Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. Buys Shares of 6,264 AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 6,264 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,431,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of AbbVie by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 180,779,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,306,353,000 after purchasing an additional 3,032,438 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of AbbVie by 1.4% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of AbbVie by 10.4% in the fourth 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. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of AbbVie in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,865,055,000. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of AbbVie by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 25,408,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,805,530,000 after purchasing an additional 177,370 shares during the last quarter. 70.23% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of AbbVie from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, June 7th. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $249.00 target price on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Evercore set a $235.00 target price on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Barclays assumed coverage on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $275.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Monday, June 8th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AbbVie has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $253.43.

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AbbVie Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of ABBV opened at $227.54 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $402.02 billion, a PE ratio of 112.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 0.32. The company’s fifty day moving average is $211.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $219.00. AbbVie Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $181.73 and a fifty-two week high of $244.81.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.72 billion. AbbVie had a net margin of 5.79% and a negative return on equity of 576.45%. AbbVie’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.46 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 earnings per share for the current year.

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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