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The Weekly Buzzing Stocks by Billy Kawasaki AbbVie Inc. ABBV-N TOP PICK May 16, 2024

AbbVie Inc. is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois. It is ranked 6th on the list of largest biomedical companies by revenue. Their primary product is Humira (adalimumab) ($21 billion in 2022 revenues, 37% of total), administered via injection. It is approved to treat autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohns disease, plaque psoriasis, and ulcerative colitis. Social media mentions are up 400% in the past 24h.

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DON'T BUY

Abbvie is famous for Humira, now off-patent. They've done well filling that hole, but their growth rate is now tepid. So, he sold it.

BUY

Have a great drug pipeline.

BUY

Management has replaced key drug, Humira, and made key acquisitions. Are doing all the right things.

BUY

They beat top and bottom and raised guidance. A nice quarter. Their key drugs were way up. They have a strong pipeline.

PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 01/23, Up 45%)

Is one of the largest companies in bio-medicals. Growth has been impressive. Are expanding into neuro-science, Alzheimer's. They clearly replaced a key drug going off-patent with a good pipeline. Two anti-inflammatory drugs are outperforming expectations.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

He added more AbbVie. Obviously, today's news about the disappointing drug trials is not good. This schizophrenia drug was projected to make $1.1 billion in sales four years from now. But today's share plunge is too great, overdone. He might add on even more weakness. Trades at 14x forward PE and pays a 3.9% dividend. It's a great company on sale. They have a long track record of making acquisitions.

WEAK BUY

The drug companies are in the dog house. If you buy this, you must be patient. It yields 4%.

TOP PICK

It is a large cap biotech with a temporary pullback. Humera went off patent so there are some declines in revenue. He really likes the re-iteration of Humera which has taken off. Also it is re-designing a mistrial.          Buy 20  Hold 10  Sell 0

(Analysts’ price target is $203.96)
BUY

His best performer so far this year, up 12%. Well-managed. They replaced Humira with hit drugs and added key companies; pays a 3.2% dividend. 

BUY

Skyrizi continues to work.