AbbVie Inc. $ABBV Shares Sold by Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund lessened its stake in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 2.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 324,644 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,700 shares during the period. AbbVie comprises about 0.6% of Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest holding. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $74,178,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted 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 in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted 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 in the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted 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 in the last quarter. Ieq Capital LLC lifted 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC lifted 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 in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

AbbVie Price Performance

AbbVie stock opened at $227.68 on Friday. The company 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 one year low of $181.73 and a one year high of $244.81. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $209.85 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $219.36.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $15 billion for 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%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.46 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on AbbVie in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $260.00 target price for the company. Barclays assumed coverage on AbbVie in a report on Thursday, February 19th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $275.00 target price for the company. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price 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 target price on AbbVie from $270.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of AbbVie from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $234.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. 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, AbbVie has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $253.43.

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AbbVie 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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