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Research Ratings: United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD)

According to these analysts, the Low Revenue Estimate for Gilead Sciences, Inc.is 7.22 Billion and the High Revenue Estimate is 7.98 Billion. EPS growth in past five years was 48.30% while EPS growth in next five years is projected to arrive at 0.08%. In the matter of earnings surprises, it can have a huge impact on a company’s stock price. The stock’s Dividend stands at 0.34 and Dividend Yield stands at 2.76 Percent.

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According to the Latest Earnings results, Gilead Sciences, Inc. reported Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $3.08 whereas, the Analyst were expecting an EPS of $3.02/share. The corporation holds a 20-day simple moving average of -2.33% with a volume of -2.33%. One week ago, shares have been suggested as “BUY” from “0” brokerage firms and recommended as “Strong Buy” by “4” brokerage firms. The company touched its 52-Week High on Oct 29, 2015 which was $14.01 and 52-Week Low on Feb 11, 2016 as $9.88. Gilead Sciences has a 1-year low of $77.92 and a 1-year high of $113.31. The stock has market worth of $105.68B. RBC Capital Markets set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Gilead Sciences and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 11th.

Gilead Sciences (GILD): 12 investment research analysts covering Gilead Sciences (GILD) have an average price target of $108.92 for the near short term. Gilead Sciences has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $106.82. The company’s last traded volume of 9.2 million shares was above it’s an average volume of 10.12 million shares. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.50, for a total transaction of $8,050,000.00.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) reported that its deferred compensations came to a total of $-0.13 million for the 12 month period ended 2015-12-31. While it’s Return on Investment (ROI) value is 45.9%.

The company shows its Return on Assets (ROA) value of 32.7%.

Currently, the stock carries a price to earnings ratio of 7.03, a price to book ratio of 6.85, and a price to sales ratio of 3.26. The Return on Equity (ROE) value stands at 100.8%. The stock traded in the range of $41.06 – $41.58 during its most recent trading session. Of the 12 analyst estimates, the most bullish sees the stock reaching $122 within the next 12 months while the most bearish analyst sees the stock at $93 within the year.

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) on August 23, 2016 announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorization for once-daily Truvada (emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir disoproxil 245 mg; FTC/TDF) in combination with safer-sex practices to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection among uninfected adults at high risk, a strategy known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. Truvada was approved by the European Medicines Agency in 2005 for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults aged 18 years and over, and is now the most prescribed antiretroviral medicine in Europe as part of combination therapy. Year-to-Date the stock performance stands at -20.34%.

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