AbbVie Inc. $ABBV Shares Purchased by Stenger Family Office LLC

Stenger Family Office LLC boosted its holdings in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 63.4% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 27,140 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,535 shares during the quarter. AbbVie comprises about 1.3% of Stenger Family Office LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Stenger Family Office LLC’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $6,201,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of AbbVie during the 4th quarter worth $5,865,055,000. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 457.4% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 10,536,901 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,439,714,000 after purchasing an additional 8,646,424 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors lifted its stake in shares of AbbVie by 106.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 13,071,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,986,777,000 after purchasing an additional 6,736,161 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. lifted its stake in shares of AbbVie by 914.6% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 5,444,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,244,112,000 after purchasing an additional 4,908,260 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in AbbVie by 10.4% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 44,629,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,179,099,000 after buying an additional 4,190,487 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

AbbVie Price Performance

Shares of ABBV opened at $216.63 on Friday. AbbVie Inc. has a 1-year low of $181.73 and a 1-year high of $244.81. The stock has a market cap of $382.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 106.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.32. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $212.18 and a 200-day simple moving average of $218.76.

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

AbbVie Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be issued a $1.73 dividend. This represents a $6.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 15th. AbbVie’s payout ratio is 340.89%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have weighed in on ABBV. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Monday, June 8th. William Blair reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Monday, March 9th. DZ Bank raised AbbVie from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Evercore set a $235.00 price target on AbbVie in a report on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on AbbVie from $270.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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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