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Best Pharmaceutical Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top pharmaceutical stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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Pharmaceutical is Zen Rated C and is the 77th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
BHC	BAUSCH HEALTH COMPANIES INC	$6.44	-8.00%	42.48%	33.89%	16.46%	13.78%	11.42%	-28.92%	-74.28%	-71.04%	$8.68	$4.33	25.81%	48.73%	1.24	6,303,000	-33.35%
INDV	INDIVIOR PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$36.50	-2.33%	-10.95%	-8.73%	-6.36%	6.29%	72.01%	64.04%	N/A	N/A	$42.81	$21.48	14.74%	69.93%	0.79	7,155,000	7.63%
PCRX	PACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC	$27.62	2.60%	3.02%	7.93%	11.87%	33.56%	20.40%	-30.04%	-54.18%	-38.11%	$27.66	$18.80	0.14%	46.91%	0.58	1,099,000	-5.83%
AMRX	AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$18.48	-1.96%	-1.49%	9.22%	40.96%	28.07%	132.16%	349.64%	282.61%	N/A	$19.26	$7.99	4.05%	131.29%	1.03	2,073,000	-16.68%
ETON	ETON PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$45.83	1.53%	-1.78%	20.54%	51.96%	210.71%	218.49%	1,597.41%	708.29%	N/A	$50.18	$14.27	8.67%	221.16%	0.76	336,000	-27.27%
IRWD	IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.31	-2.49%	13.42%	-1.60%	-6.10%	-3.90%	474.67%	-61.28%	-66.69%	-69.56%	$5.78	$0.80	25.43%	438.75%	0.77	5,768,000	51.07%
VTRS	VIATRIS INC	$17.70	0.40%	-0.90%	5.36%	16.45%	23.26%	97.99%	67.14%	28.63%	-63.54%	$18.07	$8.74	2.05%	102.52%	0.77	8,892,000	3.76%
ANIP	ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$79.20	-1.07%	-2.27%	-6.88%	-3.79%	-2.55%	21.05%	47.29%	142.42%	19.30%	$99.50	$64.99	20.40%	21.86%	0.74	289,000	-31.52%
HCM	HUTCHMED (CHINA) LTD	$11.57	0.17%	3.30%	-0.69%	-12.48%	-21.72%	-33.04%	-29.79%	-72.32%	-11.07%	$18.30	$9.77	36.78%	18.42%	1.11	12,600	-84.63%
CRON	CRONOS GROUP INC	$2.81	-0.71%	-1.40%	1.81%	6.04%	8.91%	39.11%	51.89%	-60.48%	N/A	$3.43	$2.04	18.08%	37.75%	1.15	1,379,000	53.91%
COLL	COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL INC	$35.73	0.42%	-0.47%	-4.64%	3.33%	-25.84%	14.92%	52.11%	43.26%	198.00%	$50.79	$29.70	29.65%	20.30%	0.58	439,000	17.38%
ELAN	ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC	$25.60	-0.47%	0.31%	1.87%	13.73%	4.92%	81.95%	119.74%	-29.71%	N/A	$27.72	$13.76	7.65%	86.05%	1.24	7,046,000	51.30%
PAHC	PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP	$36.59	-1.51%	0.60%	7.21%	-33.08%	-10.76%	34.82%	140.57%	54.39%	75.41%	$60.08	$26.08	39.10%	40.29%	0.90	188,000	-36.91%
TRLV	TRULIEVE CANNABIS CORP	$8.89	3.37%	6.72%	0.79%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$12.30	$7.83	27.72%	13.54%	1.03	693,000	24.64%
TAK	TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	$16.56	-1.60%	-5.48%	-1.95%	0.00%	-6.65%	16.13%	8.88%	0.36%	-29.53%	$18.90	$12.99	12.36%	27.48%	0.31	5,664,000	90.96%
LNTH	LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC	$101.11	-0.08%	-1.49%	-1.66%	15.19%	53.36%	41.49%	33.58%	287.25%	2,499.23%	$111.86	$47.25	9.61%	113.99%	0.90	4,433,000	-46.15%
