NASDAQ:GILD - Gilead Sciences Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Gilead Sciences announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 14th will be given a dividend of $0.57 per share on Thursday, September 27th. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 13th. View Gilead Sciences' Dividend History.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.56 by $0.35. The biopharmaceutical company earned $5.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.20 billion. Gilead Sciences had a return on equity of 41.57% and a net margin of 9.52%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 20.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.56 earnings per share. View Gilead Sciences' Earnings History.

Gilead Sciences is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Gilead Sciences.

24 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Gilead Sciences' shares. Their forecasts range from $72.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect Gilead Sciences' stock price to reach $87.9414 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gilead Sciences.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gilead Sciences in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Gilead Sciences.

Gilead Sciences saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 15,410,952 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the June 29th total of 13,701,705 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,413,971 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Gilead Sciences' Current Options Chain.

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Headlines about GILD stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Gilead Sciences earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the biopharmaceutical company an impact score of 46.32 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Gilead Sciences.

Gilead Sciences' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.38%), FMR LLC (1.51%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.50%), Sanders Capital LLC (0.81%) and Boston Partners (0.64%). Company insiders that own Gilead Sciences stock include Gayle E Wilson, Gregg H Alton, James R Meyers, John C Martin, John F Milligan, John Francis Cogan, John W Madigan, Kevin E Lofton and Robin L Washington. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Gilead Sciences.

GILD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, American Century Companies Inc., ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold Gilead Sciences company stock in the last year include Gayle E Wilson, Gregg H Alton, James R Meyers, John C Martin, John F Milligan, John Francis Cogan and Robin L Washington. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gilead Sciences.

GILD stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Natixis, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Sanders Capital LLC, Unigestion Holding SA, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Janus Henderson Group PLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GILD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.09.

Gilead Sciences has a market capitalization of $99.47 billion and generates $26.11 billion in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $4.63 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.56 on an earnings per share basis. Gilead Sciences employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

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]