NASDAQ:GILDGilead Sciences Stock Price, Forecast & News

Gilead Sciences' stock was trading at $73.70 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GILD shares have increased by 4.7% and is now trading at $77.19. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gilead Sciences in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 15 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Gilead Sciences.

Gilead Sciences is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Gilead Sciences.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.11. The biopharmaceutical company earned $5.55 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.44 billion. Gilead Sciences had a net margin of 21.84% and a return on equity of 35.44%. The firm's revenue was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share. View Gilead Sciences' earnings history.

Gilead Sciences declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Monday, June 29th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. View Gilead Sciences' dividend history.

28 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Gilead Sciences' stock. Their forecasts range from $60.00 to $97.00. On average, they expect Gilead Sciences' share price to reach $79.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Gilead Sciences.

Headlines about GILD stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gilead Sciences earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the biopharmaceutical company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Gilead Sciences.

Gilead Sciences saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 24,140,000 shares, a decline of 7.5% from the May 31st total of 26,090,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 21,470,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Gilead Sciences' Current Options Chain.

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Gilead Sciences trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GILD."

Gilead Sciences' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%). Company insiders that own Gilead Sciences stock include Brett A Pletcher, Diane E Wilfong, Gayle E Wilson, Javier Rodriguez, John C Martin, John Francis Cogan, Olsen Per Wold and Richard James Whitley. View institutional ownership trends for Gilead Sciences.

GILD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Robecosam AG, Fulton Bank N. A., Confluence Investment Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Nexus Investment Management ULC. Company insiders that have sold Gilead Sciences company stock in the last year include Brett A Pletcher, Diane E Wilfong, Gayle E Wilson, Javier Rodriguez, John Francis Cogan, and Olsen Per Wold. View insider buying and selling activity for Gilead Sciences.

GILD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Thomasville National Bank, International Biotechnology Trust PLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Exane Derivatives, and Cardinal Capital Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Gilead Sciences.

Shares of GILD 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 GILD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.19.

Gilead Sciences has a market capitalization of $96.82 billion and generates $22.45 billion in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $5.39 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.14 on an earnings per share basis. Gilead Sciences employs 11,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Gilead Sciences is www.gilead.com.

Gilead Sciences' mailing address is 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA, 94404. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at 650-574-3000 or via email at [email protected]