Why is GILD up?
Up 3% on Oct 30, and still 2% over its Oct 29 close.
- Its Oct 29 results:
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Up 3% on Oct 30, and still 2% over its Oct 29 close.
| Profit nearly doubled | $4.59B → $8.51B in 3 years |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Oct 30 |
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After its last 4 reports it closed +1.1% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
An officer, Wettan Keeley M. Cain, sold 3,399 shares on Nov 6, under a planned sale. 36 more insider trades this year.
Decision dates and advisory committee meetings the companies have announced in their filings, soonest first and small companies first.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 8 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
GILD is #18 of 281 by Quality Score.
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Net income over four quarters: GILD -$3.86B, AMGN $9.39B, BIIB $348M, RVMD -$1.87B.
Expected to report Tue Feb 9, after the close (in 91 days).
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $8.3B, 7% more than a year ago; a profit of $1.94 a share, from $2.43.
“Total third quarter 2026 product sales increased 13% to $8.3 billion compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by higher sales of HIV products, Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) and Livdelzi® (seladelpar), partially offset by lower sales of Veklury® (remdesivir) and Cell Therapy products.”
| Line | Q3 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product | $8.3B | $7.6B | $7.3B |
Each quarter's sales and their share of its total. Figures as filed (SEC filing, Oct 30)
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Product sales | $ 31,000 $ 31,300 |
“The decrease was primarily driven by net losses from equity securities in the current year compared to net gains in the prior year, higher operating expenses, higher income tax expense and lower royalty, contract and other revenues, partially offset by higher product sales and lower acquired in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) expenses.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Oct 29)
Sales grew 3.6% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $3.28 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | +2.8% | +3.1% | +1.2% |
| Aug 4, 2026 | +0.6% | -2.6% | +0.4% |
| May 7, 2026 | -3.0% | -2.0% | -1.5% |
Sales grew in five of the last seven years, to $29B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
RSI 64.2, MACD above signal, above both averages. Not scored.
Its dividends come to 30% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $3.28 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $4.1B a year |
| Free cash flow | $14B |
| Record | Raised every year since 2015 |
18 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: GILD is 1.2% of SPMO, 1.1% of DGRO, and 1.0% of QQQI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Gilead Sciences develops and markets therapies to treat and prevent life-threatening infectious diseases, with the core of its portfolio focused on HIV and hepatitis B and C. Gilead's acquisition of Pharmasset brought rights to hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, which is also part of newer combination regimens that remain standards of care. Gilead is also growing its presence in the oncology market via acquisitions, led by CAR-T cell therapy Yescarta/Tecartus (from Kite) and breast and bladder cancer therapy Trodelvy (from Immunomedics).
“We operate in a highly competitive environment.”
GILD scores 16 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It is #18 of 281 in Biotech by Quality Score, with 8 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 3% on Oct 30, and still 2% over its Oct 29 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
GILD scores 16 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). That is #18 of 281 in Biotech by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind GILD's 16.
Expected to report Tue Feb 9, after the close, a date Breakaway expects from the company's usual timing; the company has not confirmed it. GILD closed higher after 2 of its last 4 reports. Past behavior, not a forecast.
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