GILD
Gilead Sciences
$133.81
▲ 2.3%Updated Aug 7, 11:30 AM ET
GILD at a glance — five pillars scored 0–100 from real filed financials.
Overall: Strong · 74/100. A wider, greener shape means more pillars look healthy. Dividends scores 0 when a company pays none — that is a choice, not a flaw.
▲ Up 14.6% over the last 12 months
Market Cap
$162.98B
P/E
17.92x
Forward P/E (est.)
12.8x
ROE
42.2%
Revenue Growth
3.5%
EPS Growth
55.5%
Profit Margin
31.0%
FCF Yield
5.2%
Debt / Equity
1.1x
ROIC
17.0%
Interest Coverage
10.62x
Current Ratio
1.97x
Dividend Yield
2.6%
Implied Growth (rev. DCF)
3.0%
Rating Score
74/100
Gilead Sciences (GILD) is a large-cap company in the Biotechnology industry, part of the Health Care sector of the S&P 500, with a market value around $162.98B.
In its latest reported year it generated about $29.44B in revenue and $8.51B in net profit.
Our model rates GILD Strong (74/100) on growth, profitability, financial health, and valuation. The summary below is built from its filed financials and current ratios and refreshes automatically.
Evidence of durable competitive advantage in the filed financials (10 years of history).
Some durable-advantage evidence, but not across the board — dig into which ingredient is weak and whether it's cyclical or structural.
22.6% average over the last 3 years
±15.3 pts around 31.6% across 10 years
grew in 5 of the last 9 year-over-year periods
positive in 10 of 10 years
17.0% latest fiscal year
A moat can't be proven by numbers alone — this scores the evidence a durable advantage leaves behind (pricing power, consistency, returns on capital), computed the same way for every stock. Pair it with the business overview before concluding anything.
Technical analysis reads price and volume to judge momentum and timing. It complements the fundamentals above — it does not replace them. Here is what GILD's chart says today, with each tool explained.
Trend — moving averages. A moving average is the average closing price over a window, which smooths out daily noise. GILD trades near $133.81, above its 50-day average ($129.60) and 200-day average ($129.92). Price above both averages, with the shorter one above the longer, is the textbook definition of an uptrend — momentum favours buyers.
Momentum — RSI. The Relative Strength Index runs 0–100 and measures how strong recent gains are versus losses. Above 70 is "overbought", below 30 "oversold". At 62 it is in neutral territory — neither stretched nor washed out.
MACD. MACD compares two moving averages to flag shifts in momentum. Its histogram is currently positive — short-term momentum is improving.
Volatility — ATR. Average True Range is the typical daily move. GILD's is $3.34 (~2.5% of price), so swings of about that size each day are normal — handy for setting a stop that isn't too tight.
Support & resistance. Over the last month GILD found buyers near $121.39 (support) and sellers near $131.66 (resistance); its 52-week range is $107.75–$157.29. A decisive break beyond either edge often marks the next move.
Volume. The latest session traded 0.9× the 20-day average — about normal. Rising volume on up-days suggests real buying; on down-days, real selling.
Educational information to help you read a chart — not a recommendation or a forecast. It updates daily as the price and indicators change.
4Y CAGR
1.9%
Revenue moved from $30.39B in 2016 to $29.44B in 2025, a -0.4% compound annual growth rate. The most recent year was roughly flat (3.5%) year over year. Slower, mature growth is common for established businesses.
Gross Margin
79.3%
Operating Margin
34.0%
Net Margin
28.9%
ROE
42.2%
Gilead Sciences keeps about 31.0% of each sales dollar as net profit, with a 79.3% gross margin and 34.0% operating margin. Return on equity is 42.2% and return on invested capital about 17.0%. Margins this wide usually signal pricing power or a cost advantage.
Total Debt
$22.17B
Net Debt
$16.76B
Net Debt / EBITDA
1.67x
Debt / Equity
1.1x
Leverage: debt-to-equity is 1.1x, and operating profit covers interest about 10.6x, with a current ratio of 2.0x. That is a moderate, manageable debt load for most businesses. It carries roughly $22.17B of total debt against $5.41B of cash.
Operating CF
$10.02B
Free Cash Flow
$9.46B
FCF Margin
32.1%
In the latest year Gilead Sciences produced about $10.02B of operating cash flow and $9.46B of free cash flow after capital spending. That is a free-cash-flow yield of about 5.2% on today's price. Strong cash generation funds dividends, buybacks, and reinvestment.
Can the payout survive a bad year? Scored from filed cash flow, earnings coverage, and the raise/cut record.
The payout is comfortably covered by cash the business actually generates, with a raise habit behind it.
Dividend yield
2.6%
Per share (latest FY)
$3.16
Total paid (latest FY)
$4.00B
History on record
10 years
dividend uses 42% of free cash flow
47% of net income paid out
total dividends increased 9 years in a row
no cuts in the last 10 years on record
Coverage uses the latest fiscal year as filed with the SEC; the streak counts total dollars paid (per-share figures can carry split artifacts). Educational information, not income advice.
P/E
17.92x
P/S
5.33x
P/B
7.05x
EV / EBITDA
—
GILD trades at 17.9x trailing earnings (about 12.8x on estimated forward earnings), 5.3x sales, and 7.1x book value. Reverse-engineering today's price implies the market expects roughly 3.0% long-term free-cash-flow growth. That is a fairly typical valuation for a profitable company.
