Amgen (AMGN) closed at $328.35 on Friday, 2.29% larger on the day.
Amgen’s inventory worth has elevated 14.00% thus far this yr, greater than the 12.69% advance registered by the general Dow Jones Industrial Common (DJIA) index.
On Friday, the DJIA was broadly unchanged to shut at 42,863.86 factors. The three leaders had been JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Boeing (BA) and Goldman Sachs (GS), whereas the three laggards had been Salesforce (CRM), Apple (AAPL) and Nike (NKE).
Again to Amgen, its newest earnings report from fiscal Q2 confirmed that earnings per share (EPS) had been at $4.97. Income, in the meantime, stood at $8.39 billion.
The subsequent earnings report for Amgen will likely be revealed on October 30.
Analysts count on Amgen’s earnings per share to come back in at $5.13 for Q3, whereas income is seen at $8.51 billion.
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