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Gilead Sciences (GILD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$166.89 -0.68 (-0.41%)
Closing price 11/6/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$166.70 -0.18 (-0.11%)
As of 11/6/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
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About Gilead Sciences Stock (NASDAQ:GILD)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$164.00
▼
$169.06
50-Day Range
$143.72
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$174.48
52-Week Range
$116.88
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$176.58
Volume
5.82 million shs
Average Volume
7.12 million shs
Market Capitalization
$207.00 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
1.97%
Price Target
$170.15
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes medicines for serious diseases. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Foster City, California, the company focuses on antiviral therapies, including treatments and preventive medicines for HIV and medicines for viral hepatitis. Its products include Biktarvy for HIV and Epclusa for hepatitis C.

Gilead also develops medicines in areas such as oncology and inflammatory diseases. Its portfolio includes Veklury (remdesivir), an antiviral medicine used to treat COVID-19. The company conducts research and sells its medicines in the United States and internationally.

Gilead is led by chairman and chief executive officer Daniel O’Day, who joined the company in 2019. Through internal research and collaborations, the company continues to develop and expand treatments across its areas of focus.

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Gilead Sciences Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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79th Percentile Overall Score

GILD MarketRank™: 
3.96544715447 of 5 stars

Gilead Sciences scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 99th out of 886 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Gilead Sciences has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 23 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside/Downside

    The consensus price target for Gilead Sciences is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Gilead Sciences has been the subject of 18 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Gilead Sciences' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Gilead Sciences are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($1.07) to $10.08 per share.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Gilead Sciences has a P/B Ratio of 15.99. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.64% of the float of Gilead Sciences has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Gilead Sciences has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.72, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Gilead Sciences has recently decreased by 7.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Gilead Sciences pays a meaningful dividend of 1.97%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Gilead Sciences has been increasing its dividend for 10 years.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Gilead Sciences will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.54% next year. This indicates that Gilead Sciences will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Gilead Sciences' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Gilead Sciences has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 67 news articles for Gilead Sciences this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    44 people have searched for GILD on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 47% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    22 people have added Gilead Sciences to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 144% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Gilead Sciences insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $38,945,617.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.30% of the stock of Gilead Sciences is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    83.67% of the stock of Gilead Sciences is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Gilead Sciences' insider trading history.
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GILD Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Gilead Sciences' stock was trading at $122.74 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, GILD stock has increased by 36.0% and is now trading at $166.89.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 29th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $2.55 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.19 by $0.36. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis.
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Gilead Sciences subsidiaries include these companies: MYR, Immunomedics, Forty Seven, Cell Design Labs, Kite Pharma, Nimbus Apollo, Epitherapeutics, and others.

Top institutional investors of Gilead Sciences include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.28%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.24%), Pictet Asset Management Holding SA (0.19%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Daniel Patrick O'day, Andrew D Dickinson, Johanna Mercier, Merdad Parsey, Deborah H Telman, Anthony Welters, Jeffrey Bluestone and Kelly A Kramer.
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Shares of GILD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Gilead Sciences investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Tesla (TSLA), Pfizer (PFE), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

Record date for 9/29 Dividend
9/15/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/29 Dividend
9/15/2026
Dividend Payable
9/29/2026
Last Earnings
10/29/2026
Today
11/07/2026
8th Annual Wolfe Research Healthcare Conference
11/10/2026
8th Annual Healthcare Symposium
11/13/2026
UBS Global Biopharma Conference 2026
11/17/2026
Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference
11/17/2026
9th Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference
12/02/2026
Record date for 12/30 Dividend
12/15/2026
Ex-Dividend for 12/30 Dividend
12/15/2026
Dividend Payable
12/30/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Biotechnology
Sub-Industry
Biotechnology
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:GILD
CIK
882095
Employees
17,000
Year Founded
1987

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$200.00
Low Price Target
$127.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+2.0%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.79
Research Coverage
29 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
($3.16)
Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
N/A
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$8.51 billion
Net Margins
-12.47%
Pretax Margin
-8.18%
Return on Equity
-1.85%
Return on Assets
-0.61%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
1.84
Current Ratio
1.38
Quick Ratio
0.95

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$29.44 billion
Price / Sales
7.03
Cash Flow
$10.47 per share
Price / Cash Flow
15.94
Book Value
$10.44 per share
Price / Book
15.99

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,240,340,000
Free Float
1,236,618,000
Market Cap
$207.00 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.35

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This page (NASDAQ:GILD) was last updated on 11/6/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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