NASDAQ: GILD

Gilead Sciences (GILD) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Nov 4 close

$174.48+7.01 (+4.2%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryNov 4 close

Gilead shares rallied 4.19% to $174.48 this week, snapping a two-day losing streak and outperforming the broader market on a day the S&P 500 and Dow also posted gains. The move follows last week's Q3 2026 results, where base business sales rose 16% year-over-year, HIV sales grew 18% with Biktarvy at an all-time high U.S. market share, and Trodelvy surged 42%. Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating with a $196.00 price target, citing a lower expected IRA impact on Biktarvy revenue, while Gilead and Kite also outlined upcoming oncology data at ASH 2026 and HIV presentations planned for Glasgow.

Gilead trades at $174.48, above both its 50-day average of $152.29 and 200-day average of $140.59, with the 50-day above the 200-day, a supportive trend backdrop. The GekkoIndex reading sits at 41.3, placing the stock in the Distribution zone, down 9.7 points over five sessions. The price stands 12% above Gekko Fair Value of $155.75.

The next earnings date falls on 9 February 2027, 96 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows, leaving smart-money signals quiet for now. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 3% gain across 5 years, rising in 4 of them. The stretch above Gekko Fair Value alongside the Distribution zone reading is worth noting.

Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Gilead Sciences price vs fair value

$174.48$155.75Nov ’25May ’26Nov ’26
Close $174.48200-day averageGekko Fair Value $155.75

Gilead Sciences quick facts

Market cap
$216.3B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
17.3
EPS, TTM
−$3.13
Revenue, TTM
$30.99B
Profit margin
-12.5%
Dividend yield
1.90%
Beta
0.37
Volume
9.51M avg 6.59M
1-year return
+43.0%
Typical daily move
±2.8%
Typical 20-day move
±4.2%
50-day average
$152.29
200-day average
$140.59
Next earnings
Feb 9 after close
Shares outstanding
1.24B
52-week range
$116.88$175.65

Gilead Sciences swing-trade checklist

Gilead Sciences scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds

  • Trendsupportive

    Above 50 and 200-day

    Close $174.48 is above the 50-day ($152.29) and 200-day ($140.59) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.

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  • GekkoIndexheadwind

    41.3, Distribution

    Reading 41.3 is in the Distribution zone.

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  • Fair valueheadwind

    12.0% above

    Price is 12% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings risksupportive

    Reports in 96 days

    Next report Feb 9, 2027, 96 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

    See earnings
  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +3.0% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

    See seasonality

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Gilead Sciences stock chart and price history

Gilead Sciences closed at $174.48 on Nov 4, 2026, +43.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $116.88 to $175.65.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Gilead Sciences share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$120$140$160DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct174.48

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+21.0%
3 months
+33.3%
6 months
+28.0%
1 year
+43.0%
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About Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences develops and sells medicines aimed at serious illnesses, with a reach that extends across the United States, Europe, and other markets worldwide. It is widely recognized for its HIV/AIDS treatments, a lineup that includes Biktarvy, Genvoya, Descovy, Odefsey, Truvada, and related therapies. The company also supplies Veklury, an intravenous treatment developed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, alongside medicines for liver disease, cancer, blood disorders, and patients receiving cell therapy.

Beyond its own product lines, Gilead works with outside partners to move new treatments through development. Its collaborators include Arcus Biosciences, Pionyr Immunotherapeutics, Tizona Therapeutics, Tango Therapeutics, Jounce Therapeutics, Galapagos, Janssen Sciences Ireland, Japan Tobacco, Gadeta, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dragonfly Therapeutics, and Merck. Its portfolio also covers narrower conditions such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, chronic angina, and severe fungal infections, treated respectively with Letairis, Ranexa, and AmBisome.

The company was established in 1987 and runs its headquarters out of Foster City, California. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker GILD.

Listed
NASDAQ
Sector
Health technology
Industry
Biotechnology
Website
gilead.com

Gilead Sciences GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Gilead Sciences’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 41.3, in the Distribution zone, down 9.7 points over five sessions.

010041.3Distribution

Down 9.7 points over five sessions, from the Neutral zone.

Reading for Nov 4, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying43−1.0%−2.0%−1.4%−4.1%
Accumulation170+0.8%+1.2%+1.5%+6.2%
Neutral439+0.7%+1.5%+3.2%+7.7%
Distribution (current zone)41+0.4%+0.7%+0.9%+0.9%
Selling4Too few readings yet

Average GILD share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Distribution readings averaged +1.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Distribution zone: Institutions potentially offloading. About the five zones →

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Is Gilead Sciences stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Gilead Sciences trades 12.0% above Gekko Fair Value of $155.75, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Gilead Sciences shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$155.75

Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026

12.0% Overvalued

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 3.3% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$156$167Aug 2026SepOctNov 2026

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Gilead Sciences insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Gilead Sciences, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for GILD in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in GILD were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Gilead Sciences has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
$370.0M
As a share of market cap
0.17%
Trailing four quarters
$1.37B

From company filings.

Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Dec 31

0of the funds Gekko tracks hold GILD.

0added0opened0trimmed1sold out
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Gilead Sciences earnings: next date and track record

Gilead Sciences reports on Feb 9, 2027, after the close (96 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.

