Amgen - AMGN Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Amgen in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AMGN shares. 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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13 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Amgen's stock. Their AMGN share price forecasts range from $182.00 to $294.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $251.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price.
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Amgen's stock was trading at $262.64 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, AMGN shares have decreased by 11.7% and is now trading at $231.79.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 7th. The medical research company reported $4.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.04 by $0.05. The medical research company had revenue of $6.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.77 billion. Amgen had a net margin of 24.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 359.47%. Amgen's revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.36 earnings per share.
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Amgen declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $2.13 per share on Thursday, June 8th. This represents a $8.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 17th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), First Trust Nasdaq Pharmaceuticals ETF (FTXH), iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB), Invesco Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (IBBQ), Invesco Dynamic Pharmaceuticals ETF (PJP), ProShares Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology (BIB), Invesco Dynamic Biotechnology & Genome ETF (PBE) and God Bless America ETF (YALL).

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) pays an annual dividend of $8.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.71%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 70.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AMGN will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Amgen updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $17.40-$18.60 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $17.68. The company issued revenue guidance of $26.00 billion-$27.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $26.25 billion.

1,239 employees have rated Amgen Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Bradway on Glassdoor.com. Robert A. Bradway has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts Robert A. Bradway in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 81.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Amgen to a friend.

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

Amgen's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Morgan Stanley (2.49%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.13%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.74%), Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (1.41%), Norges Bank (0.96%) and Aristotle Capital Management LLC (0.87%). Insiders that own company stock include Jonathan P Graham, Jonathan P Graham, Nancy A Grygiel, Nancy A Grygiel, R Sanders Williams, Robert Eckert, Ronald D Sugar and Ronald D Sugar.
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Shares of AMGN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AMGN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $231.79.

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) has a market capitalization of $123.77 billion and generates $26.32 billion in revenue each year. The medical research company earns $6.55 billion in net income (profit) each year or $12.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 25,200 workers across the globe.

Amgen's mailing address is ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE, THOUSAND OAKS CA, 91320. The official website for the company is www.amgen.com. The medical research company can be reached via phone at (805) 447-1000, via email at investor.relations@amgen.com, or via fax at 805-447-1010.