AbbVie (ABBV) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Q: What analysts cover AbbVie?

AbbVie has been rated by research analysts at Argus , Bank of America , Barclays , BNP Paribas Exane , Canaccord Genuity Group , Cantor Fitzgerald , Erste Group Bank , Guggenheim , HSBC , JPMorgan Chase & Co. , Leerink Partners , Morgan Stanley , Oppenheimer , Piper Sandler , Rothschild & Co Redburn , Royal Bank Of Canada , Scotiabank , UBS Group , Weiss Ratings , Wells Fargo & Company , and Wolfe Research in the past 90 days.

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AbbVie - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 30 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
6

Buy
24

Based on 30 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for AbbVie in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 30 analysts, 6 have given a hold rating, 23 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for ABBV.

Consensus Price Target

$277.18
-2.26% Downside

According to the 30 analysts' twelve-month price targets for AbbVie, the average price target is $277.18. The highest price target for ABBV is $320.00, while the lowest price target for ABBV is $225.00. The average price target represents a forecasted downside of -2.26% from the current price of $283.58.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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ABBV Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/15/25 to 10/15/26	1 Month Ago 9/15/25 to 9/15/26	3 Months Ago 7/17/25 to 7/17/26	1 Year Ago 10/15/24 to 10/15/25
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	23 Buy rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)
Hold	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$277.18	$271.87	$265.58	$233.36
Forecasted Upside	-2.26% Downside	3.40% Upside	4.34% Upside	3.11% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

ABBV Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

ABBV Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

AbbVie Stock vs. The Competition

Type	AbbVie	Healthcare Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.83	2.32	2.53
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	-2.26% Downside	1,110.90% Upside	19.53% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent ABBV News	Positive News	Positive News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/13/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada 3 of 5 stars	Trung Huynh Not Rated	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$280.00	+0.58%
10/9/2026	Guggenheim 5 of 5 stars	Vamil Divan 4 of 5 stars	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$288.00	+4.85%
10/8/2026	Weiss Ratings 3 of 5 stars		Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
10/8/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Chris Schott Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $300.00	+10.21%
10/8/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Carter Gould Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$285.00 ➝ $290.00	+6.87%
10/7/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Terence Flynn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$296.00 ➝ $310.00	+14.10%
10/6/2026	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Louise Chen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$280.00 ➝ $320.00	+21.56%
10/6/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Michael Yee Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$260.00 ➝ $275.00	+4.47%
9/10/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Rajesh Kumar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$300.00 ➝ $315.00	+25.48%
9/8/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Geoff Meacham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy
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8/20/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	David Amsellem Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$298.00 ➝ $303.00	+14.07%
8/17/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Mohit Bansal Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$295.00 ➝ $300.00	+20.38%
8/13/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Alexandria Hammond Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Upgrade	Peer Perform ➝ Outperform	$235.00 ➝ $300.00	+20.42%
8/11/2026	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Navann Ty Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$218.00 ➝ $247.00	-1.15%
8/5/2026	Leerink Partners Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Outperform	$245.00 ➝ $279.00	+4.74%
8/5/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
8/4/2026	Rothschild & Co Redburn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$284.00 ➝ $285.00	+6.99%
8/4/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target		$250.00 ➝ $270.00	+1.36%
8/3/2026	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Gary Nachman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$282.00 ➝ $290.00	+15.39%
8/3/2026	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Neutral	$244.00 ➝ $258.00	-3.15%
7/29/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Emily Field Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Overweight	$275.00 ➝ $300.00	+13.86%
7/15/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Geoff Meacham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Neutral	$230.00 ➝ $260.00	+6.23%
7/13/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Evan David Seigerman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Outperform	$258.00 ➝ $300.00	+20.97%
6/23/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$203.00 ➝ $225.00	-4.00%
5/15/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Set Target	Outperform	$236.00 ➝ $235.00	+10.71%
5/5/2026	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Lower Target	Outperform	$244.00 ➝ $237.00	-11.09%
4/30/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Neutral	$240.00 ➝ $244.00	-8.46%
4/30/2026	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
3/9/2026	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
1/20/2026	Berenberg Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Luisa Hector Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Buy	$270.00 ➝ $275.00	+28.28%
11/3/2025	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Gary Nachman Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Set Target	Outperform	$250.00 ➝ $256.00	+17.36%
10/3/2025	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Buy	$250.00 ➝ $280.00	+5.12%
9/15/2025	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings		Boost Target	Hold	$173.00 ➝ $204.00	-23.41%
2/3/2025	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Srikripa Devarakonda Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock analyst rankings	Boost Target	Buy	$211.00 ➝ $217.00	+14.50%

