NYSE:ABBV - AbbVie Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

AbbVie announced a -- dividend on Friday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th will be given a dividend of $1.18 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a yield of 5.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 14th. This is a positive change from AbbVie's previous -- dividend of $1.07. View AbbVie's Dividend History.

AbbVie declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, December 13th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 7th. The company reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.19 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $8.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.68 billion. AbbVie had a net margin of 23.69% and a negative return on equity of 162.37%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.90 EPS. View AbbVie's Earnings History.

AbbVie is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AbbVie.

AbbVie updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $9.61-9.71 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $9.78.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for AbbVie's shares. Their forecasts range from $66.61 to $105.00. On average, they expect AbbVie's share price to reach $89.30 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for AbbVie.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AbbVie in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AbbVie.

Media coverage about ABBV stock has trended extremely negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AbbVie earned a media sentiment score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for AbbVie.

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AbbVie's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital Research Global Investors (5.86%), State Street Corp (4.65%), FMR LLC (2.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.02%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.80%) and Capital International Investors (0.74%). Company insiders that own AbbVie stock include Azita Saleki-Gerhardt, Brian L Durkin, Carlos Alban, Edward J Rapp, Glenn F Tilton, Henry O Gosebruch, Istar Inc, Jeffrey Ryan Stewart, Laura J Schumacher, Michael Severino, Nicholas Donoghoe, Richard A Gonzalez, Robert A Michael, 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 Capital Research Global Investors, Schroder Investment Management Group, Capital International Investors, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Victory Capital Management Inc., Levin Easterly Partners LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold AbbVie company stock in the last year include Azita Saleki-Gerhardt, Brian L Durkin, Laura J Schumacher and Timothy J Richmond. View Insider Buying and Selling for AbbVie.

ABBV stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Farallon Capital Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd. Company insiders that have bought AbbVie stock in the last two years include Edward J Rapp, Glenn F Tilton, 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 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 $93.61.

AbbVie has a market capitalization of $138.43 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.View Additional Information About AbbVie.

The official website for AbbVie is http://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.