Gilead Sciences, Inc [NASDAQ: GILD] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.07% on Monday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -8.83%.
Over the last 12 months, GILD stock rose by 18.71%. The one-year Gilead Sciences, Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 9.14. The average equity rating for GILD stock is currently 2.03, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
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The market cap for the stock reached $105.80 billion, with 1.25 billion shares outstanding and 1.25 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 6.54M shares, GILD stock reached a trading volume of 8990566 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Gilead Sciences, Inc [GILD]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GILD shares is $97.36 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GILD stock is a recommendation set at 2.03. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Wolfe Research have made an estimate for Gilead Sciences, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on November 15, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Citigroup raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on November 14, 2024, representing the official price target for Gilead Sciences, Inc stock. On October 21, 2024, analysts increased their price target for GILD shares from 74 to 96.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Gilead Sciences, Inc is set at 2.09, with the Price to Sales ratio for GILD stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.74. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.97, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.60. Price to Free Cash Flow for GILD in the course of the last twelve months was 11.22 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.10.
GILD Stock Performance Analysis:
Gilead Sciences, Inc [GILD] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -8.83. With this latest performance, GILD shares gained by 2.01% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 30.28% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 18.71% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GILD stock in for the last two-week period is set at 46.14, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 39.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 50.61 for Gilead Sciences, Inc [GILD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 86.87, while it was recorded at 91.19 for the last single week of trading, and 74.90 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Gilead Sciences, Inc Fundamentals:
Gilead Sciences, Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.10 and a Current Ratio set at 1.26.
GILD Stock EPS
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Gilead Sciences, Inc posted 1.72/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.76/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.04. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GILD. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Gilead Sciences, Inc go to 8.00%.
Gilead Sciences, Inc [GILD] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $88.38%, or 88.48%% of GILD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GILD stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 120.63 million shares, which is approximately 9.6738%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 115.26 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$7.91 billion in GILD stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$5.23 billion in GILD stock with ownership which is approximately 6.1147%.
