Gild Stock Analysis: Summary

• Gilead Sciences’ stock price has increase over 19% so far this year due to its extremely successful hepatitis C drug solutions.
• There is some concern about sales growth for these drugs going forward, but they are overblown.
• There is upside potential for the stock in the hepatitis B market, made evident by recent events.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and creates innovative medicines to meet unmet medical needs. Its main areas of focus are liver diseases such as hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, as well as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cardiovascular and respiratory conditions.

The stock price has climbed 19.31% so far this year. The company has been able to grow revenue rapidly, with sales growth of 51.9% on a year-over-year basis during the most recent earnings report on April 30th.

The continued success of the HCV drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni and the possibility of a deal to enter into the HBV market make the stock bullish during the rest of the year. At this price level, I Know First algorithm is bullish on Gilead Sciences.

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