Gilead Sciences, Inc (NASDAQ: GILD): To Buy Or Not To Buy, That Is The Question

Gilead Sciences, Inc (GILD) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $113.24, with 5.23 million shares of worth about $592.48 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 23.88% during that period and on July 09, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.96%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 1.25B shares, out of which, 1.24B shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 1.35% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 0.69%. Year-to-date (YTD), GILD shares are showing a performance of 69.80% which increased to 22.59% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $66.34 but also hit the highest price of $119.96 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Gilead Sciences, Inc shares is 8.87 million. The stock is currently trading 3.12% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 5.63% for SMA50 and it goes to 13.86% higher than SMA200.

Gilead Sciences, Inc (NASDAQ: GILD) currently have 1.25B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 86.80% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $140.86B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.35. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 23.81, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.76 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.91 and has Quick Ratio of 1.23 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.30. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for GILD, volatility over the week remained 1.65% while standing at 2.30% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 72.67% while it is estimated to increase by 7.74% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 26.19% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -38.13% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Cantor Fitzgerald on April 22, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $125 to it. Coverage by Oppenheimer stated Gilead Sciences, Inc (GILD) stock as an Outperform in their note to investors on March 04, 2025, suggesting a price target of $132 for the stock. On February 18, 2025, Deutsche Bank Upgrade their recommendations, while on February 13, 2025, DZ Bank Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $108. Stock get an Overweight rating from Morgan Stanley on January 10, 2025.

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