Biogen Stock Forecast, Price & News

Biogen's stock was trading at $294.25 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BIIB shares have decreased by 7.1% and is now trading at $273.28.
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31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Biogen in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 16 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Biogen is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 27th 2020.
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Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 22nd. The biotechnology company reported $10.26 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $8.03 by $2.23. The biotechnology company earned $3.68 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.44 billion. Biogen had a net margin of 40.91% and a return on equity of 50.10%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $9.15 earnings per share.
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Biogen announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, December 23rd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Biogen updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $34.00-36.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $31.98. The company issued revenue guidance of $13.8-14.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $13.90 billion.

31 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Biogen's shares. Their forecasts range from $228.00 to $392.00. On average, they anticipate Biogen's share price to reach $310.39 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Biogen saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,310,000 shares, an increase of 39.1% from the August 15th total of 2,380,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Biogen trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BIIB."

Biogen's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.22%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.13%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.46%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.41%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.84%) and FMR LLC (0.72%). Company insiders that own Biogen stock include Alexander J Denner, Brian S Posner, Michel Vounatsos, Robert W Pangia and Stephen A Sherwin.
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BIIB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., FMR LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Banco Santander S.A., Ikarian Capital LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Biogen company stock in the last year include Brian S Posner, and Stephen A Sherwin.
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BIIB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, AJO LP, Orbimed Advisors LLC, Assetmark Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., PGGM Investments, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Biogen stock in the last two years include Alexander J Denner, and Michel Vounatsos.
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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 $273.28.

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]