HLN	HALEON PLC	$9.78	-0.20%	-4.77%	0.62%	5.84%	-9.28%	2.84%	18.40%	N/A	N/A	$11.28	$8.65	13.30%	13.06%	0.26	8,791,000	-30.34%
DERM	JOURNEY MEDICAL CORP	$6.40	-1.08%	1.43%	-11.36%	25.00%	-23.99%	-10.36%	204.76%	N/A	N/A	$9.56	$4.31	33.02%	48.49%	0.68	164,000	-33.60%
NBIX	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC	$166.06	-0.10%	-9.17%	-4.62%	23.86%	20.46%	29.69%	63.40%	78.18%	231.59%	$186.12	$122.14	10.78%	35.96%	0.60	1,119,000	-26.19%
TKNO	ALPHA TEKNOVA INC	$5.52	4.15%	8.45%	-0.18%	53.76%	140.00%	26.03%	74.68%	-74.33%	N/A	$6.68	$1.91	17.37%	189.01%	1.36	157,000	23.62%
BFRI	BIOFRONTERA INC	$1.22	2.52%	9.91%	5.17%	9.91%	37.54%	21.39%	-89.85%	N/A	N/A	$1.27	$0.56	3.94%	119.82%	1.03	512,000	35.45%
EBS	EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC	$7.57	2.16%	3.56%	-7.46%	-11.36%	-33.65%	27.23%	3.56%	-87.80%	-75.33%	$14.06	$6.03	46.16%	25.54%	1.73	320,000	-9.35%
EOLS	EVOLUS INC	$6.12	1.16%	-1.61%	-12.45%	9.68%	33.33%	-32.82%	-38.06%	-46.32%	N/A	$7.95	$3.86	23.02%	58.55%	1.08	657,000	11.93%
TEVA	TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD	$34.43	-0.09%	8.71%	-2.44%	-2.60%	-1.52%	119.44%	252.77%	244.30%	-37.91%	$37.35	$15.75	7.82%	118.60%	0.90	4,900,000	-21.07%
AMPH	AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$19.90	-1.58%	-1.24%	1.48%	-12.49%	-30.44%	-7.01%	-68.32%	-3.77%	22.69%	$31.26	$16.65	36.35%	19.56%	0.57	482,000	16.71%
ALKS	ALKERMES PLC	$49.67	0.28%	-1.64%	-9.92%	45.36%	45.53%	86.48%	79.96%	77.58%	1.55%	$55.67	$25.17	10.78%	97.38%	0.60	1,315,000	-28.34%
ZTS	ZOETIS INC	$76.04	-1.37%	-1.90%	0.82%	-32.52%	-39.98%	-49.91%	-57.43%	-62.87%	47.91%	$160.48	$71.47	52.62%	6.39%	0.81	7,589,000	50.10%
PBH	PRESTIGE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE INC	$52.00	0.15%	0.54%	6.43%	-5.98%	-22.42%	-29.92%	-22.76%	-2.22%	-1.83%	$75.31	$42.74	30.95%	21.68%	0.42	842,000	19.77%
KMDA	KAMADA LTD	$7.34	1.52%	3.97%	-2.00%	-11.46%	-9.38%	2.09%	37.45%	33.70%	79.02%	$9.35	$6.50	21.50%	12.92%	0.70	65,000	149.04%
CPIX	CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$7.77	8.22%	14.10%	26.14%	71.52%	97.21%	93.77%	418.00%	149.04%	68.91%	$8.09	$1.85	3.96%	320.00%	0.42	201,000	-51.68%
AQST	AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$3.74	-1.32%	-0.53%	-11.79%	-11.37%	-6.50%	-6.97%	78.95%	1.63%	N/A	$7.55	$2.93	50.46%	27.65%	1.32	2,689,000	13.51%
OPTH	OPTIMI HEALTH CORP	$4.77	-1.65%	0.21%	-2.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.40	$4.00	25.47%	19.25%	2.49	15,600	-48.34%
SIGA	SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC	$3.24	0.93%	-2.99%	-13.60%	-30.02%	-51.86%	-51.28%	-43.65%	-49.85%	45.95%	$9.62	$3.01	66.32%	7.64%	0.92	466,000	-9.34%
PRGO	PERRIGO CO PLC	$10.78	0.94%	4.66%	-2.80%	-5.36%	-26.72%	-60.01%	-70.44%	-77.43%	-88.31%	$24.61	$9.23	56.20%	16.79%	0.63	2,121,000	-35.47%
IXHL	INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC	$2.97	1.37%	0.34%	-25.56%	-35.71%	-65.26%	-77.74%	-98.46%	N/A	N/A	$27.69	$2.49	89.27%	19.28%	0.41	112,000	-27.74%
LFCR	LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL INC	$4.35	-0.91%	-0.91%	-13.86%	-15.20%	-44.94%	-41.30%	-58.41%	-58.65%	-63.66%	$8.98	$3.63	51.56%	20.00%	1.12	127,000	-3.05%
