AbbVie - ABBV Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AbbVie in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for AbbVie's stock. Their ABBV share price forecasts range from $135.00 to $200.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $160.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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AbbVie's stock was trading at $161.61 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, ABBV stock has decreased by 10.4% and is now trading at $144.84.
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AbbVie saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,960,000 shares, a drop of 7.5% from the December 31st total of 12,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 9th 2023.
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AbbVie will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The company reported $3.33 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.22 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $14.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.30 billion. AbbVie had a net margin of 23.19% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 155.88%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.83 earnings per share.
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AbbVie declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 28th. Investors of record on Friday, January 13th will be given a dividend of $1.48 per share on Wednesday, February 15th. This represents a $5.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 12th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.41.
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AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.01%. ABBV has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 51 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 79.04%. 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 51.48% 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 FY22 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $13.70-13.74 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $13.85.

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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Edmp Inc. (0.30%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.19%), DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale (0.18%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.17%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%). 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 $144.84.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) has a market capitalization of $256.15 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.