Chris Thom - CIM, DMS, FCSIAbbVie Inc.ABBVTRADEJul 31, 2025
Good run, about 6% of a portfolio.
Seems to have grown to a bigger piece of the portfolio than the investor is comfortable with. Doesn't have too strong an opinion on this particular stock. If you want to trim, a great way is to sell a covered call -- you sell somebody the right to buy the stock from you at a higher price.
With shares right now around $194, you can sell a September $200 call for about $4.50. If the stock doesn't go up, then you end up just hanging on to your stock.
He just bought it. He's bullish pharma and biotech. They replaced Humana, their super drug, with others that are up 24%. He likes the 2.4% dividend and double-digit growth rate. He was waiting and can't wait anymore to enter this.
This pharma company is a major holding within XLV, but worth owning itself. The company just reported Q2 earnings, with total net revenues beating, bolstered by 10.2% sales growth. To replace its blockbuster drug, Humira, AbbVie launched Skyrizi which boasts global sales of $5.5 billion, and Rinvoq (global sales of over $2.5 billion). AbbVie's overall sales growth was 10.2%.
Abbvie and AZN are two good healthcare stocks, a sector in which you must be picky because of weakness. Both trade around 15x and pay around a 3% dividend yield.
Has owned this over a decade. Loves it when they bought Allergan. The concern lay with Humira coming off patent a year ago, but they used Humira's cash flow to diversify their entire franchise. Pays a solid yield and offers around 9% EPS growth.
It's up over 8% this year, beating the market. The PE is 15x. Has consistent topline growth due to Skyrizi as well as Botox and arthritis. High-quality. Pays a 3.5% dividend.
Has no patent cliff. They have great franchises in oncology, immunology and others. Shares are down because bond yields are rising. Dividend pays only 3.7%, below interest rates. That said, good to start a position now given their drugs, including Botox.
Seems to have grown to a bigger piece of the portfolio than the investor is comfortable with. Doesn't have too strong an opinion on this particular stock. If you want to trim, a great way is to sell a covered call -- you sell somebody the right to buy the stock from you at a higher price.
With shares right now around $194, you can sell a September $200 call for about $4.50. If the stock doesn't go up, then you end up just hanging on to your stock.