Company Analysis

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)

Nasdaq: GILD · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · Foster City, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.8
◀ Past 7.3● Present 7.5▶ Future 5.3

The grade of Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present7.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $30 billion in fiscal 2016 to $29 billion in fiscal 2025, down 0.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 27% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.4%bottom 26% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 48% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 2% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak27.2%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 55% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 86 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 55% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 86 sales (85 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 9% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 38%: 38¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 62%: owes 62¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 147 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Gilead Sciences, Inc. earned about 38 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 39 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 62 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 33% of its family
  • return on equitytop 4% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 24% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 102 in its family; net margin 28.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 102 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s standing among 102 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $29 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 1% by size; a net margin of 28.9% ranks in the top 9%; revenue growth of 2.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 48% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$29.44Btop 1% of its family
  • net margin28.9%top 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.6%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 31% of 110 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 69th percentile among 110 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is O'Day, Daniel Patrick (Chairman & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-03-01, 7.7 years (top 22% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (top 26%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 16 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.6 yearstop 26% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.7 yearstop 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 44% of 92 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 44th percentile among 92 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $7.6 billion against debt of $22 billion leaves -24.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 3% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 32.1% of revenue (top 7%); a gross margin of 78.8% (top 35%); research spending of 19.7% of revenue (bottom 16%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-24.7%bottom 3% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue32.1%top 7% of its family
  • gross margin78.8%top 35% of its family
  • research spending against revenue19.7%bottom 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 40% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 100 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.6% a year over the last three filed years against -0.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew 2.4% (bottom 39%); research spending grew 5.2% a year (top 44%); capital spending grew -8.2% a year (top 29%) (its annual reports). Gilead Sciences, Inc. reported 13 product lines in fiscal 2025: HIV Products Biktarvy at $14 billion (49%), Oncology Product at $3.2 billion (11%), Cell Therapy Products Total Cell Therapy Product Sales at $1.8 billion (6%), and 10 more; 5 of 13 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.9 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.4%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.2%top 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-8.2%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 39% of 72 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 72 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $29 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.3% below the $30 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 49% of its family); net income of $8.5 billion against a prior three-year average of $3.6 billion (top 12%); a net margin of 28.9% against 13.1% before (bottom 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.3%bottom 49% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+138%top 12% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+15.8 pointsbottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GILD · research, not advice