AbbVie Inc. $ABBV Stock Holdings Increased by Panagora Asset Management Inc.

Panagora Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 66.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 275,381 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 110,087 shares during the period. Panagora Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $62,922,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 177,747,261 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,155,601,000 after buying an additional 448,554 shares in the last quarter. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of AbbVie by 25.5% in the 3rd quarter. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. now owns 401,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,024,000 after buying an additional 81,625 shares in the last quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of AbbVie by 10.5% during the third quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC now owns 55,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,885,000 after purchasing an additional 5,302 shares during the period. Procyon Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of AbbVie by 19.9% during the fourth quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 32,752 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,484,000 after purchasing an additional 5,427 shares during the period. Finally, Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management Inc. raised its position in shares of AbbVie by 358.1% during the third quarter. Woodley Farra Manion Portfolio Management Inc. now owns 14,746 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,414,000 after purchasing an additional 11,527 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

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AbbVie Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of ABBV stock opened at $227.54 on Monday. AbbVie Inc. has a 1-year low of $181.73 and a 1-year high of $244.81. The company has a market capitalization of $402.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 112.09, a P/E/G ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 0.32. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $211.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $219.00.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on ABBV. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Wall Street Zen lowered AbbVie from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, June 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada began coverage on AbbVie in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $260.00 target price on the stock. DZ Bank raised AbbVie from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research report 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 issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $253.43.

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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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