KALA	KALA BIO INC	$0.74	-5.11%	12.58%	-51.75%	-86.24%	-96.63%	-99.80%	-99.89%	-99.99%	N/A	$1.03k	$0.59	99.93%	25.93%	1.07	128,000	124.56%
RDY	DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LTD	$12.10	0.25%	3.15%	-15.74%	-9.36%	-13.57%	-12.26%	-12.53%	-5.05%	35.62%	$15.67	$11.36	22.78%	6.51%	0.41	2,477,000	-21.64%
RGC	REGENCELL BIOSCIENCE HOLDINGS LTD	$6.05	-1.31%	1.34%	7.84%	-77.89%	-78.68%	-56.03%	1,268.78%	2,530.43%	N/A	$69.00	$4.51	91.23%	34.15%	0.39	229,000	-21.58%
BIOA	BIOAGE LABS INC	$11.20	3.90%	-48.91%	-54.91%	-32.61%	-44.42%	153.39%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$25.96	$4.26	56.85%	162.97%	1.12	2,355,000	-33.10%
CRDL	CARDIOL THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.36	3.82%	13.33%	27.10%	2.26%	34.65%	6.25%	16.24%	-43.10%	N/A	$1.71	$0.88	20.47%	54.55%	1.38	1,534,000	97.43%
ALVO	ALVOTECH	$3.84	1.32%	23.87%	10.98%	9.09%	-24.56%	-56.71%	-56.16%	-61.02%	N/A	$9.25	$2.94	58.49%	30.61%	0.36	570,000	-44.34%
HROW	HARROW INC	$39.83	1.89%	1.30%	-11.35%	-0.92%	-15.61%	19.18%	91.31%	330.59%	913.49%	$54.85	$28.54	27.38%	39.56%	1.07	348,000	-11.68%
CGC	CANOPY GROWTH CORP	$0.93	-2.82%	4.14%	-3.02%	-15.36%	-19.74%	-15.36%	-79.19%	-99.49%	N/A	$2.38	$0.84	60.88%	10.31%	1.90	1,962,000	-35.61%
TLRY	TILRAY BRANDS INC	$4.64	0.00%	15.14%	5.94%	-21.36%	-38.95%	-23.66%	-79.83%	-96.68%	N/A	$23.20	$3.67	80.00%	26.43%	1.68	6,254,000	5.39%
PRFX	PRF TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$1.13	13.00%	5.61%	-18.71%	-42.64%	-65.09%	-83.24%	-99.86%	-99.97%	N/A	$17.95	$0.97	93.70%	16.49%	1.13	196,000	117.78%
SHPH	SHUTTLE PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC	$3.65	8.31%	30.82%	4.29%	-55.86%	-77.33%	-89.94%	-99.79%	N/A	N/A	$55.90	$2.58	93.47%	41.69%	0.53	118,000	-36.22%
OGI	ORGANIGRAM GLOBAL INC	$0.99	3.01%	4.64%	0.40%	-28.56%	-35.94%	-28.04%	-29.07%	-90.03%	N/A	$2.24	$0.85	55.67%	16.41%	1.50	430,000	228.24%
AKAN	AKANDA CORP	$5.16	-4.27%	-16.77%	-57.39%	-87.44%	-1.99%	-93.14%	-99.84%	N/A	N/A	$209.03	$2.30	97.53%	124.84%	1.39	23,600	34.09%
ORGO	ORGANOGENESIS HOLDINGS INC	$2.37	1.28%	-6.32%	-4.44%	-7.42%	-39.23%	-48.48%	-38.76%	-83.61%	N/A	$7.08	$2.04	66.51%	16.18%	1.62	830,000	6.82%
QNTM	QUANTUM BIOPHARMA LTD	$2.87	-5.90%	-4.33%	-16.57%	-44.81%	-28.25%	-89.68%	-96.70%	-97.32%	N/A	$31.91	$2.07	91.01%	38.65%	1.04	228,000	421.74%
SCYX	SCYNEXIS INC	$5.40	6.51%	48.76%	14.16%	-31.42%	-6.86%	-3.03%	-76.88%	-89.85%	-96.75%	$10.48	$3.53	48.47%	52.97%	1.28	178,000	-58.80%
ACB	AURORA CANNABIS INC	$2.81	-0.71%	3.31%	3.69%	-17.84%	-25.07%	-39.18%	-48.64%	-95.95%	-94.60%	$6.67	$2.56	57.84%	9.77%	1.66	1,519,000	106.95%
UPC	UNIVERSE PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$7.05	8.80%	121.00%	17.50%	120.31%	60.59%	92.10%	-99.29%	-99.93%	N/A	$17.96	$2.00	60.75%	252.50%	0.46	760,000	-97.29%
SBFM	SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA INC	$1.31	11.97%	-8.39%	-39.91%	-88.09%	-89.17%	-91.03%	-99.99%	-100.00%	-100.00%	$24.30	$1.10	94.61%	19.09%	1.21	2,365,000	2,947.68%
