Focus Partners Wealth Purchases 262,552 Shares of AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 40.4% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 912,360 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 262,552 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $208,447,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ABBV. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 17.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 22,912 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,072,000 after acquiring an additional 3,401 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 72.7% in the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,294,000 after acquiring an additional 3,064 shares during the last quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 5.0% in 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 lifted its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 4.6% in 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 lifted its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 117.3% in the 2nd quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC now owns 1,135,034 shares of the company’s stock worth $210,685,000 after acquiring an additional 612,702 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 70.23% of the company’s stock.

AbbVie Price Performance

Shares of ABBV opened at $227.54 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $402.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 112.09, a PEG ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 0.32. The company has a 50-day moving average of $211.05 and a 200 day moving average of $219.07. AbbVie Inc. has a 1-year low of $181.73 and a 1-year high of $244.81.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.06. The business 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.46 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ABBV. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of AbbVie from $270.00 to $278.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $240.00 price objective on shares of AbbVie in a report on Thursday, April 30th. DZ Bank upgraded shares of AbbVie from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada began coverage on shares of AbbVie in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $260.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Barclays began coverage on shares of AbbVie in a report on Thursday, February 19th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $275.00 price objective for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, AbbVie has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $253.43.

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About AbbVie

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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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