IFP Advisors Inc Sells 2,013 Shares of AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

IFP Advisors Inc lowered its position in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 3.7% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 52,930 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,013 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $13,319,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of AbbVie by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 180,779,699 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,306,353,000 after purchasing an additional 3,032,438 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 80,940,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,494,193,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,274 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of AbbVie by 10.4% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 44,629,980 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,179,099,000 after purchasing an additional 4,190,487 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of AbbVie by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 25,824,399 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,900,617,000 after purchasing an additional 356,394 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in AbbVie in the fourth quarter worth $5,865,055,000. Institutional investors own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have commented on ABBV shares. Weiss Ratings raised shares of AbbVie from a “hold (c)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Erste Group Bank raised AbbVie from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on AbbVie from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 10th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on AbbVie from $265.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group raised their price objective on AbbVie from $282.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AbbVie currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.50.

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AbbVie Trading Up 1.0%

NYSE:ABBV opened at $251.20 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $443.82 billion, a PE ratio of 70.96, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.30. AbbVie Inc. has a 1 year low of $190.75 and a 1 year high of $267.47. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $244.51 and its 200 day simple moving average is $225.96.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, July 31st. The company reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.61 by $0.04. AbbVie had a net margin of 9.80% and a negative return on equity of 422.07%. The firm had revenue of $16.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.80 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.97 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. AbbVie has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.840-3.880 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AbbVie Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be given a dividend of $1.73 per share. This represents a $6.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 15th. AbbVie’s payout ratio is currently 195.48%.

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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