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Best Biotech Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top biotech stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best biotech stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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Biotech is Zen Rated F and is the 133rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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PHAR
PHARMING GROUP NV
$1.22B$17.89N/AN/AN/AN/A-1.19%N/A25.93%14.49%
MDXG
MIMEDX GROUP INC
$934.52M$6.31$11.0074.33%Strong Buy214.25%33.63%N/AN/A
JAZZ
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
$9.74B$160.25$208.0029.80%Strong Buy118.92%N/A47.05%16.40%
BCRX
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$1.60B$7.62$23.33206.21%Buy614.39%N/A-86.92%75.53%
AUPH
AURINIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$2.02B$15.33$17.2512.52%Buy420.04%30.63%46.23%32.06%
INVA
INNOVIVA INC
$1.47B$19.65$32.2564.12%Buy410.65%12.32%25.83%18.25%
INCY
INCYTE CORP
$20.79B$105.92$98.75-6.77%Buy1610.30%19.27%19.99%14.69%
ONC
BEONE MEDICINES LTD
$35.49B$320.37$390.8822.01%Strong Buy8128.29%1,035.17%3,703.46%2,003.62%
ALNY
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$52.77B$399.40$491.0822.95%Strong Buy2537.32%307.74%1,650.79%79.58%
FENC
FENNEC PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$213.13M$7.58$13.5078.10%Buy250.22%N/AN/AN/A
EXEL
EXELIXIS INC
$11.84B$44.15$45.001.93%Buy1513.01%24.88%71.97%55.08%
ANAB
ANAPTYSBIO INC
$1.21B$43.80$62.5642.82%Strong Buy918.50%N/AN/A-14.32%
TVTX
TRAVERE THERAPEUTICS INC
$3.19B$35.60$35.00-1.69%Buy735.06%N/A805.13%109.97%
ARQT
ARCUTIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC
$3.66B$29.88$32.007.10%Buy334.65%N/A241.23%102.79%
VCYT
VERACYTE INC
$3.44B$43.56$46.336.37%Buy613.01%70.57%14.91%13.71%
MIRM
MIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$4.19B$81.60$98.0020.10%Strong Buy1022.46%N/A59.59%22.17%
TBPH
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA INC
$963.79M$19.02$28.7551.16%Strong Buy429.46%-14.97%37.76%21.15%
RPRX
ROYALTY PHARMA PLC
$23.24B$40.26$45.7513.64%Strong Buy418.58%57.53%40.57%20.18%
APLS
APELLIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$3.32B$26.26$36.7740.02%Buy137.81%36.38%57.08%21.63%
AKBA
AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC
$395.40M$1.49$5.50269.13%Strong Buy220.07%N/A253.81%28.99%
TARS
TARSUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$3.32B$78.21$93.7519.87%Strong Buy441.51%N/A105.83%66.34%
GYRE
GYRE THERAPEUTICS INC
$729.24M$7.57$17.00124.57%Strong Buy253.30%N/A64.59%41.31%
GMAB
GENMAB A
$21.59B$33.63$43.7530.09%Strong Buy416.73%133.44%30.51%24.99%
SEPN
SEPTERNA INC
$1.15B$25.74$33.0028.21%Strong Buy617.49%N/A-28.55%-18.29%
RIGL
RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$807.73M$44.50$45.672.62%Buy312.07%-5.46%94.38%45.76%
LGND
LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$3.94B$200.07$243.5021.71%Strong Buy614.25%69.75%24.08%15.49%
NAGE
NIAGEN BIOSCIENCE INC
$523.53M$6.56$13.0098.17%Strong Buy223.38%31.11%72.56%52.26%
VCEL
VERICEL CORP
$2.06B$40.73$51.5026.44%Strong Buy221.63%84.43%29.97%21.28%
FBIO
FORTRESS BIOTECH INC
$135.95M$4.38$17.00288.13%Buy179.32%N/A-111.65%-34.38%
ZVRA
ZEVRA THERAPEUTICS INC
