Union Savings Bank Makes New Investment in AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Union Savings Bank purchased a new stake in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 4,724 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,079,000.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in AbbVie by 17.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 22,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,072,000 after acquiring an additional 3,401 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted 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 worth $1,294,000 after acquiring an additional 3,064 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. boosted 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 worth $3,056,000 after acquiring an additional 789 shares during the period. Ieq Capital LLC grew its position 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 grew its position 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. 70.23% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of AbbVie in a report on Monday, March 9th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AbbVie in a report on Monday, June 8th. Bank of America upgraded AbbVie from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $234.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $240.00 price target on shares of AbbVie in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Evercore set a $235.00 price objective on shares of AbbVie in a research report on Friday, May 15th. 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $253.43.

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AbbVie Stock Performance

Shares of ABBV stock opened at $216.63 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $382.74 billion, a PE ratio of 106.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 0.32. AbbVie Inc. has a 52-week low of $181.73 and a 52-week high of $244.81. The business’s fifty day moving average is $212.18 and its 200 day moving average is $218.76.

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 business had revenue of $15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $14.72 billion. AbbVie had a negative return on equity of 576.45% and a net margin of 5.79%.The firm’s revenue was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.46 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AbbVie Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be given a $1.73 dividend. This represents a $6.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 15th. AbbVie’s dividend payout ratio is 340.89%.

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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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