NASDAQ:BIIBBiogen Stock Price, Forecast & News

Biogen's stock was trading at $294.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BIIB shares have decreased by 9.9% and is now trading at $265.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Biogen in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 17 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Biogen.

Biogen is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Biogen.

Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 22nd. The biotechnology company reported $9.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $7.73 by $1.41. The biotechnology company had revenue of $3.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.41 billion. Biogen had a net margin of 40.76% and a return on equity of 49.22%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $6.98 earnings per share. View Biogen's earnings history.

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

31 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Biogen's stock. Their forecasts range from $228.00 to $410.00. On average, they anticipate Biogen's share price to reach $308.59 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Biogen.

Media stories about BIIB stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Biogen earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the biotechnology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Biogen.

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

Biogen's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Thomasville National Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Biogen stock include Alexander J Denner, Brian S Posner, Michael D Ehlers, Michel Vounatsos, Robert W Pangia and Stephen A Sherwin. View institutional ownership trends for Biogen.

BIIB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Biogen company stock in the last year include Brian S Posner, and Stephen A Sherwin. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $265.12.

Biogen has a market capitalization of $43.26 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.

The official website for Biogen is 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]