Amgen (AMGN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers medicines for serious illnesses. Its research focuses on areas including oncology, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, bone health, nephrology and rare diseases. The company uses biologic research, genetics and other advanced technologies to develop treatments intended to address significant unmet medical needs.

Amgen’s medicines include Enbrel for certain inflammatory diseases; Prolia and Evenity for bone-related conditions; Xgeva for complications associated with cancer and bone disease; Repatha for cardiovascular risk reduction; Otezla for inflammatory conditions; and Aimovig for migraine prevention. Through its acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics, Amgen also added medicines such as Tepezza, Krystexxa and Uplizna to its portfolio.

Founded in 1980, Amgen is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, and serves patients and healthcare providers in the United States and international markets. The company’s products are distributed globally through healthcare systems, pharmacies and other channels. Robert A. Bradway has served as Amgen’s chairman and chief executive officer since 2012.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $398.52 to $413.00
• 50-Day Range: $358.32 to $444.12
• 52-Week Range: $269.77 to $447.03
• Volume: 3.64 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.81 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $221.79 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.50
• Dividend Yield: 2.46%
• Price Target: $381.32
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Amgen Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Amgen scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 225th out of 897 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Amgen has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 11 buy ratings, 15 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Amgen has a consensus price target of $381.32, representing about 7.0% downside from its current price of $410.24.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Amgen has been the subject of 22 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.45%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Amgen are expected to grow by 6.45% in the coming year, from $22.94 to $24.42 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Amgen is 25.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.12.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Amgen is 25.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 274.30.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Amgen has a PEG Ratio of 2.84. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Amgen has a P/B Ratio of 25.51. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.42% of the float of Amgen has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Amgen has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.62.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Amgen has recently increased by 7.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Amgen pays a meaningful dividend of 2.56%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Amgen has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Amgen is 62.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Amgen will have a dividend payout ratio of 41.28% next year. This indicates that Amgen will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.52

News Sentiment

Amgen has a news sentiment score of 0.52. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 23 news articles for Amgen this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 33 people have searched for AMGN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -15% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

29 people have added Amgen to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 81% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Amgen insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,540,926.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.85% of the stock of Amgen is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

76.50% of the stock of Amgen is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 9/11 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/11 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/11/2026
• Today: 9/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Biotechnology
• Sub-Industry: Biotechnology
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:AMGN
• CIK: 318154
• Web: www.amgen.com
• Phone: (805) 447-1000
• Fax: 805-447-1010
• Employees: 31,500
• Year Founded: 1980

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Amgen: $381.32
• High Price Target: $460.00
• Low Price Target: $200.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -7.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 30 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $16.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.88
• P/E Growth: 2.84
• Net Income: $7.71 billion
• Net Margins: 22.95%
• Pretax Margin: 27.00%
• Return on Equity: 124.14%
• Return on Assets: 13.18%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 4.44
• Current Ratio: 1.37
• Quick Ratio: 1.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $36.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.03
• Cash Flow: $35.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.63
• Book Value: $16.08 per share
• Price / Book: 25.51

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 540,630,000
• Free Float: 536,037,000
• Market Cap: $221.79 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.43