A two-stage discounted cash flow on real SEC-filed free cash flow — the intrinsic-value anchor professional analysts triangulate from.
DCF fair value / share
$126.97
Current price
$133.81
Starting FCF (latest 10-K)
$9.46B
Growth, years 1–5
3.5%
Fade to terminal, years 6–10
2.5%
Discount rate
9.0%
Cash flows grow at the stage-1 rate (trailing revenue growth, capped at 20%) for five years, fade to 2.5% by year 10, and continue at that rate forever (Gordon terminal value), all discounted at 9.0%. Small changes in assumptions move the result a lot — treat this as one reference point, not a target price. Educational only, not investment advice.
Where GILD sits versus its Health Care sector peers in the S&P 500.
Bands show the middle half (25th–75th percentile) of the 83 Health Care companies in the S&P 500 — the peer-relative anchor professional comps analysis uses. Context only — not investment advice.
How GILD stacks up against its Health Care peers — valuation, profitability, and growth versus the sector median.
In the Health Care sector (324 S&P 500 companies), GILD ranks #7 of 324 by our overall rating. It trades at a discount versus the sector on earnings (17.9x P/E vs. 27.3x median) with a higher return on equity (42.2% vs. 14.1%) and slower revenue growth (3.5% vs. 7.6%).
P/E vs sector
17.9x
median 27.3x
ROE vs sector
42.2%
median 14.1%
Growth vs sector
3.5%
median 7.6%
Sector rank
#7
of 324 by rating
Valuation vs. quality map
The sweet spot is upper-left: more profitable (higher ROE) for a lower P/E. Dashed lines mark the sector median.
Peers are the closest Health Care companies by sub-industry and size. Sector median is across all 324 S&P 500 names in the sector. Educational, not a recommendation.
Project revenue → earnings → price. Edit the assumptions to build your own case.
2030 price target (Base Case)
$0.00 – $0.00
vs. $133.81 today · expected CAGR -8% – 2%
| Metric | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $30.33B | $31.24B | $32.17B | $33.14B | $34.13B |
| Net income | $8.79B | $9.06B | $9.33B | $9.61B | $9.90B |
| EPS | $7.22 | $7.44 | $7.66 | $7.89 | $8.13 |
| Share price (low) | $79.43 | $81.81 | $84.26 | $86.79 | $89.39 |
| Share price (high) | $129.97 | $133.87 | $137.88 | $142.02 | $146.28 |
| CAGR (low–high) | -41% / -3% | -22% / 0% | -14% / 1% | -10% / 2% | -8% / 2% |
Educational model on sample fundamentals — not a forecast or investment advice. Outputs are only as good as your assumptions.
The case for GILD:
- High net margins (31.0%) point to pricing power or efficiency.
- Strong return on equity (42.2%) shows capital is put to work well.
- Healthy free-cash-flow yield (~5.2%) funds buybacks and dividends.
- Pays a 2.6% dividend on top of any price gains.
- Our model's overall read is Strong (74/100).
The case against GILD:
- Like any single stock, it is exposed to competition, the economic cycle, and shifts in its end markets.
Balance-sheet risk — debt/equity of 1.1x magnifies the impact of higher rates or weaker earnings.
Market risk — sector rotation, the economic cycle, and broad sentiment move the stock regardless of fundamentals.
On balance, the fundamentals screen favourably: Gilead Sciences is a large-cap health care business growing at a mature pace, with solid profitability, and a heavier debt load to watch. It trades at 17.9x earnings, which our model scores Strong (74/100). Weigh this against your own goals and time horizon — this is educational information, not a recommendation.
Analyst Ratings
What 37 Wall Street analysts covering GILD recommend (August 2026). Consensus is a useful sanity check — not a substitute for your own homework.
Latest SEC Filings
GILD's most recent filings, straight from SEC EDGAR. Annual and quarterly reports are the deep dives; 8-Ks flag material events the moment they happen.
In the Idea Lab
GILD — frequently asked questions
Is GILD a good stock to buy?
We don't give buy or sell advice. Our model rates Gilead Sciences Strong (74/100) based on its growth, profitability, financial health, and valuation — use that as a research starting point and make your own decision.
What is GILD's rating on The Stocks School?
Gilead Sciences currently scores 74/100 (Strong) on our transparent model, which weighs real fundamentals: growth, margins, returns on capital, balance-sheet strength, and valuation.
How our ratings work →Where does GILD's data come from?
Live price data plus real fundamentals and 5-year financials pulled directly from Gilead Sciences's SEC filings — refreshed automatically, not hand-entered.
How is the 5-year projection for GILD calculated?
It's a scenario model: it grows revenue at an assumed rate, applies a profit margin and a valuation multiple, and shows the resulting share-price range. The assumptions are yours to change — it's a tool for thinking, not a prediction.
Is this GILD analysis financial advice?
No. Everything on this page is educational research, not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell GILD. Always do your own research and consider a licensed professional.
Data notice. Fundamentals and financial statements are sourced from company filings (SEC EDGAR) and market-data providers; prices and market caps refresh on trading days and may be delayed. Ratings, projections, technical signals, and written summaries are model- or rule-generated for education and may simplify or lag the latest filings.
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