Benzinga | Jan 31, 2022 10:36AM EST

Earnings Outlook For Gilead Sciences

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, 2022-02-01. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Gilead Sciences will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $1.58.

Gilead Sciences bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.91, which was followed by a 3.65% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Gilead Sciences's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate 1.74 1.73 2.09 2.15EPS Actual 2.65 1.87 2.08 2.19Price Change % -3.65% -2.21% -0.58% 4.0%

Stock Performance

Shares of Gilead Sciences were trading at $68.86 as of January 28. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 4.94%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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