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Potential Price Increase for Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) After Recent Insider Activity

Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s recently made public that its Chief Medical Officer Parsey Merdad unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.17 million on Oct 01 ’24. In the deal valued at $83.83 per share,2,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Parsey Merdad now holds 100,189 shares worth roughly $-8.52 million.

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Then, MERDAD V PARSEY bought 2,000 shares, generating $167,660 in total proceeds.

Before that, Parsey Merdad sold 21,246 shares. Gilead Sciences, Inc. shares valued at $1,795,287 were divested by the Chief Medical Officer at a price of $84.50 per share. As a result of the transaction, Parsey Merdad now holds 102,189 shares, worth roughly $8.69 million.

Wells Fargo upgraded its Gilead Sciences, Inc. [GILD] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published on October 07, 2024; the price target was increased to $100 from $78. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Raymond James’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early July from “a Mkt perform” to “an Outperform”. Maxim Group also remained covering GILD and reiterated its “Buy” recommendation on May 01, 2024. HSBC Securities revised its rating on April 24, 2024. It rated GILD as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Reduce”.

Price Performance Review of GILD

On Monday, Gilead Sciences, Inc. [NASDAQ:GILD] saw its stock jump 0.12% to $85.05. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.73%. Gilead Sciences, Inc. shares have risen nearly 4.99% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 10.80% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $87.86 was reached on 01/19/24, a 52-week low of $62.07 was recorded on 05/31/24. SMA at 50 days reached $79.99, while 200 days put it at $73.94.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For GILD Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 84.48, which if violated will result in even more drops to 83.91. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 85.48. A further resistance level may holdings at 85.91. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 63.06, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.56, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 35.79%. Stochastics %K at 61.02% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Gilead Sciences, Inc.?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Gilead Sciences, Inc. stocks on 2024-09-30, dropping by -2.06 million shares to a total of 17.74 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-08-30 was 19.8 million shares. There was a decline of -11.63%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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