AbbVie Inc. $ABBV Shares Bought by Fiera Capital Corp

Fiera Capital Corp lifted its position in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 52.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 250,787 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 86,170 shares during the quarter. Fiera Capital Corp’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $57,302,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ABBV. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in AbbVie by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 177,747,261 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,155,601,000 after purchasing an additional 448,554 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board raised its stake in AbbVie by 17.0% during the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 1,044,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $241,888,000 after acquiring an additional 151,644 shares in the last quarter. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in AbbVie by 25.5% during the 3rd quarter. Thornburg Investment Management Inc. now owns 401,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,024,000 after acquiring an additional 81,625 shares in the last quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC raised its stake in AbbVie by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. Channing Capital Management LLC now owns 55,647 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,885,000 after acquiring an additional 5,302 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Procyon Advisors LLC raised its stake in AbbVie by 19.9% during the 4th quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 32,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,484,000 after acquiring an additional 5,427 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

AbbVie Stock Performance

ABBV opened at $227.68 on Monday. AbbVie Inc. has a one year low of $181.73 and a one year high of $244.81. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $209.85 and its 200-day moving average is $219.26. The company has a market capitalization of $402.27 billion, a PE ratio of 112.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 0.32.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 company 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 business earned $2.46 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts forecast that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AbbVie News Summary

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Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on ABBV shares. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on AbbVie from $262.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Evercore set a $235.00 target price on AbbVie in a research note on Friday, May 15th. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded AbbVie from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday. Three research 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $253.43.

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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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