SXTC	CHINA SXT PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$0.12	59.74%	112.07%	-94.85%	-94.06%	-96.88%	-99.95%	-100.00%	-100.00%	N/A	$1.05k	$0.05	99.99%	167.39%	2.05	135,019,000	-68.45%
INCR	INTERCURE LTD	$0.96	1.05%	4.79%	-3.70%	17.30%	7.72%	-35.80%	-37.47%	N/A	N/A	$1.77	$0.68	45.59%	41.62%	0.79	5,400	-35.71%
AYTU	AYTU BIOPHARMA INC	$2.21	-1.78%	3.76%	0.91%	-13.33%	-5.96%	-16.60%	30.00%	-97.11%	N/A	$3.07	$1.65	27.90%	33.94%	0.89	22,000	-5.98%
GELS	GELTEQ LTD	$0.53	-1.11%	-9.03%	-10.70%	-11.00%	-37.98%	-68.02%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.02	$0.39	73.56%	37.98%	2.40	50,500	-27.34%
CABR	CARING BRANDS INC	$1.56	-2.80%	3.31%	14.71%	57.26%	62.33%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.20	$0.71	51.25%	119.41%	1.04	55,000	89.66%
ZYBT	ZHENGYE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDING LTD	$1.28	-3.76%	-3.76%	83.91%	28.64%	52.38%	-77.78%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.00	$0.62	90.15%	107.79%	0.78	98,000	-12.50%
CPHI	CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS INC	$1.18	3.51%	-9.23%	72.77%	129.13%	61.64%	-26.25%	-90.96%	-99.74%	-99.19%	$19.19	$0.38	93.85%	208.90%	1.35	305,000	-30.21%
IMCC	IM CANNABIS CORP	$0.13	0.79%	16.51%	-17.53%	-55.44%	-89.33%	-95.17%	-97.98%	-99.96%	N/A	$3.13	$0.10	95.94%	30.93%	0.61	1,693,000	19.39%
APUS	APIMEDS PHARMACEUTICALS US INC	$4.92	1.44%	-38.50%	-42.79%	-73.83%	-71.89%	-68.86%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$59.70	$4.15	91.76%	18.55%	0.86	18,100	-22.65%
EVO	EVOTEC SE	$1.95	0.52%	-0.51%	-33.22%	-37.50%	-47.58%	-49.74%	-84.40%	N/A	N/A	$4.27	$1.90	54.33%	2.90%	1.15	16,100	-79.62%
SNOA	SONOMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$1.20	7.14%	5.26%	-4.00%	-1.64%	-62.50%	-61.10%	-94.23%	-98.98%	-99.82%	$6.92	$0.85	82.66%	41.18%	1.05	73,000	58.70%
YCBD	CBDMD INC	$0.56	-2.11%	11.60%	-21.63%	-34.81%	-40.64%	-36.59%	-95.02%	-99.94%	N/A	$2.56	$0.47	78.20%	20.00%	0.84	335,000	-12.07%
CTOR	CITIUS ONCOLOGY INC	$0.66	5.60%	22.00%	-6.91%	-28.26%	-42.61%	-67.96%	-93.80%	N/A	N/A	$2.25	$0.49	70.67%	34.42%	-0.07	73,400	-22.33%
ZSTK	ZEROSTACK CORP	$1.94	12.14%	43.70%	-38.41%	-60.97%	-76.34%	-90.96%	-97.81%	-99.98%	N/A	$47.00	$1.32	95.87%	46.97%	1.60	38,000	-44.93%
SUPN	SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$43.25	-5.98%	-9.39%	-8.45%	-11.06%	-11.88%	16.73%	34.40%	59.12%	93.77%	$59.68	$38.26	27.53%	13.04%	0.61	3,040,000	-32.71%
TLPH	TALPHERA INC	$1.36	2.26%	4.62%	15.25%	52.81%	70.64%	240.00%	37.93%	-94.09%	-98.09%	$1.57	$0.39	13.38%	252.33%	0.83	123,000	1.65%
RMTI	ROCKWELL MEDICAL INC	$7.57	4.70%	8.30%	35.18%	-14.94%	-26.50%	-23.69%	-75.89%	-90.36%	-99.12%	$21.00	$4.89	63.95%	54.96%	1.25	36,700	93.16%
RDHL	REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD	$0.65	-0.31%	-11.23%	-17.97%	-37.69%	-38.87%	-46.22%	-97.53%	-99.99%	-100.00%	$2.79	$0.63	76.77%	2.86%	1.07	18,400	-13.62%
BGM	BGM GROUP LTD	$0.30	4.12%	6.32%	-19.63%	-5.31%	-79.53%	-96.37%	-92.87%	-98.56%	N/A	$11.80	$0.25	97.43%	21.20%	0.34	31,000	-69.00%
TXMD	THERAPEUTICSMD INC	$2.04	0.00%	-0.97%	3.55%	0.99%	-9.33%	85.45%	-52.11%	-95.54%	-99.47%	$2.95	$0.99	30.85%	106.06%	0.87	22,600	44.87%