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Should I Buy AbbVie Stock? ABBV Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these AbbVie pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

AbbVie
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in AbbVie:

AbbVie reported strong third-quarter 2026 results on July 31, 2026, beating analyst expectations with earnings per share of $3.65 compared to a consensus estimate of $3.61, while revenue reached $16.99 billion, exceeding the $16.80 billion forecast and marking a 10.2% year-over-year increase.
New Phase 3 AFFIRM data presented in October 2026 demonstrated that subcutaneous SKYRIZI improved clinical and endoscopic outcomes versus placebo in adults with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease, potentially supporting regulatory review for a more convenient induction option and strengthening the company's post-Humira immunology growth story.
The stock is trading at $283.58 as of October 14, 2026, which is near its 52-week high of $285.40, reflecting a significant upward trend from its 52-week low of $190.75 and indicating strong recent momentum and investor confidence.
Analysts maintain a constructive outlook ahead of the upcoming earnings report, with RBC reaffirming an "outperform" rating and citing potential third-quarter top-line strength from key products like RINVOQ, SKYRIZI, and Vraylar, while Erste Group raised its 2027 EPS forecast to $16.34 and maintained a Buy rating.
Unusually heavy call-option activity was observed recently, with 86,296 calls purchased compared to a typical volume of 15,836, suggesting increased short-term bullish positioning among traders who are betting on further price appreciation.

AbbVie
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in AbbVie for these reasons:

The company has a high P/E ratio of 80.11, which is significantly elevated compared to many peers, suggesting that the stock price is expensive relative to its current earnings and may leave little room for error if growth slows.
AbbVie's payout ratio is 195.48%, meaning the company is paying out more in dividends than it is earning in net income, which could raise concerns about the sustainability of the dividend yield of 2.46% if profitability does not improve.
Some analysts and investors are comparing AbbVie unfavorably with Sanofi, whose upgraded 2026 outlook, Dupixent growth, and lower valuation may offer a more attractive risk-reward profile, potentially diverting capital away from AbbVie.
RBC’s price target of $280 is below the current trading level of $283.58, indicating limited near-term upside potential at that specific target, which may cap short-term gains for new investors.
Recent insider selling activity, including EVP Nicholas Donoghoe selling 32,710 shares in August 2026, may weigh modestly on sentiment, although it does not alter the company’s operating outlook.

ABBV Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 30 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for AbbVie is $277.18, with a high forecast of $320.00 and a low forecast of $225.00.

30 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AbbVie in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings, 23 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ABBV shares.

According to analysts, AbbVie's stock has a predicted downside of -2.26% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, AbbVie's stock had 4 upgrades by analysts.

AbbVie has been rated by research analysts at Argus, Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas Exane, Canaccord Genuity Group, Cantor Fitzgerald, Erste Group Bank, Guggenheim, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Leerink Partners, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Piper Sandler, Rothschild & Co Redburn, Royal Bank Of Canada, Scotiabank, UBS Group, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, and Wolfe Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like AbbVie more than other "healthcare" companies. The consensus rating for AbbVie is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "healthcare" companies is Hold. Learn more on how ABBV compares to other companies.

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