Gilead Sciences - GILD Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gilead Sciences in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" GILD shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GILD, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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17 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Gilead Sciences' stock. Their GILD share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $112.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $88.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price.
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Gilead Sciences' stock was trading at $85.85 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GILD stock has decreased by 0.2% and is now trading at $85.67.
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Gilead Sciences saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,930,000 shares, a decrease of 8.0% from the December 31st total of 16,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,960,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 2nd. The biopharmaceutical company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.17. The biopharmaceutical company earned $7.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.63 billion. Gilead Sciences had a net margin of 16.83% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.46%. Gilead Sciences's revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS.
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Gilead Sciences declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.75 per share on Thursday, March 30th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.50%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.73.
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Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.38%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 80.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, GILD will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Gilead Sciences updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.60-$7.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.73. The company issued revenue guidance of $26.00 billion-$26.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $25.76 billion.

107 employees have rated Gilead Sciences Chief Executive Officer Daniel O’Day on Glassdoor.com. Daniel O’Day has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Daniel O’Day in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Gilead Sciences' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Parnassus Investments LLC (0.96%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.69%), LSV Asset Management (0.52%), Swiss National Bank (0.41%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.34%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.29%). Insiders that own company stock include Brett A Pletcher, Diane E Wilfong, Diane E Wilfong, Gayle E Wilson, Javier Rodriguez, Johanna Mercier, John Francis Cogan, Merdad Parsey and Richard James Whitley.
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Shares of GILD stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GILD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.67.

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) has a market capitalization of $107.45 billion and generates $27.28 billion in revenue each year. The biopharmaceutical company earns $4.59 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,400 workers across the globe.

Gilead Sciences' mailing address is 333 LAKESIDE DRIVE, FOSTER CITY CA, 94404. The official website for the company is www.gilead.com. The biopharmaceutical company can be reached via phone at (650) 574-3000, via email at investor_relations@gilead.com, or via fax at 650-578-9264.