Amgen in top American dividend stocks

Huge dividend Amgen

Investors in Amgen can expect a huge dividend payment. Based on the recent analysts' consensus the stock now has one of the highest dividend returns of the American market. Per share the analysts are expecting a dividend of 5,49 USD per share. The dividend yield is then 3,03 percent. The average dividend yield of the biotech companies is a moderate 0,5 percent.

Dividend returns Amgen

Tomorrow Amgen will publish it's past quarters results. Over the current book year the total revenue will be 22,78 billion USD (consensus estimates). This is slightly lower than 2017's revenue of 23,75 billion USD.

Historical revenues and results Amgen plus estimates 2018

The analysts expect for 2018 a net profit of 8,85 billion USD. For this year the consensus of the result per share is a profit of 14,1 USD. The price/earnings-ratio therefore equals 12,87.

Latest estimates around 220 USD

The most recent recommendations for the biotech company are from BMO Capital Markets, KBC Securities and Cowen and Company.

Based on the current number of outstanding shares Amgen's market capitalization 131,06 billion USD. The Amgen stock was the past 12 months quite volatile. Since last April the stock is 5 percent higher. This year the stock price moved between 165 and 210 dollar. Since 2008 the stock price is almost 256 percent higher.

On Friday the stock closed at 181,47 USD.

Historical stock prices Amgen

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