personalis gives Tempus ownership of a differentiated tumor-informed MRD platform;
(2) the positive INTerpath-001 readout increases the strategic value of Personalis’ and TEM's role as the tumor sequencing provider for potentially a new therapeutic class; and
(3) FDA approval of tumor-only xT CDx clears a key hurdle for Tempus to pursue unified ADLT pricing for xT, with xF potentially following in 2H27.
Analyst: David Westenberg