Gilead Sciences (GILD) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Gilead Sciences - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 29 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
5

Buy
24

Based on 29 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Gilead Sciences in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 29 analysts, 5 have given a hold rating, 23 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for GILD.

Consensus Price Target

$158.78
4.57% Upside

According to the 29 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Gilead Sciences, the average price target is $158.78. The highest price target for GILD is $180.00, while the lowest price target for GILD is $123.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 4.57% from the current price of $151.84.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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GILD Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 9/24/25 to 9/24/26	1 Month Ago 8/25/25 to 8/25/26	3 Months Ago 6/26/25 to 6/26/26	1 Year Ago 9/24/24 to 9/24/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	23 Buy rating(s)	24 Buy rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)
Hold	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$158.78	$158.04	$158.41	$117.17
Forecasted Upside	4.57% Upside	6.23% Upside	23.89% Upside	3.08% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

GILD Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

GILD Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Gilead Sciences Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Gilead Sciences	Healthcare Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.86	2.31	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	4.75% Upside	721.85% Upside	18.86% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent GILD News	Neutral News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
9/14/2026	Weiss Ratings 5 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Hold (C)
9/10/2026	HSBC 2 of 5 stars	Morten Herholdt Not Rated	Boost Target	Buy	$155.00 ➝ $175.00	+20.61%
8/31/2026	Zacks Research 4 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/5/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Abrahams Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$120.00 ➝ $123.00	-5.89%
8/5/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Carter Gould Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$155.00	+14.60%
8/5/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Stringer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$170.00	+25.69%
7/29/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Emily Field Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$155.00 ➝ $145.00	+7.95%
7/27/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Harrison Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$166.00 ➝ $165.00	+25.39%
7/21/2026	Leerink Partners Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Daina Graybosch Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$146.00 ➝ $127.00	-4.66%
7/7/2026	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gregory Renza Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$157.00 ➝ $156.00	+20.36%
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5/20/2026	Maxim Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Okunewitch Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$165.00	+26.44%
5/19/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Outperform	$161.00 ➝ $150.00	+14.65%
5/11/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target		$170.00 ➝ $167.00	+25.18%
4/17/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$125.00 ➝ $130.00	-5.41%
4/13/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Geoff Meacham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$156.00 ➝ $165.00	+19.83%
3/10/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Akash Tewari Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$180.00	+22.76%
2/19/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$135.00 ➝ $165.00	+9.18%
2/18/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$140.00 ➝ $170.00	+11.30%
2/12/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Alexandria Hammond Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$155.00 ➝ $170.00	+9.11%
2/11/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Courtney Breen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$160.00	+3.14%
2/11/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target	Buy	$162.00	+4.03%
2/11/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$128.00 ➝ $165.00	+5.91%
2/11/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$135.00 ➝ $155.00	-0.51%
2/11/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tyler Van Buren Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$145.00 ➝ $160.00	+2.70%
2/11/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mohit Bansal Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $165.00	+12.07%
2/11/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Chris Schott Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$150.00 ➝ $160.00	+8.67%
2/11/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Louis Chen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Sector Outperform	$140.00 ➝ $177.00	+20.22%
1/26/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Yee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$145.00 ➝ $155.00	+12.54%
1/26/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Evan David Seigerman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$135.00 ➝ $150.00	+10.35%
9/5/2025	Dbs Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Moderate Buy
2/13/2025	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$108.00	+4.54%
2/12/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Catanzaro Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$105.00 ➝ $110.00	+6.33%
11/7/2024	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral	$80.00 ➝ $95.00	-2.30%

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Should I Buy Gilead Sciences Stock? GILD Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Gilead Sciences pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Gilead Sciences
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Gilead Sciences, Inc.:

Gilead Sciences, Inc. recently expanded access to its HIV prevention drug lenacapavir across 120 high-incidence countries, including a new regional agreement with the Pan American Health Organization that creates a procurement pathway for 14 additional countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, strengthening its long-term growth platform in a core therapeutic area.
The stock is currently trading at $152.67, which is below the consensus price target of $158.78 and near its 52-week high of $157.29, suggesting that analysts still see modest upside potential despite the recent rally, with a "Moderate Buy" consensus rating supported by 24 out of 29 analysts recommending a buy or strong buy.
Institutional investors continue to show confidence in the company, with State Street Corp increasing its stake by 2.3% in the second quarter to hold over 61 million shares, and BlackRock establishing a new position valued at approximately $15.4 billion, indicating strong demand from large institutional portfolios.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. reported second-quarter revenue of $7.80 billion, beating analyst expectations of $7.40 billion by a significant margin, with year-over-year revenue growth of 10.6%, demonstrating strong commercial execution and demand for its portfolio of medicines in virology and oncology.
The company offers a dividend yield of 2.19%, providing income to investors, and its low beta of 0.33 suggests that the stock is less volatile than the broader market, which may appeal to investors seeking stability in their healthcare holdings.

Gilead Sciences
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Gilead Sciences, Inc. for these reasons:

Gilead Sciences, Inc. reported a negative earnings per share of ($6.75) in the most recent quarter, resulting in a negative price-to-earnings ratio of -57.18, which indicates that the company is currently unprofitable on a GAAP basis and may face challenges in generating positive earnings in the near term.
Insider selling has been consistent, with CEO Daniel O'Day selling 15,000 shares in September 2026 and CFO Andrew Dickinson selling 3,000 shares in the same month, while Director Anthony Welters sold 18,000 shares in August 2026, suggesting that company executives may be taking advantage of the recent stock price appreciation to reduce their personal holdings.
The company's debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.03, which is relatively high and indicates that Gilead Sciences, Inc. relies significantly on debt financing, potentially increasing financial risk if interest rates rise or if the company faces unexpected expenses or revenue shortfalls.
Short interest in the stock has increased slightly, with 23,007,029 shares shorted as of August 31, 2026, representing 1.86% of the float, and days to cover at 4.23, suggesting that some investors are betting against the stock's future performance, which could create downward pressure on the share price.
The dividend payout ratio is currently -122.85%, which is negative and indicates that the company is paying out more in dividends than it is earning in profits, raising concerns about the sustainability of the dividend if the company does not return to profitability in the coming quarters.

GILD Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 29 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Gilead Sciences is $158.78, with a high forecast of $180.00 and a low forecast of $123.00.

29 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Gilead Sciences in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings, 23 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" GILD shares.

According to analysts, Gilead Sciences's stock has a predicted upside of 4.57% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Gilead Sciences's stock had 3 upgrades and 2 downgrades by analysts.

Gilead Sciences has been rated by research analysts at Barclays, Cantor Fitzgerald, HSBC, Leerink Partners, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Royal Bank Of Canada, Truist Financial, Weiss Ratings, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Gilead Sciences more than other "healthcare" companies. The consensus rating for Gilead Sciences is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "healthcare" companies is Hold. Learn more on how GILD compares to other companies.

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Should I Buy Gilead Sciences Stock? GILD Pros and Cons Explained

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