Chairman and CEO of $GILD sells 600 shares in insider sale

In recent news, the Chairman & CEO of $GILD, Daniel Patrick O’Day, made a significant move by selling 600 shares of the company on 06-30-2025, amounting to an estimated $66,688. This sale represented roughly 0.1% of their shares of this class of stock, leaving them with a total of 615,725 shares of $GILD stock in their possession.

Over the past 6 months, $GILD insiders have been actively trading the company’s stock on the open market, totaling 18 transactions. Among these trades, there have been no purchases, only sales. Chief Financial Officer Andrew D Dickinson led the way with 10 sales, disposing of 312,785 shares valued at approximately $31,570,576. Chief Commercial Officer Johanna Mercier followed suit with 4 sales of 31,000 shares, amounting to $3,341,073. Additionally, Chairman & CEO Daniel Patrick O’Day joined the trend with 4 sales of 20,000 shares, totaling an estimated $2,208,676.

The hedge fund activity surrounding $GILD has also been dynamic, with 932 institutional investors increasing their stake in the company’s stock while 1,010 decreased their positions in the most recent quarter. Noteworthy movements included FMR LLC adding 18,223,410 shares (+45.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, worth $2,041,933,090, and CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removing 18,158,461 shares (-25.3%), valued at $2,034,655,555. Price T Rowe Associates Inc /MD/ saw a substantial increase by adding 11,156,382 shares (+314.6%) to their portfolio, totaling $1,250,072,603, whereas Wellington Management Group LLP reduced their holdings by removing 8,300,040 shares (-23.3%), amounting to $930,019,482. JPMorgan Chase & Co also participated by adding 5,470,737 shares (+97.5%), valued at $612,996,080.

Moreover, members of Congress have been involved in trading $GILD stock, with 9 transactions occurring in the past 6 months – 6 purchases and 3 sales. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene led the pack with 3 purchases, with no sales, while Representative Josh Gottheimer made 1 purchase and 1 sale, both valued at up to $15,000 each. Representative Jefferson Shreve followed suit with 1 purchase and 1 sale, also valued at up to $50,000 each. Senator John Boozman made a sale of up to $15,000, and Representative Carol D. Miller made a purchase of up to $15,000.

Analysts have been keeping a close eye on $GILD, issuing 3 buy ratings recently and no sell ratings. Notable ratings include Cantor Fitzgerald’s “Overweight” rating on 04/22/2025, Morgan Stanley’s “Overweight” rating on 03/11/2025, and Deutsche Bank’s “Buy” rating on 02/18/2025. Multiple analysts have also provided price targets for $GILD, with a median target of $126.0. Some recent targets include Terence Flynn from Morgan Stanley setting a target price of $135.0 on 06/18/2025, Carter Gould from Cantor Fitzgerald setting a target price of $125.0 on 04/22/2025, and an analyst from Johnson Rice setting a target price of $126.0 on 03/05/2025.