AbbVie - ABBV Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street 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 analysts is that investors should "buy" ABBV shares.
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16 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AbbVie's stock. Their ABBV share price forecasts range from $135.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $159.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price.
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AbbVie's stock was trading at $135.40 at the start of the year. Since then, ABBV shares have increased by 6.8% and is now trading at $144.60.
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AbbVie saw a increase in short interest in 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, November 4th 2022.
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AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) posted its earnings results on Friday, July, 29th. The company reported $3.51 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.42 by $0.09. The firm 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%. AbbVie's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.11 earnings per share.
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AbbVie announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.41 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $5.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 3.98%. 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 47.80% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AbbVie updated 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.36%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.74%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), FMR LLC (0.98%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.73%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.71%). 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 $144.60.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) has a market capitalization of $255.67 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.