ABBV stock was trading up about 2% in the before market hours.
On an adjusted basis, earnings increased to $2.34 per share from $2.26 per share in the year-ago quarter. On a GAAP basis, AbbVie posted a loss of $0.46 per share compared to a profit of $0.49 per share in the second quarter of 2019.
Revenues of $10.425 billion, increased 26.3% on a reported basis, and decreased 5.3% on a comparable operational basis, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AbbVie provided combined company earnings outlook for fiscal 2020, which includes the results of Allergan from May 8, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The company now expects GAAP EPS to be in the range of $4.12 to $4.22. On a non-GAAP basis, profit is now expected to be in the range of $10.35 to $10.45 per share.