Amgen (AMGN) Stock Forecast and Price Target (2026)
Last updated July 2026
Short answer
29 analysts covering Amgen (AMGN) carry an average price target of $388.48 as of September 2026, -11.3% against the $438.12 price at the time of the pull. The published targets run from $230.00 to $457.00, a spread of 58% of the average, so the disagreement is moderate. The rating split is 14 buy, 16 hold, 4 sell. A price target is what an analyst published on a date, not a prediction, and sell-side ratings skew positive across the whole market. Walnut is not an investment adviser.
AMGN analyst price targets
AMGN analyst data as of September 2026, sourced from Yahoo Finance and may be delayed. A price target is what an analyst published on a date, not a forecast Walnut endorses, and targets are typically set on a 12-month view. Verify current figures before deciding.
The average target of $388.48 sits below the $438.12 price, -11.3%. The median is $395.00, and where the two differ the median is the steadier read, because one unusually high or low target cannot drag it.
What the AMGN target range actually tells you
The published targets span $230.00 to $457.00. That gap is 58% of the average target, which counts as moderate disagreement. That is a fairly typical spread: enough agreement that the average means something, enough disagreement that it should not be treated as precise.
The useful move is to read the high target as one bull scenario and the low target as one bear scenario, then ask which set of assumptions you find more plausible. Both cases are worked through on the AMGN is it a buy page.
Recent analyst actions on AMGN
| Firm | Action | Target | Prior | Date |
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| Piper Sandler | Raised (Overweight) | $457.00 | $427.00 | August 20, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Raised (Equal-Weight) | $362.00 | $351.00 | August 19, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Raised (Buy) | $460.00 | $375.00 | August 19, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Raised (Neutral) | $352.00 | $303.00 | August 18, 2026 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Raised (Neutral) | $400.00 | $350.00 | August 18, 2026 |
| Barclays | Raised (Equal-Weight) | $380.00 | $360.00 | August 14, 2026 |
| Guggenheim | Raised (Neutral) | $388.00 | $343.00 | August 10, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Raised (Neutral) | $405.00 | $345.00 | August 7, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Raised (Market Perform) | $345.00 | $335.00 | August 6, 2026 |
| Baird | Raised (Underperform) | $230.00 | $215.00 | August 5, 2026 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Raised (Hold) | $384.00 | $366.00 | August 5, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Raised (Underperform) | $317.00 | $312.00 | August 5, 2026 |
The most recent published rating actions on AMGN within the last six months, from Yahoo Finance. Each row is dated because a target only means something alongside the date it was set. Walnut is not an investment adviser and does not endorse any of these views.
In the last six months there have been 12 raises and 0 cuts among these actions. The direction of revisions is often more telling than the level, because it shows which way informed opinion is moving. Note the tension here: the average target sits below the current price, yet the recent individual actions have mostly been raises. That usually means the published average has not caught up with the most recent revisions, and it is a good reason not to lean on the average alone.
How analysts rate AMGN
Of the analysts with a published rating, 14 say buy, 16 say hold, and 4 say sell, so 41% carry a buy. That mix has been broadly steady over the last three months.
Read the distribution rather than the label. Sell ratings are rare across the entire market for structural reasons, so a stock with no sell ratings is unremarkable, while even a handful of them is worth understanding.
Why a AMGN price target is not a prediction
- It is a 12-month model output. An analyst picks assumptions for revenue, margin, and a multiple, and the target falls out of the arithmetic. Change one assumption and the target moves a lot.
- The distribution is skewed. Sell-side coverage carries far more buy ratings than sell ratings across the whole market, so the average is not a balanced vote.
- Targets follow price as often as they lead it. Revisions frequently arrive after a move, not before, which is why a rising target is weak evidence on its own.
- Nobody is scored on it. There is no cost to a target that never gets close, so treat accuracy as unverified unless you check the firm's record yourself.
