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Why Are People Buying GILD Shares?

Gilead Sciences stock is trading -8.45% below its average target price of $125.19 after marking a 1.9% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Biotechnology company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $98.0 to $145.0 per share.

Gilead Sciences's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.4%. The stock's short ratio is 2.79. At 0.1%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 90.8%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Gilead Sciences.

Institutions Invested in Gilead Sciences

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 119,364,226 $13,680,334,014
2025-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 9% 114,879,922 $13,166,387,930
2025-06-30 FMR, LLC 5% 59,955,377 $6,871,485,794
2025-06-30 State Street Corporation 5% 59,188,160 $6,783,555,053
2025-06-30 Capital World Investors 4% 46,303,299 $5,306,821,126
2025-06-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 3% 37,530,510 $4,301,371,774
2025-06-30 Capital Research Global Investors 3% 31,097,679 $3,564,105,009
2025-06-30 Dodge & Cox Inc 2% 30,818,322 $3,532,087,903
2025-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 29,207,662 $3,347,490,159
2025-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 2% 23,586,692 $2,703,270,784
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