Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA Sells 67,022 Shares of AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA cut its stake in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 15.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 375,984 shares of the company’s stock after selling 67,022 shares during the period. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $82,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake 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 buying an additional 3,401 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in AbbVie by 72.7% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,294,000 after buying an additional 3,064 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. grew its holdings in AbbVie by 5.0% during the 2nd quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 16,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,056,000 after acquiring an additional 789 shares during the last quarter. Ieq Capital LLC grew its holdings in AbbVie by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 120,035 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,281,000 after acquiring an additional 5,274 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC increased its position in AbbVie by 117.3% in the 2nd quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC now owns 1,135,034 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,685,000 after acquiring an additional 612,702 shares during the period. 70.23% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key AbbVie News

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Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on ABBV. Wells Fargo & Company set a $260.00 price target on shares of AbbVie in a report on Monday, June 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded AbbVie from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday. DZ Bank raised AbbVie from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of AbbVie in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price target on AbbVie from $270.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $253.81.

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AbbVie Stock Performance

NYSE:ABBV opened at $251.52 on Monday. AbbVie Inc. has a 52 week low of $181.73 and a 52 week high of $253.35. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $215.16 and its 200-day moving average is $219.16. The firm has a market cap of $444.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 123.90, a P/E/G ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.32.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.72 billion. AbbVie had a net margin of 5.79% and a negative return on equity of 576.45%. AbbVie’s quarterly revenue was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.46 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.28 earnings per share for the current year.

AbbVie Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 14th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be paid a $1.73 dividend. This represents a $6.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 15th. AbbVie’s payout ratio is currently 340.89%.

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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