8 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.3%average move across the report
6 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

+8.2%Feb ’25−3.0%Apr ’25+8.3%Aug ’25+1.1%Oct ’25+2.7%Feb ’26−3.6%May ’26+0.5%Aug ’26+7.2%Oct ’26

Last earnings call, Oct 29, 2026 AI summary

What they said
Gilead reported Q3 2026 base business sales up 16% year-over-year, the strongest growth in over a decade. HIV sales grew 18% YoY with Biktarvy at all-time high U.S. market share; Yeztugo and Descovy PrEP combined hit a $4B annual run rate. Trodelvy sales surged 42% YoY reaching ~$2B annual run rate. Total product sales ex-Veklury reached $8.2B. Four potential approvals targeted for 2026 including anito-cel.
Guidance
Management raised 2026 base business revenue guidance by $1.6B over the course of the year. Biktarvy's CMS Maximum Fair Price determination will negatively impact revenues in 2028. Islatravir plus lenacapavir NDA filing expected in 2026.
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Oct 29, 2026$2.55
est $2.19
+16.4%$8.30B
est $7.81B
+6.3%+7.2%
Aug 4, 2026−$6.75
est −$7.25
+6.9%$7.80B
est $7.40B
+5.5%+0.5%
May 7, 2026$2.03
est $1.89
+7.4%$6.96B
est $6.91B
+0.7%−3.6%
Feb 10, 2026$1.86
est $1.81
+2.8%$7.93B
est $7.69B
+3.1%+2.7%
Oct 30, 2025$2.47
est $2.13
+16.0%$7.77B
est $7.45B
+4.3%+1.1%
Aug 7, 2025$2.01
est $1.96
+2.6%$7.08B
est $6.98B
+1.4%+8.3%
Apr 24, 2025$1.81
est $1.77
+2.1%$6.67B
est $6.81B
−2.1%−3.0%
Feb 11, 2025$1.90
est $1.70
+11.7%$7.57B
est $7.15B
+5.8%+8.2%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Gilead Sciences stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Gilead Sciences is $172.50, −1.1% from the last close, from 22 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.

$172.50consensus 12-month target, −1.1% from the last close
Low $131High $200
Buy17
Hold5
Sell0

Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 22 firms.

Latest analyst actions

DateFirmRatingTargetvs price
Nov 2BMO CapitalBuy, maintained$184+5.5%
Nov 2Leerink PartnersHold, maintained$145−16.9%
Oct 30Wells FargoBuy, reiterated$190+8.9%
Oct 30NeedhamBuy, maintained$200+14.6%
Oct 30BMO CapitalBuy, reiterated$184+5.5%
+0.9%average 20-day move after past Distribution readings
+3.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.8%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Gilead Sciences seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Gilead Sciences averaged +3.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

+4.6%2021+9.5%2022−2.6%2023+2.9%2024+1.6%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+0.8%3 of 5
Next 10 trading days+0.1%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+1.5%4 of 5
Next 20 trading days+3.0%4 of 5
Next 30 trading days+3.1%3 of 5

For scale, GILD’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.2%.

Gilead Sciences market cap and key statistics

Gilead Sciences’s market cap is $216.3B and revenue of $30.99B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$216.3B
Forward P/E
17.3
EPS, TTM
−$3.13
Gekko Fair Value
$155.75

Trading

Volume
9.51M
Avg volume, 20 days
6.59M
52-week high
$175.65
52-week low
$116.88
Shares outstanding
1.24B

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$30.99B
Profit margin
-12.5%
Return on equity
-22.5%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−20.2%

Risk and income

Beta
0.37
Typical daily move
±2.8%
Typical 20-day move
±4.2%
Dividend yield
1.90%

Gilead Sciences peers

Gilead Sciences’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.

StockTodayGekkoIndex zonevs Fair Value
AMGNAmgen−0.2%Distribution18.1% below
MRNAModerna+10.0%Neutral54.9% above
NTRANatera−0.6%Neutral0.8% below
IQVIQVIA+0.3%Neutral2.4% above
UTHRUnited Therapeutics+4.3%Distribution9.1% below
NBIXNeurocrine Biosciences−0.2%Distribution31.9% below

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Gilead Sciences stock FAQ

What is Gilead Sciences’s market cap?

Gilead Sciences’s market cap is $216.3B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $174.48, with 1.24B shares outstanding.

What is the Gilead Sciences stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Gilead Sciences is $172.50, −1.1% from the last close. Of the 22 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 17 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Gilead Sciences stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Gilead Sciences is overvalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $174.48 is 12.0% above Gekko Fair Value of $155.75. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Gilead Sciences report earnings next?

Gilead Sciences is expected to report on Feb 9, 2027, after the market closes (96 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.39 per share on revenue of $8.28B. Gilead Sciences beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.3% on average across the report.

What is Gilead Sciences’s 52-week high and low?

Gilead Sciences’s 52-week high is $175.65 and its 52-week low is $116.88; it closed at $174.48 on Nov 4, 2026, +43.0% over the past year.

Is Gilead Sciences stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (trend, earnings risk and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (gekkoindex and fair value). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

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