$485.85M$8.63$22.00154.92%Strong Buy353.54%77.67%139.83%68.93%
XERS
XERIS BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS INC
$1.35B$8.13$10.8333.25%Buy624.03%N/AN/AN/A
IMCR
IMMUNOCORE HOLDINGS PLC
$1.67B$33.05$62.7589.86%Strong Buy420.22%N/A35.89%12.91%
MNKD
MANNKIND CORP
$1.85B$6.01$10.0867.77%Strong Buy621.75%60.18%-453.45%40.84%
PTCT
PTC THERAPEUTICS INC
$6.17B$76.85$78.542.20%Buy13-5.29%-26.33%-281.29%16.57%
IDYA
IDEAYA BIOSCIENCES INC
$3.19B$36.43$49.8236.75%Strong Buy110.44%N/A-6.61%-6.09%
VRTX
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$119.17B$469.68$495.205.43%Buy2010.80%20.63%41.92%29.20%
TNGX
TANGO THERAPEUTICS INC
$1.49B$11.06$12.4012.17%Strong Buy59.04%N/A-46.75%-35.61%
ACAD
ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$4.55B$26.91$31.4216.75%Buy1212.14%5.80%46.60%32.12%
FHTX
FOGHORN THERAPEUTICS INC
$295.76M$5.23$11.67123.08%Strong Buy331.44%N/AN/A-16.23%
PBYI
PUMA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC
$312.42M$6.20N/AN/AN/AN/A1.75%-7.79%20.51%11.65%
KNSA
KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL PLC
$3.16B$41.73$51.3323.01%Strong Buy625.55%80.85%41.88%31.47%
CPRX
CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$2.78B$22.60$33.0046.02%Strong Buy19.04%18.84%57.36%50.19%
SLNO
SOLENO THERAPEUTICS INC
$2.44B$45.50$104.67130.04%Strong Buy6377.21%N/A75.04%61.89%
ADPT
ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORP
$2.44B$15.96$18.4315.47%Strong Buy716.17%N/A-14.47%-6.03%
TGTX
TG THERAPEUTICS INC
$4.84B$30.50$54.6779.24%Strong Buy340.81%-1.61%98.01%58.06%
SPRO
SPERO THERAPEUTICS INC
$144.79M$2.57N/AN/AN/AN/A-10.48%N/AN/AN/A
REGN
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$84.19B$801.01$793.18-0.98%Buy178.17%10.23%22.36%17.24%
HALO
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC
$8.48B$72.13$78.568.91%Buy918.07%29.40%223.75%50.76%
PRLD
PRELUDE THERAPEUTICS INC
$173.51M$2.76$4.0044.93%Buy2157.36%N/A-96.40%-59.55%
HRMY
HARMONY BIOSCIENCES HOLDINGS INC
$2.18B$37.87$44.5017.51%Strong Buy616.87%36.05%77.91%53.85%
BDTX
BLACK DIAMOND THERAPEUTICS INC
$158.39M$2.78$8.75214.75%Strong Buy4-48.18%N/A-25.80%-20.63%
KRYS
KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC
$7.22B$248.91$240.00-3.58%Strong Buy536.80%30.09%75.26%69.06%
ARGX
ARGENX SE
$48.56B$795.57$1.03k29.75%Strong Buy151,549.26%23.80%54.36%46.18%
VRCA
VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$76.11M$8.02$17.00111.97%Strong Buy162.26%N/A-409.01%170.42%
XOMA
XOMA ROYALTY CORP
$370.50M$29.92$72.67142.87%Strong Buy341.58%37.69%N/AN/A
NBP
NOVABRIDGE BIOSCIENCES
$437.17M$3.79$7.60100.53%Buy5N/AN/A-15.18%-14.17%
DOMH
DOMINARI HOLDINGS INC
$71.42M$4.46N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ZYME
ZYMEWORKS INC
$1.73B$23.10$32.7541.77%Strong Buy820.08%N/A7.87%6.34%
BNTX
BIONTECH SE
$23.77B$98.85$132.0033.54%Buy6-6.45%N/A-1.78%-1.54%
KROS
KEROS THERAPEUTICS INC
$566.06M$18.58$21.0013.02%Buy5-39.95%N/A-10.40%-9.85%
BMRN
BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC
$11.59B$60.35$86.9144.01%Strong Buy118.93%35.89%24.27%19.30%
ARWR
ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$8.83B$65.00$84.5730.11%Buy7-16.67%N/A-44.58%-15.00%
LXRX
LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$428.81M$1.18$2.95150.00%Strong Buy2-7.18%N/A-24.68%-14.40%
