O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC Boosts Holdings in AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 7.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 339,371 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 23,977 shares during the quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $77,543,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 17.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 22,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,072,000 after purchasing an additional 3,401 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 72.7% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,294,000 after purchasing an additional 3,064 shares during the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 5.0% in the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 16,466 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,056,000 after purchasing an additional 789 shares during the last quarter. Ieq Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 4.6% in the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 120,035 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,281,000 after purchasing an additional 5,274 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 117.3% in the second quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC now owns 1,135,034 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,685,000 after purchasing an additional 612,702 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on ABBV. Piper Sandler increased their price target on AbbVie from $294.00 to $298.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Evercore set a $235.00 price target on AbbVie in a report on Friday, May 15th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price target on AbbVie from $262.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on AbbVie from $270.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AbbVie currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $253.43.

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AbbVie Stock Performance

Shares of AbbVie stock opened at $227.68 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $402.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 112.16, a PEG ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.32. AbbVie Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $181.73 and a fifty-two week high of $244.81. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $209.85 and a 200 day moving average of $219.26.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $15 billion during 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%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.46 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 EPS for the current year.

About AbbVie

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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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