Investment Insight Wealth Management LLC Invests $665,000 in AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Investment Insight Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 2,912 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $665,000. AbbVie makes up about 0.7% of Investment Insight Wealth Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest holding.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ABBV. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust grew its position in AbbVie by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust now owns 7,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,648,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV raised its holdings in AbbVie by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV now owns 5,852 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,337,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Imprint Wealth LLC raised its stake in AbbVie by 56.2% during the fourth quarter. Imprint Wealth LLC now owns 125 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Hardin Capital Partners LLC raised its position in shares of AbbVie by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Hardin Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $759,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dogwood Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in AbbVie by 10.8% in the fourth quarter. Dogwood Wealth Management LLC now owns 473 shares of the company’s stock valued at $108,000 after buying an additional 46 shares during the period. 70.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Bank of America upgraded AbbVie from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $234.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of AbbVie from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, June 7th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $249.00 price objective on shares of AbbVie in a report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of AbbVie from $270.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AbbVie presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $253.43.

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AbbVie Stock Up 0.1%

ABBV stock opened at $216.63 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $382.74 billion, a PE ratio of 106.71, a P/E/G ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.32. The business has a 50 day moving average of $212.18 and a 200-day moving average of $218.76. AbbVie Inc. has a 12-month low of $181.73 and a 12-month high of $244.81.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.06. The business 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 quarterly revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.46 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 earnings per share for the current year.

AbbVie Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 14th. Investors 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%.

AbbVie News Roundup

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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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