AbbVie - ABBV Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AbbVie in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" ABBV shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in ABBV, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for AbbVie's shares. Their ABBV share price forecasts range from $135.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $158.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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AbbVie's stock was trading at $135.40 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, ABBV stock has increased by 16.2% and is now trading at $157.39.
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AbbVie saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,000,000 shares, an increase of 5.3% from the September 30th total of 13,290,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,420,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 1st 2023.
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AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 28th. The company reported $3.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.57 by $0.09. The company earned $14.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.95 billion. AbbVie had a net margin of 23.19% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 155.88%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.33 EPS.
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AbbVie declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 13th will be paid a dividend of $1.48 per share on Wednesday, February 15th. This represents a $5.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.76%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 12th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.41.
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AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) pays an annual dividend of $5.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.56%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 50 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 75.30%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, ABBV will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.39% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AbbVie issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Sunday, November, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.65-$3.69 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.20 billion-$15.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.78 billion.

580 employees have rated AbbVie Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Gonzalez on Glassdoor.com. Richard A. Gonzalez has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.82%), BlackRock Inc. (7.52%), State Street Corp (4.38%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.39%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.17%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.77%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian L Durkin, Carlos Alban, Carrie C Strom, Carrie C Strom, Edward J Rapp, Elaine K Sorg, Henry O Gosebruch, Jeffrey Ryan Stewart, Laura J Schumacher, Michael Severino, Richard A Gonzalez, Robert A Michael, Roxanne S Austin, Timothy J Richmond and Timothy J Richmond.
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One share of ABBV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $157.39.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) has a market capitalization of $278.34 billion and generates $56.20 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $11.54 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.49 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 50,000 workers across the globe.

AbbVie's mailing address is 1 NORTH WAUKEGAN ROAD, NORTH CHICAGO IL, 60064. The official website for the company is www.abbvie.com. The company can be reached via phone at (847) 932-7900 or via fax at 302-655-5049.