FTRE
FORTREA HOLDINGS INC
$1.61B$17.44$17.07-2.12%Buy72.41%N/A23.80%5.04%
LQDA
LIQUIDIA CORP
$2.76B$31.76$44.3339.59%Strong Buy6123.97%N/A2,088.41%166.87%
CLLS
CELLECTIS SA
$324.02M$4.48$8.5089.73%Strong Buy2-3.81%N/AN/AN/A
CRMD
CORMEDIX INC
$591.71M$7.51$18.40145.01%Buy529.70%5.75%70.46%35.11%
EVAX
EVAXION A
$32.28M$5.11$12.33141.35%Strong Buy384.88%N/A517.42%143.50%
ASMB
ASSEMBLY BIOSCIENCES INC
$499.19M$31.56$43.4037.52%Buy5N/AN/A-16.54%-12.59%
IVVD
INVIVYD INC
$585.14M$2.51$8.00218.73%Strong Buy485.50%N/A63.87%42.72%
ENTA
ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$387.91M$13.44$20.4051.79%Strong Buy51.85%N/A-91.89%-21.18%
UTHR
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP
$21.13B$490.83$514.184.76%Buy1111.18%8.41%27.79%24.91%
ARDX
ARDELYX INC
$1.70B$7.00$11.4062.86%Buy525.73%N/A165.99%52.68%
ARVN
ARVINAS INC
$782.25M$12.18$14.5019.05%Strong Buy8-20.10%N/A-17.78%-11.89%
STTK
SHATTUCK LABS INC
$293.62M$4.64$4.00-13.79%Buy4-100.00%N/A-34.96%-32.49%
ATRA
ATARA BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC
$125.75M$17.44$25.0043.35%Strong Buy1-23.50%-16.81%-79.43%96.46%
CTXR
CITIUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$18.69M$0.90$6.00566.67%Strong Buy1N/AN/A97.50%50.30%
NBTX
NANOBIOTIX SA
$963.29M$19.97N/AN/AN/AN/A73.45%N/AN/A-25.01%
PTN
PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES INC
$28.98M$17.02$60.00252.53%Strong Buy1-3.65%N/A-1,197.37%-55.10%
PHAT
PHATHOM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$1.11B$15.60$21.0034.62%Buy270.79%N/A-80.03%140.72%
GLUE
MONTE ROSA THERAPEUTICS INC
$1.65B$25.31$32.0026.43%Strong Buy2-33.62%N/A-41.99%-22.45%
SLN
SILENCE THERAPEUTICS PLC
$273.68M$5.80$55.00848.28%Strong Buy2N/AN/AN/AN/A
CGEN
COMPUGEN LTD
$153.40M$1.64$4.00143.90%Buy175.32%N/A-77.28%-34.62%
AXSM
AXSOME THERAPEUTICS INC
$8.45B$167.55$193.8015.67%Strong Buy1054.25%N/A1,332.83%146.83%
ASND
ASCENDIS PHARMA A
$12.75B$208.75$267.4628.12%Strong Buy1150.39%N/A-650.49%98.06%
ADMA
ADMA BIOLOGICS INC
$4.30B$18.07N/AN/AN/AN/A27.01%23.78%114.85%87.08%
VRDN
VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS INC
$2.89B$30.33$41.8938.11%Strong Buy9110.46%N/A53.09%46.27%
MESO
MESOBLAST LTD
$2.54B$19.87N/AN/AN/AN/A169.96%N/A129.21%98.38%
PYPD
POLYPID LTD
$72.79M$4.65$11.67150.90%Strong Buy3N/A-86.93%152.06%82.62%
LYEL
LYELL IMMUNOPHARMA INC
$515.60M$24.30$32.5033.74%Strong Buy2930.82%N/AN/AN/A
CGON
CG ONCOLOGY INC
$3.38B$41.93$66.4058.36%Strong Buy10441.30%N/A32.95%31.04%
ORMP
ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC
$138.51M$3.48N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
UPB
UPSTREAM BIO INC
$1.49B$27.54$46.0067.03%Strong Buy318.77%N/A-61.63%-59.64%
INBX
INHIBRX BIOSCIENCES INC
$1.09B$75.20N/AN/AN/AN/A367.51%N/A-3.22%-0.67%
CMMB
CHEMOMAB THERAPEUTICS LTD
$11.52M$1.80$25.001,288.89%Buy1N/AN/A-894.41%-812.19%
JANX
JANUX THERAPEUTICS INC
$836.66M$13.91$61.11339.33%Strong Buy953.91%N/A-25.34%-24.14%
AGEN
AGENUS INC
$127.53M$3.75$23.00513.33%Buy111.52%N/A-6.33%7.42%
MDWD
MEDIWOUND LTD
$247.45M$19.30$36.0086.53%Buy141.97%N/A16.69%8.86%
TECH
BIO-TECHNE CORP
$10.06B$64.58$69.227.19%Strong Buy96.53%73.19%22.68%17.65%
NVO
NOVO NORDISK A S
$254.79B$57.34$57.400.10%Buy596.31%97.21%501.77%166.41%

