NASDAQ:GILD - Gilead Sciences Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Gilead Sciences announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 4th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.63 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change from Gilead Sciences's previous quarterly dividend of $0.57. View Gilead Sciences' Dividend History.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 4th. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.44 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.26. The biopharmaceutical company earned $5.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.52 billion. Gilead Sciences had a return on equity of 37.03% and a net margin of 24.65%. Gilead Sciences's quarterly revenue was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.78 EPS. View Gilead Sciences' Earnings History.

Gilead Sciences is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Gilead Sciences.

18 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Gilead Sciences' shares. Their predictions range from $68.00 to $95.00. On average, they anticipate Gilead Sciences' share price to reach $83.4375 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Gilead Sciences.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gilead Sciences in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Gilead Sciences.

News headlines about GILD stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Gilead Sciences earned a daily sentiment score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the biopharmaceutical company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Gilead Sciences saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,548,612 shares, a drop of 14.0% from the January 15th total of 13,429,498 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,327,632 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Gilead Sciences' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Gilead Sciences include Amgen (AMGN), Biogen (BIIB), NOVOZYMES A/S/S (NVZMY), Seattle Genetics (SGEN), Qiagen (QGEN), bluebird bio (BLUE), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX), BIO-TECHNE (TECH), argenx (ARGX), Allogene Therapeutics (ALLO), Ablynx (ABLYF), China Biologic Products (CBPO), Repligen (RGEN), Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO) and Denali Therapeutics (DNLI).

Gilead Sciences' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.05%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.24%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.21%), Northern Trust Corp (1.31%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.30%) and Parnassus Investments CA (0.83%). 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 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, State Treasurer State of Michigan, BB Biotech AG, First Manhattan Co., Boston Partners and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Gilead Sciences company stock in the last year include Gregg H Alton, John C Martin, John Francis Cogan and Robin L Washington. View Insider Buying and Selling for Gilead Sciences.

GILD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.. 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 $66.76.

Gilead Sciences has a market capitalization of $86.36 billion and generates $22.13 billion in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $5.46 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.15 on an earnings per share basis. Gilead Sciences employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Gilead Sciences is http://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]