Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) currently has a daily average trading volume of 7.37M but it saw 5571430 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 95.30B USD, the company’s current market price of $76.49 came rising about 0.57 while comparing to the previous closing price of $76.06. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $87.86 and as low as $62.07.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) gives us an average price of $72.57, while its current price level is -12.95% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 23.23% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $68.69 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $73.49. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.38% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.36%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 66.36 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Raymond James which upgraded the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on July 08, 2024, recommending a price target of $93 for it. HSBC Securities also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $69.
Over the week, GILD’s stock price is moving -0.03% down while it is 11.83% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -5.58% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 1.07%.
Currently, Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.25B with 0.12% of that held by the insiders while 88.07% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 1.24% and return on equity (ROE) at 2.51%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 213.24 while having a 10.65 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.20. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.43 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.48. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.82% on average.
