Patton Fund Management Inc. Sells 6,009 Shares of AbbVie Inc. $ABBV

Patton Fund Management Inc. reduced its position in shares of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBVFree Report) by 55.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,759 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,009 shares during the period. Patton Fund Management Inc.’s holdings in AbbVie were worth $1,035,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of ABBV. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 3,401 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of AbbVie by 72.7% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,294,000 after buying an additional 3,064 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. increased its stake in shares of AbbVie by 5.0% during the second quarter. Schnieders Capital Management LLC. now owns 16,466 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,056,000 after buying an additional 789 shares during the period. Ieq Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of AbbVie by 4.6% during the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 120,035 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,281,000 after acquiring an additional 5,274 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC lifted its stake in AbbVie by 117.3% in the second 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 period. 70.23% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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AbbVie Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of ABBV stock opened at $251.52 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $215.16 and its 200 day moving average is $219.16. The stock has a market cap of $444.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 123.90, a PEG ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.32. AbbVie Inc. has a twelve month low of $181.73 and a twelve month high of $253.35.

AbbVie (NYSE:ABBVGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.06. AbbVie had a negative return on equity of 576.45% and a net margin of 5.79%.The business had revenue of $15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14.72 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.46 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that AbbVie Inc. will post 14.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AbbVie Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be paid a $1.73 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $6.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. AbbVie’s payout ratio is presently 340.89%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ABBV has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Evercore set a $235.00 price target on shares of AbbVie in a report on Friday, May 15th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of AbbVie from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Bank of America raised shares of AbbVie from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $234.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of AbbVie in a research note on Tuesday, June 23rd. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on shares of AbbVie from $265.00 to $273.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $253.81.

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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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