Why The Street Keeps Doubting Gilead

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD ) reported another eye-popping quarter last week, with total revenue shooting up by 52% year over year:

Not surprisingly, most of this growth came from the company’s hepatitis C franchise of Harvoni and Sovaldi, which generated $4.55 billion in sales during the three-month period.

Despite several consecutive quarters of crushing the Street’s estimates, though, Gilead’s share price has under-performed the high-flying biotech industry as a whole:

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