Amgen Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amgen in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Amgen stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AMGN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Amgen is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 3rd 2021.
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Amgen will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 3rd at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 404-537-3406 with passcode "1682169".

Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 26th. The medical research company reported $3.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $4.05 by $0.35. The medical research company earned $5.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.30 billion. Amgen had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 93.84% and a net margin of 28.16%. Amgen's quarterly revenue was down 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $4.17 EPS.
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Amgen's stock was trading at $198.65 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMGN stock has increased by 21.6% and is now trading at $241.54.
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Amgen declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 17th will be given a dividend of $1.76 per share on Wednesday, September 8th. This represents a $7.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.91%.
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Amgen pays an annual dividend of $7.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.91%. Amgen does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Amgen is 42.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Amgen will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.09% next year. This indicates that Amgen will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Amgen issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of 16.000-17.000 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $16.800. The company issued revenue guidance of $25.80 billion-$26.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $26.41 billion.

22 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Amgen's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $301.00. On average, they anticipate Amgen's stock price to reach $250.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price.
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806 employees have rated Amgen CEO Robert A. Bradway on Glassdoor.com. Robert A. Bradway has an approval rating of 91% among Amgen's employees. This puts Robert A. Bradway in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Amgen trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "AMGN."

Amgen's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.30%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.20%), Smead Capital Management Inc. (0.09%), Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.07%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.03%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%). Company insiders that own Amgen stock include Cynthia M Patton, David Piacquad, David W Meline, Jonathan P Graham, Nancy A Grygiel, R Sanders Williams and Ronald D Sugar.
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AMGN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., PGGM Investments, State of Michigan Retirement System, Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Avalon Investment & Advisory, Ziegler Capital Management LLC, and Unigestion Holding SA. Company insiders that have sold Amgen company stock in the last year include Jonathan P Graham, Nancy A Grygiel, R Sanders Williams, and Ronald D Sugar.
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AMGN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, Smead Capital Management Inc., Advisors Asset Management Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, Transform Wealth LLC, Rathbone Brothers plc, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, and IFM Investors Pty Ltd.
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One share of AMGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $241.54.

Amgen has a market capitalization of $138.78 billion and generates $25.42 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $7.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.60 on an earnings per share basis.

Amgen employs 24,300 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Amgen: Abgenix, Alantos Pharmaceuticals, Amgen (Europe) GmbH, Amgen Fremont Inc., Amgen Global Finance B.V., Amgen GmbH Germany, Amgen Ilaç Ticaret Limited Şirketi, Amgen Manufacturing Limited, Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH, Amgen Rockville Inc., Amgen S.A.S., Amgen SF LLC, Amgen Singapore Manufacturing Pte. Ltd., Amgen Technology (Ireland) Unlimited Company, Amgen Technology Limited, Amgen USA Inc., Amgen Worldwide Holdings B.V., Avidia, Bergamo, BioVex, BioVex Inc., Catherex, DeCODE Genetics, Dezima Pharma, Filgrastim and Pegfilgrastim, Five Prime Therapeutics, Gensenta İlaç Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, Ilypsa, Immunex, Immunex Corporation, Immunex Rhode Island Corporation, KAI Pharmaceuticals, Kinetix Pharmaceuticals, Laboratorio Quimico Farmaceutico Bergamo, MN Pharmaceuticals, Micromet, Nuevolution, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., Onyx Therapeutics Inc., Otezla, Rodeo Therapeutics, Synergen, and Tularik.

Amgen was founded in 1980.

The official website for Amgen is www.amgen.com.

Amgen is headquartered at ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE, THOUSAND OAKS CA, 91320.

Amgen's mailing address is ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE, THOUSAND OAKS CA, 91320. The medical research company can be reached via phone at (805) 447-1000 or via email at [email protected]