Amgen Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amgen in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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 Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 2nd. The medical research company reported $4.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.09 by $0.29. The medical research company had revenue of $6.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.43 billion. Amgen had a net margin of 22.55% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 99.85%.
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Amgen's stock was trading at $198.65 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AMGN stock has increased by 9.4% and is now trading at $217.36.
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Amgen declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 30th. Shareholders 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 3.24%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 16th.
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Amgen pays an annual dividend of $7.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.23%. 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 39.07% 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, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $16.000-$17.000 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $16.340. The company issued revenue guidance of $25.80 billion-$26.60 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $26.04 billion.

22 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Amgen's shares. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $301.00. On average, they anticipate Amgen's stock price to reach $249.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.42%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.30%), State Street Corp (5.27%), Primecap Management Co. CA (2.86%), FMR LLC (1.92%) and Morgan Stanley (1.77%). Company insiders that own Amgen stock include David Piacquad, David W Meline, Jonathan P Graham, Nancy A Grygiel, Nancy A Grygiel, R Sanders Williams, Ronald D Sugar and Ronald D Sugar.
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AMGN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Putnam Investments LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC, BlackRock Inc., Boston Partners, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Primecap Management Co. CA, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi, Bank of Montreal Can, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Liberty Wealth Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Susquehanna International Group LLP, Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., and Deutsche Bank AG.
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One share of AMGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $217.36.

Amgen has a market capitalization of $123.43 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]