Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. Increases Stake in AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. raised its holdings in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 25.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,314 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,954 shares during the period. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $4,413,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its holdings in AbbVie by 16.0% during the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 58,434 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,352,000 after buying an additional 8,053 shares during the last quarter. Tillman Hartley LLC increased its holdings in AbbVie by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Tillman Hartley LLC now owns 3,496 shares of the company’s stock valued at $799,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Allianz SE increased its holdings in AbbVie by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Allianz SE now owns 97,245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,220,000 after buying an additional 2,596 shares during the last quarter. Macquarie Group Ltd. increased its holdings in AbbVie by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Macquarie Group Ltd. now owns 986,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $224,893,000 after buying an additional 51,559 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management increased its holdings in AbbVie by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management now owns 4,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,080,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. 70.23% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

AbbVie Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:ABBV opened at $227.54 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $211.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $219.07. AbbVie Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $181.73 and a fifty-two week high of $244.81. The firm has a market cap of $402.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 112.09, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.32.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.06. AbbVie had a net margin of 5.79% and a negative return on equity of 576.45%. The firm had revenue of $15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.46 earnings per share. AbbVie’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts predict that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 earnings per share for the current year.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on ABBV. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AbbVie in a report on Monday. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $260.00 price objective for the company. Evercore set a $235.00 price objective on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of AbbVie from $262.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AbbVie has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $253.43.

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AbbVie Company Profile

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AbbVie is a global, research-driven biopharmaceutical company that was created as a spin-off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013 and is headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois. The company focuses on discovering, developing and commercializing therapies for complex and often chronic medical conditions. Its operations span research and development, manufacturing, regulatory affairs and commercialization, with an emphasis on bringing specialty medicines to market across multiple therapeutic areas.

AbbVie’s product portfolio and pipeline cover several major therapeutic categories, including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology and women’s health.

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