NYSE:ABBVAbbVie Stock Price, Forecast & News

AbbVie's stock was trading at $84.85 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ABBV stock has increased by 16.5% and is now trading at $98.88. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AbbVie in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AbbVie.

AbbVie is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 24th 2020. View our earnings forecast for AbbVie.

AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 1st. The company reported $2.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.25 by $0.17. The business earned $8.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.31 billion. AbbVie had a net margin of 24.77% and a negative return on equity of 169.80%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.14 earnings per share. View AbbVie's earnings history.

AbbVie announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be paid a dividend of $1.18 per share on Friday, August 14th. This represents a $4.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.77%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 14th. View AbbVie's dividend history.

AbbVie declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, December 13th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

AbbVie issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Friday, May, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $50-50 billion.

17 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for AbbVie's shares. Their forecasts range from $90.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect AbbVie's share price to reach $106.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AbbVie.

News coverage about ABBV stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AbbVie earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about AbbVie.

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AbbVie trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ABBV."

AbbVie's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%), Red Spruce Capital LLC (0.00%), Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.00%), Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE (0.00%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own AbbVie stock include Azita Saleki-Gerhardt, Brian L Durkin, Edward J Rapp, Henry O Gosebruch, Istar Inc, Jeffrey Ryan Stewart, Laura J Schumacher, Michael Severino, Nicholas Donoghoe, Richard A Gonzalez, Roxanne S Austin, Timothy J Richmond and William J Chase. View institutional ownership trends for AbbVie.

ABBV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Birch Capital Management LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc., Red Spruce Capital LLC, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, and Thomasville National Bank. Company insiders that have sold AbbVie company stock in the last year include Jeffrey Ryan Stewart, and Timothy J Richmond. View insider buying and selling activity for AbbVie.

ABBV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Modus Advisors LLC, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, and Ellenbecker Investment Group. Company insiders that have bought AbbVie stock in the last two years include Brian L Durkin, Edward J Rapp, Henry O Gosebruch, Istar Inc, Jeffrey Ryan Stewart, Laura J Schumacher, Nicholas Donoghoe, Roxanne S Austin, and William J Chase. View insider buying and selling activity for AbbVie.

Shares of ABBV 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 ABBV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.88.

AbbVie has a market capitalization of $146.02 billion and generates $33.27 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $7.88 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.94 on an earnings per share basis. AbbVie employs 30,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for AbbVie is www.abbvie.com.

AbbVie's mailing address is 1 NORTH WAUKEGAN ROAD, NORTH CHICAGO IL, 60064. The company can be reached via phone at 847-932-7900.