Is there a 2030 forecast for AMGN?
Not a published one. Analyst price targets run to about twelve months, occasionally two years, and the firms covering AMGN do not put out a 2030 number. Anything presenting one is extrapolating a growth rate rather than reporting research, and a figure produced that way tells you about the assumption chosen, not about the company.
On the figures we hold as of September 2026, AMGN trades at about 27.3 times trailing earnings and 18.0 times forward earnings. A forward multiple below the trailing one means the market expects earnings to grow, and the size of that gap is roughly how much growth is already in the price.
That is the more useful frame for a ten-year question. A share price is the market’s estimate of future cash flows discounted to today, so the multiple is already a statement about growth. The long-horizon question is whether Amgen can deliver what is priced in, and what would have to change for that to break. Both are answerable from the drivers and risks below. A number for 2030 is not.
What could move AMGN from here
In short: the drivers cited most often are Rare disease and Horizon assets, Obesity and metabolic pipeline, Biosimilars and cash generation. The risk cited most often against it is amgen faces patent cliffs as older blockbusters lose exclusivity, exposing them to biosimilar competition and pricing pressure.
Both sides are worked through properly, with the high and low targets used as the bull and bear anchors, on the AMGN is it a buy page. This page deliberately stops at the numbers.
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FAQ
What is the price target for Amgen (AMGN)?
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The average analyst price target for AMGN is $388.48 as of September 2026, across 29 analysts. That is -11.3% against the $438.12 price at the time of the data pull, so the consensus sits below where the stock trades. The median target, which is less distorted by one extreme view, is $395.00. Targets move constantly; verify the current figure before relying on it.
How high could AMGN go?
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The highest published target is $457.00, which is +4.3% against the $438.12 price. That is one analyst's most optimistic case, not a ceiling and not a forecast. The lowest is $230.00. The gap between them is the honest answer to this question: analysts who all follow Amgen closely disagree by 58% of the average target, so treat any single number as one scenario.
How many analysts cover AMGN?
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29 analysts publish estimates on AMGN as of September 2026. Of those with a published rating, 14 say buy, 16 hold, and 4 sell, so 41% carry a buy rating. More coverage usually means the consensus is better informed, though it also means the obvious points are already in the price.
Are analyst price targets for AMGN accurate?
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Treat them as informed opinion, not measurement. Two things are worth knowing. Sell-side ratings skew positive across the market, and AMGN is no exception at 41% buy ratings, so the distribution is not a balanced vote. And targets tend to follow the share price at least as often as they lead it, getting raised after a stock has already run. They are most useful as a read on what the informed consensus expects, and least useful as a prediction of where the price lands.
Has the AMGN price target been raised or cut recently?
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In the last six months there have been 12 raises and 0 cuts among the published actions on AMGN. The most recent was Piper Sandler, which raised its target to $457.00 from $427.00 on August 20, 2026. The direction of revisions often tells you more than the level, because it shows which way the informed view is moving.
What is the AMGN stock price prediction for 2030?
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There is no published one. Analyst targets run to about twelve months and no firm covering AMGN publishes a 2030 figure, so any site showing one has extrapolated a growth rate rather than reported research. The answerable version of the question is what the current price already assumes about Amgen's earnings, which the forward multiple on this page sets out, and what would have to change for that to break.
Will AMGN go up in 2026?
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Nobody knows, including the analysts publishing targets. What the numbers on this page tell you is where informed opinion currently sits and how much it disagrees with itself, which is genuinely useful and completely different from a prediction. The risk most often cited against Amgen: Amgen faces patent cliffs as older blockbusters lose exclusivity, exposing them to biosimilar competition and pricing pressure. Walnut is not an investment adviser.
Walnut is informational, not investment advice, and does not publish price targets of its own. The analyst figures on this page come from a September 2026 data pull of published third-party research, are approximate, and change constantly. Verify current figures with your broker before acting on them.
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