NASDAQ:BIIB - Biogen Stock Price, Forecast & News

Biogen trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BIIB."

Biogen announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, December 23rd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The biotechnology company reported $8.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.02 by $0.32. The biotechnology company earned $3.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.51 billion. Biogen had a net margin of 40.96% and a return on equity of 46.51%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $6.99 EPS. View Biogen's Earnings History.

Biogen is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Biogen.

Biogen updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $31.50-33.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $31.98. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$14.0-14.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.85 billion.

34 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Biogen's stock. Their forecasts range from $230.00 to $410.00. On average, they expect Biogen's share price to reach $322.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Biogen.

34 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Biogen in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 19 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Biogen.

Media coverage about BIIB stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Biogen earned a media sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the biotechnology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Biogen.

Biogen saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 3,110,000 shares, a decline of 13.6% from the January 30th total of 3,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,820,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Biogen's Current Options Chain.

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Biogen's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.56%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.90%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.22%) and Capital World Investors (1.05%). Company insiders that own Biogen stock include Alexander J Denner, Brian S Posner, Michael D Ehlers, Michel Vounatsos and Robert W Pangia. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Biogen.

BIIB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital World Investors, Alliancebernstein L.P., Jackson Square Partners LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd., FMR LLC, State Street Corp and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold Biogen company stock in the last year include Brian S Posner and Robert W Pangia. View Insider Buying and Selling for Biogen.

BIIB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Fred Alger Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Samlyn Capital LLC and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. Company insiders that have bought Biogen stock in the last two years include Alexander J Denner and Michel Vounatsos. View Insider Buying and Selling for Biogen.

Shares of BIIB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BIIB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $308.39.

Biogen has a market capitalization of $53.68 billion and generates $14.38 billion in revenue each year. The biotechnology company earns $5.89 billion in net income (profit) each year or $33.57 on an earnings per share basis. Biogen employs 7,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Biogen.

The official website for Biogen is http://www.biogen.com/.

Biogen's mailing address is 225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA, 02142. The biotechnology company can be reached via phone at 617-679-2000 or via email at [email protected]