Bausch Health Companies Inc (BHC US, +1, 14-Aug-25)

We ranked this stock +N on June 13th based on a $14.7 million purchase (2.9 million shares) from John Paulson (Non-Executive Chair since 2022, Director since 2017) at $5.27. 

The purchase was indirect for Paulson Capital, increasing their holdings by 11%. At the time, we noted “his last and only other reported purchase was in May 2020 at $16. Paulson has also been a director at Bausch + Lomb (BLCO) since 2022. Bausch Health owns 88% of BLCO. This is an unusual purchase from a long-time director.”

The stock has moved higher since that timely buy, and yet he has made two additional, even larger purchases. On June 13th, he bought 3.6 million shares at $5.94, and two months later, on August 13th, he purchased 3.2 million shares at $6.56. These additional purchases totaling $42.4 million, also indirect for Paulson Capital, increase their holdings to 36 million shares, 9.7% of the company. 

We are further upgrading the stock, from +N to +1, due to this aggressive buying from Paulson.

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