Quick Update for Amgen (AMGN) Investors

Shares of Health Care sector company Amgen moved -0.6% today, and are now trading at a price of $271.19. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 813,981 compared to its average volume of 2,490,976. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.

Amgen Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers human therapeutics worldwide. The company is based in Thousand Oaks and has 25,200 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $145,132,240,896. Amgen currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 3.1% per year.

22 analysts are following Amgen and have set target prices ranging from $174.47 to $301.79 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, AMGN is trading 4.79% away from its average analyst target price of $258.8 per share.

Over the last year, AMGN shares have gone down by -6.0%, which represents a difference of -21.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $296.67 per share and its 52 week low is $211.71. Although Amgen's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $9.3 Billion, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -1.4%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 10,800,000 1,115,000 9,685,000 10.24
2022 9,721,000 936,000 8,785,000 4.82
2021 9,261,000 880,000 8,381,000 -15.25
2020 10,497,000 608,000 9,889,000 15.9
2019 9,150,000 618,000 8,532,000 -19.19
2018 11,296,000 738,000 10,558,000
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