Pharmaceutical Stocks FAQ

What are the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy right now in Aug 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 pharma stocks to buy right now are:

1. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) is the #1 top pharmaceutical stock out of 75 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) has a Due Diligence Score of 6, which is -21 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BHC as a "A".

BHC passed 2 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Bausch Health Companies has seen its stock return 11.42% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 50 percentage points.

Bausch Health Companies has an average 1 year price target of $8.00, an upside of 24.22% from Bausch Health Companies's current stock price of $6.44.

Bausch Health Companies stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Bausch Health Companies, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Indivior Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INDV)

Indivior Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INDV) is the #2 top pharmaceutical stock out of 75 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Indivior Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:INDV) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 20 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27.

INDV passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Indivior Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 72.01% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 111 percentage points.

Indivior Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $46.00, an upside of 26.03% from Indivior Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $36.50.

Indivior Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Indivior Pharmaceuticals, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX)

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) is the #3 top pharmaceutical stock out of 75 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 17 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27.

PCRX passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pacira Biosciences has seen its stock return 20.4% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 59 percentage points.

Pacira Biosciences has an average 1 year price target of $29.75, an upside of 7.71% from Pacira Biosciences's current stock price of $27.62.

Pacira Biosciences stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Pacira Biosciences, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the pharmaceutical stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 9 pharmaceutical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 pharmaceutical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPIX)

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPIX) has an annual dividend yield of 38.61%, which is 30 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 8.7%.

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA)

Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) has an annual dividend yield of 18.52%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 8.7%.

Siga Technologies's dividend payout ratio of 206.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO)

Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) has an annual dividend yield of 8.07%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 8.7%. Perrigo Co's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Perrigo Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Perrigo Co's dividend payout ratio of -8.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are pharmaceutical stocks down?

Pharmaceutical stocks were down -0.17% in the last day, and down -2.5% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why pharmaceutical stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued pharmaceutical 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 pharmaceutical stocks right now are:

1. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD)

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) is the most undervalued pharmaceutical stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a valuation score of 86, which is 69 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 17. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's stock has gained 474.67% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 514 percentage points.

2. Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL)

Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL) is the second most undervalued pharmaceutical stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Collegium Pharmaceutical has a valuation score of 43, which is 26 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 17. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Collegium Pharmaceutical's stock has gained 14.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 54 percentage points.

3. Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS)

Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) is the third most undervalued pharmaceutical stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Zoetis has a valuation score of 29, which is 12 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 17. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Zoetis's stock has dropped -49.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -11 percentage points.

Are pharmaceutical stocks a good buy now?

51.35% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 38.43% over the next year.

13.21% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 20.75% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 33.96% are rated C (Hold), 28.3% are rated D (Sell), and 3.77% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the drug manufacturers - specialty & generic industry?

The average P/E ratio of the drug manufacturers - specialty & generic industry is -2.85x.

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