NASDAQ:BIIB - Biogen Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January, 29th. The biotechnology company reported $6.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $6.72 by $0.27. The biotechnology company had revenue of $3.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.39 billion. Biogen had a net margin of 32.94% and a return on equity of 40.53%. Biogen's revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $5.26 earnings per share. View Biogen's Earnings History.

Biogen is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Biogen.

Biogen will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Biogen updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $28-29 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $27.98. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.6-13.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.63 billion.Biogen also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $28.00-29.00 EPS.

30 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Biogen's shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $436.00. On average, they expect Biogen's stock price to reach $317.1981 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Biogen.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Biogen in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 21 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Biogen.

News stories about BIIB stock have trended negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Biogen earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the biotechnology company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Biogen's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.22%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (7.10%), FMR LLC (1.87%), Northern Trust Corp (1.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.38%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%). Company insiders that own Biogen stock include Alexander J Denner, Alfred Sandrock, Brian S Posner, Michael D Ehlers, Michel Vounatsos, Paul J Clancy, Robert W Pangia and Susan H Alexander. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Biogen.

BIIB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Macquarie Group Ltd., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd., Eaton Vance Management and First Quadrant L P CA. Company insiders that have sold Biogen company stock in the last year include Michael D Ehlers and Robert W Pangia. View Insider Buying and Selling for Biogen.

BIIB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Prudential Financial Inc., Parnassus Investments CA, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Kiltearn Partners LLP, American Century Companies Inc. and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of BIIB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $216.71.

Biogen has a market capitalization of $42.63 billion and generates $13.45 billion in revenue each year. The biotechnology company earns $4.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $26.20 on an earnings per share basis. Biogen employs 7,800 workers across the globe.

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]