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

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General Drug Manufacturers is Zen Rated A and is the 4th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
BMY	BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$110.79B	$54.42	2.56%	$12.94B	18.32x	4.22	United States
MRK	MERCK & CO INC	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$270.22B	$108.87	1.33%	$27.65B	14.38x	1.50	United States
LLY	ELI LILLY & CO	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$1.01T	$1,064.04	2.16%	$24.40B	51.93x	3.83	United States
GSK	GSK PLC	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$101.98B	$50.56	3.14%	$10.28B	14.01x	2.82	United Kingdom
GRFS	GRIFOLS SA	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$6.32B	$9.19	-1.39%	$1.71B	35.90x	2.18	United States
AMGN	AMGEN INC	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$177.79B	$330.17	2.95%	$16.53B	25.34x	8.37	United States
AZN	ASTRAZENECA PLC	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$294.38B	$94.96	4.10%	$19.64B	31.29x	1.49	United Kingdom
GILD	GILEAD SCIENCES INC	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$150.57B	$121.36	2.59%	$13.67B	18.64x	1.72	United States
SNY	SANOFI	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$121.69B	$48.17	1.39%	$18.05B	11.10x	0.78	France
AMRN	AMARIN CORP PLC	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$284.65M	$13.69	1.41%	-$80.28M	-3.26x	0.44	Ireland
OGN	ORGANON & CO	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$2.10B	$8.07	8.47%	$1.56B	4.18x	13.96	United States
ABBV	ABBVIE INC	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$395.77B	$223.93	1.70%	$12.49B	168.37x	-51.66	United States
JNJ	JOHNSON & JOHNSON	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$493.40B	$204.79	0.23%	$39.78B	19.63x	1.43	United States
NVS	NOVARTIS AG	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$274.01B	$142.27	3.16%	$28.18B	19.30x	1.41	Switzerland
BIIB	BIOGEN INC	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$26.79B	$182.61	4.57%	$2.71B	16.62x	0.60	United States
PFE	PFIZER INC	NYSE	Drug Manufacturers - General	$144.59B	$25.43	1.03%	$15.84B	14.78x	1.25	United States
SCLX	SCILEX HOLDING CO	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$99.37M	$13.10	-1.21%	-$319.06M	-0.41x	-2.54	United States
MIRA	MIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$61.56M	$1.47	-1.34%	-$5.60M	-0.56x	0.01	United States
MDCX	MEDICUS PHARMA LTD	NASDAQ	Drug Manufacturers - General	$34.59M	$1.57	-1.88%	-$29.72M	-0.73x	-11.85	United States
NSRX	NASUS PHARMA LTD	NYSEMKT	Drug Manufacturers - General	$67.57M	$7.50	-0.92%	N/A	N/A	-1.15	Israel

General Drug Manufacturer Stocks FAQ

What are the best general drug manufacturer 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 general drug manufacturer stocks to buy right now are:

1. Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY)

Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) is the #1 top general drug manufacturer stock out of 20 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 Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 13 points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 39.

BMY passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bristol Myers Squibb Co has seen its stock lose -3.99% over the past year, underperforming other general drug manufacturer stocks by -34 percentage points.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co has an average 1 year price target of $52.86, a downside of -2.87% from Bristol Myers Squibb Co's current stock price of $54.42.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Bristol Myers Squibb Co, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK)

Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) is the #2 top general drug manufacturer stock out of 20 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 Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 16 points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 39.

MRK passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Merck & Co has seen its stock return 9.18% over the past year, underperforming other general drug manufacturer stocks by -21 percentage points.

Merck & Co has an average 1 year price target of $111.63, an upside of 2.53% from Merck & Co's current stock price of $108.87.

Merck & Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Merck & Co, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Eli Lilly & Co (NYSE:LLY)

Eli Lilly & Co (NYSE:LLY) is the #3 top general drug manufacturer stock out of 20 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 Eli Lilly & Co (NYSE:LLY) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Eli Lilly & Co (NYSE:LLY) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 17 points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 39.

LLY passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Eli Lilly & Co has seen its stock return 39.07% over the past year, overperforming other general drug manufacturer stocks by 9 percentage points.

Eli Lilly & Co has an average 1 year price target of $1,112.63, an upside of 4.57% from Eli Lilly & Co's current stock price of $1,064.04.

Eli Lilly & Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 16 analysts covering Eli Lilly & Co, 62.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 18.75% have issued a Buy, 18.75% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the general drug manufacturer stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 14 general drug manufacturer stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 general drug manufacturer stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY)

Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY) has an annual dividend yield of 4.59%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 2.77%. Sanofi's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Sanofi's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sanofi's dividend payout ratio of 51% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Organon & Co (NYSE:OGN)

Organon & Co (NYSE:OGN) has an annual dividend yield of 4.21%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 2.77%. Organon & Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Organon & Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Organon & Co's dividend payout ratio of 31.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY)

Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) has an annual dividend yield of 3.44%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 2.77%. Bristol Myers Squibb Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Bristol Myers Squibb Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bristol Myers Squibb Co's dividend payout ratio of 83.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are general drug manufacturer stocks up?

General drug manufacturer stocks were up 2.31% in the last day, and down -0.22% over the last week. Astrazeneca was the among the top gainers in the drug manufacturers - general industry, gaining 4.1% yesterday.

AstraZeneca shares are trading higher after the company announced results from the Phase III TULIP-SC trial.

What are the most undervalued general drug manufacturer 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 general drug manufacturer stocks right now are:

1. Organon & Co (NYSE:OGN)

Organon & Co (NYSE:OGN) is the most undervalued general drug manufacturer stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Organon & Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 32 points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 39. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Organon & Co's stock has dropped -47.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the general drug manufacturer industry by -78 percentage points.

2. Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB)

Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) is the second most undervalued general drug manufacturer stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Biogen has a valuation score of 71, which is 32 points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 39. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Biogen's stock has gained 19.14% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the general drug manufacturer industry by -11 percentage points.

3. Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK)

Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK) is the third most undervalued general drug manufacturer stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Merck & Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 4 points higher than the general drug manufacturer industry average of 39. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Merck & Co's stock has gained 9.18% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the general drug manufacturer industry by -21 percentage points.

Are general drug manufacturer stocks a good buy now?

40% of general drug manufacturer stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect general drug manufacturer stocks to rise by 4.45% over the next year.

42.11% of general drug manufacturer stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.32% of general drug manufacturer stocks are rated B (Buy), 21.05% are rated C (Hold), 5.26% are rated D (Sell), and 5.26% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the drug manufacturers - general industry?

The average P/E ratio of the drug manufacturers - general industry is 45.26x.

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