Biotech Stocks FAQ

What are the best biotech stocks to buy right now in Jan 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best biotechnology stocks to buy right now are:

1. Pharming Group Nv (NASDAQ:PHAR)


Pharming Group Nv (NASDAQ:PHAR) is the #1 top biotech stock out of 611 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Pharming Group Nv (NASDAQ:PHAR) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Pharming Group Nv (NASDAQ:PHAR) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the biotech industry average of 24.

PHAR passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Pharming Group Nv has seen its stock return 83.56% over the past year, overperforming other biotech stocks by 124 percentage points.

2. Mimedx Group (NASDAQ:MDXG)


Mimedx Group (NASDAQ:MDXG) is the #2 top biotech stock out of 611 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mimedx Group (NASDAQ:MDXG) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Mimedx Group (NASDAQ:MDXG) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 25 points higher than the biotech industry average of 24.

MDXG passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Mimedx Group has seen its stock lose -28.7% over the past year, overperforming other biotech stocks by 12 percentage points.

Mimedx Group has an average 1 year price target of $11.00, an upside of 74.33% from Mimedx Group's current stock price of $6.31.

Mimedx Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Mimedx Group, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ)


Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) is the #3 top biotech stock out of 611 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is -8 points lower than the biotech industry average of 24. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates JAZZ as a "A".

JAZZ passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Jazz Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 33.29% over the past year, overperforming other biotech stocks by 74 percentage points.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $208.00, an upside of 29.8% from Jazz Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $160.25.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Jazz Pharmaceuticals, 63.64% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 27.27% have issued a Buy, 9.09% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the biotech stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 4 biotech stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 biotech stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Dominari Holdings (NASDAQ:DOMH)


Dominari Holdings (NASDAQ:DOMH) has an annual dividend yield of 22.09%, which is 18 percentage points higher than the biotech industry average of 4.52%.

Dominari Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 8.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ:RPRX)


Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ:RPRX) has an annual dividend yield of 2.19%, which is -2 percentage points lower than the biotech industry average of 4.52%. Royalty Pharma's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Royalty Pharma's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Royalty Pharma's dividend payout ratio of 49.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Bio Techne (NASDAQ:TECH)


Bio Techne (NASDAQ:TECH) has an annual dividend yield of 0.5%, which is -4 percentage points lower than the biotech industry average of 4.52%. Bio Techne's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Bio Techne's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bio Techne's dividend payout ratio of 64% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are biotech stocks down?

Biotech stocks were down -1.85% in the last day, and up 0.26% over the last week. Immuneering was the among the top losers in the biotechnology industry, dropping -43.22% yesterday.

Immuneering shares are trading lower. The company announced updated overall survival and safety data from its ongoing Phase 2a trial of atebimetinib in combination with modified gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel in first-line pancreatic cancer patients, with over 13 months median follow up time.

What are the most undervalued biotech stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued biotech stocks right now are:

1. Harmony Biosciences Holdings (NASDAQ:HRMY)


Harmony Biosciences Holdings (NASDAQ:HRMY) is the most undervalued biotech stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Harmony Biosciences Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 55 points higher than the biotech industry average of 16. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Harmony Biosciences Holdings's stock has gained 9.67% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the biotech industry by 50 percentage points.

2. Innoviva (NASDAQ:INVA)


Innoviva (NASDAQ:INVA) is the second most undervalued biotech stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Innoviva has a valuation score of 57, which is 41 points higher than the biotech industry average of 16. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Innoviva's stock has gained 13.52% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the biotech industry by 54 percentage points.

3. Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI)


Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI) is the third most undervalued biotech stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Puma Biotechnology has a valuation score of 43, which is 27 points higher than the biotech industry average of 16. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Puma Biotechnology's stock has gained 74.65% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the biotech industry by 115 percentage points.

Are biotech stocks a good buy now?

63.23% of biotech stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect biotech stocks to rise by 55.19% over the next year.

2.88% of biotech stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.2% of biotech stocks are rated B (Buy), 44.86% are rated C (Hold), 34.77% are rated D (Sell), and 10.29% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the biotechnology industry?

The average P/E ratio of the biotechnology industry is 160.65x.
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