Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in California. The company is most well-known as the maker of remdesivir, also known as Veklury, an experimental antiviral drug that may help treat the novel coronavirus.
In May, remdesivir was designated for emergency use authorization for treatment of COVID-19 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which means it's being used to treat patients in emergency situations. While the drug isn't fully approved by the FDA and its efficacy and long-term effects are still being studied, this designation has generated a lot of buzz for Gilead.
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Over the last 12 months, Gilead Sciences's shares have ranged in value from as little as $65.9 up to $86.979. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Gilead Sciences's is 0.203. This would suggest that Gilead Sciences's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $67.08
| 1 week (2024-04-17) | 1.39% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-24) | -7.58% |
| 3 months (2024-01-24) | -16.39% |
| 6 months (2023-10-24) | -14.43% |
| 1 year (2023-04-24) | -21.63% |
| 2 years (2022-04-24) | 7.07% |
| 3 years (2021-04-22) | 2.44% |
| 5 years (2019-04-24) | 4.58% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Gilead Sciences P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Gilead Sciences's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Gilead Sciences stocks trade at around 15x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Gilead Sciences's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.421. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Gilead Sciences's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Gilead Sciences's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $12.5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Gilead Sciences's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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