AbbVie - ABBV Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AbbVie in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" ABBV shares.
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16 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AbbVie's shares. Their ABBV share price forecasts range from $135.00 to $200.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $159.06 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price.
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AbbVie's stock was trading at $135.40 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ABBV stock has increased by 4.9% and is now trading at $141.99.
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AbbVie saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,950,000 shares, an increase of 13.8% from the August 31st total of 11,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,430,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 28th 2022.
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AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 29th. The company reported $3.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.42 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $14.58 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.64 billion. AbbVie had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 158.41% and a net margin of 22.03%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.11 earnings per share.
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AbbVie announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 9th. Investors of record on Friday, October 14th will be given a dividend of $1.41 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $5.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 13th.
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AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) pays an annual dividend of $5.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.08%. 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 50 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 79.89%. 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 48.33% 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 third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.55-$3.59 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.67. The company issued revenue guidance of $14.80 billion-$14.80 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.28 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 Meyer Handelman Co. (0.01%), Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Lynch & Associates IN (0.00%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.00%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.00%). 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 $141.99.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) has a market capitalization of $251.05 billion and generates $56.20 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $11.54 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.06 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.