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Best Pharmaceutical Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top pharmaceutical stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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Pharmaceutical is Zen Rated B and is the 37th 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 %
AMRX	AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$7.66	-1.16%	4.93%	-8.59%	-10.72%	-10.62%	26.61%	90.07%	111.02%	N/A	$9.48	$5.81	19.16%	31.84%	1.14	2,835,779	31.51%
SUPN	SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$32.48	-0.03%	5.32%	-0.82%	-16.05%	-6.85%	7.91%	12.47%	38.80%	153.75%	$40.28	$25.53	19.36%	27.22%	0.69	283,732	30.77%
PCRX	PACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC	$26.90	-0.37%	6.75%	8.25%	2.52%	59.45%	2.48%	-63.81%	-34.85%	-60.72%	$31.67	$11.16	15.06%	140.95%	0.71	838,109	-6.52%
HCM	HUTCHMED (CHINA) LTD	$14.85	-2.04%	-2.30%	-1.26%	7.53%	-21.64%	-19.77%	21.42%	-30.96%	N/A	$21.92	$11.51	32.25%	29.07%	1.09	33,424	-40.61%
KMDA	KAMADA LTD	$6.47	-1.97%	-1.67%	-2.12%	-3.58%	15.54%	23.95%	25.88%	-13.73%	49.77%	$9.16	$4.74	29.33%	36.50%	0.59	42,471	22.66%
ORGO	ORGANOGENESIS HOLDINGS INC	$4.91	0.61%	10.34%	13.66%	30.24%	69.90%	108.94%	-26.39%	32.35%	N/A	$6.71	$2.21	26.83%	122.17%	1.63	1,664,422	-11.43%
PAHC	PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP	$18.61	-1.43%	8.20%	-12.87%	-15.33%	-21.48%	11.44%	3.16%	-30.33%	-41.40%	$26.55	$16.06	29.91%	15.88%	0.86	171,317	20.27%
ALKS	ALKERMES PLC	$28.77	0.00%	5.97%	-12.87%	-9.84%	9.35%	17.24%	-0.38%	109.85%	-48.04%	$36.45	$22.90	21.07%	25.63%	0.62	2,224,448	18.84%
ETON	ETON PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$16.85	2.18%	8.85%	29.82%	-2.71%	93.68%	381.43%	371.99%	225.29%	N/A	$18.41	$3.18	8.45%	429.87%	0.83	197,271	-21.48%
PRGO	PERRIGO CO PLC	$25.72	0.39%	3.96%	-8.27%	3.17%	1.14%	-21.25%	-23.09%	-51.74%	-85.97%	$33.46	$23.14	23.12%	11.15%	0.59	1,340,462	26.79%
COLL	COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL INC	$27.00	-2.19%	3.87%	-9.56%	-16.96%	-22.14%	-26.90%	68.93%	30.54%	N/A	$42.29	$23.23	36.16%	16.21%	0.65	232,582	-7.33%
DVAX	DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$11.75	1.73%	9.10%	-9.41%	-9.68%	-2.57%	3.34%	26.34%	176.47%	-41.59%	$14.63	$9.74	19.69%	20.64%	1.11	2,597,377	9.39%
CPIX	CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.83	-0.82%	-6.76%	14.18%	114.67%	305.88%	201.88%	102.09%	21.97%	-26.37%	$7.25	$1.04	33.38%	364.42%	0.32	15,134	150.02%
PBH	PRESTIGE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE INC	$81.23	-0.85%	1.83%	-5.51%	3.58%	10.43%	13.20%	49.13%	99.63%	106.96%	$90.04	$62.35	9.78%	30.28%	0.50	343,229	45.70%
ANIP	ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$70.82	0.08%	3.58%	5.78%	18.91%	21.04%	7.30%	134.81%	77.01%	16.14%	$72.57	$52.50	2.41%	34.90%	0.87	560,639	45.31%
DERM	JOURNEY MEDICAL CORP	$7.42	-1.59%	-0.80%	25.76%	86.43%	29.61%	101.08%	94.75%	N/A	N/A	$7.84	$3.20	5.36%	131.88%	0.49	67,531	10.39%
INDV	INDIVIOR PLC	$11.51	-2.04%	21.80%	20.78%	-5.66%	23.76%	-34.45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.59	$7.33	38.08%	57.03%	0.91	748,537	-8.95%
SNOA	SONOMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$3.80	-3.80%	-3.80%	73.52%	42.86%	31.03%	19.57%	-92.86%	-96.26%	-99.45%	$9.37	$1.75	59.46%	117.14%	1.07	53,647	-53.19%
HLN	HALEON PLC	$10.15	-1.26%	-0.78%	-1.36%	6.06%	3.57%	18.99%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.80	$8.12	6.02%	25.00%	0.33	17,713,012	22.53%
IRWD	IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$0.93	-0.85%	20.41%	-36.60%	-59.48%	-77.54%	-87.97%	-92.30%	-90.68%	-93.18%	$8.45	$0.59	88.97%	57.70%	0.56	1,498,830	-35.19%
EOLS	EVOLUS INC	$11.40	-1.47%	1.51%	-5.24%	-19.77%	-31.94%	-3.14%	-0.09%	174.04%	N/A	$17.82	$8.67	36.03%	31.49%	1.14	573,860	2.15%
BHC	BAUSCH HEALTH COMPANIES INC	$5.30	-3.81%	2.51%	-18.08%	-28.95%	-35.13%	-39.50%	-71.88%	-70.75%	-97.56%	$9.85	$3.96	46.19%	33.84%	1.26	2,268,128	105.40%
NBIX	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC	$107.69	0.42%	4.33%	-2.63%	-29.75%	-13.38%	-21.70%	18.06%	9.73%	215.90%	$157.98	$84.23	31.83%	27.85%	0.63	1,266,834	38.58%
EBS	EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC	$5.34	-2.02%	7.23%	9.88%	-51.94%	-44.38%	184.04%	-84.19%	-92.78%	-82.01%	$15.10	$2.82	64.64%	89.36%	1.61	890,185	13.71%
ZTS	ZOETIS INC	$156.40	0.62%	3.64%	-5.01%	-9.44%	-14.41%	-1.78%	-10.46%	20.95%	252.09%	$200.33	$139.70	21.93%	11.95%	0.83	2,924,270	41.60%
TKNO	ALPHA TEKNOVA INC	$6.67	0.00%	3.73%	28.52%	-29.79%	-6.19%	274.72%	-40.82%	N/A	N/A	$10.37	$1.16	35.68%	477.49%	1.34	228,733	-55.53%
LNTH	LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC	$104.34	0.37%	3.10%	6.91%	12.45%	-4.61%	56.81%	58.19%	699.54%	N/A	$126.89	$74.28	17.77%	40.47%	0.99	687,034	-13.08%
HROW	HARROW INC	$24.77	0.41%	3.94%	-6.88%	-21.84%	-44.24%	143.08%	261.61%	451.67%	206.94%	$59.23	$10.08	58.18%	145.73%	0.95	286,573	10.67%
ASRT	ASSERTIO HOLDINGS INC	$0.65	-1.37%	7.44%	-3.70%	-21.31%	-38.10%	-26.55%	-70.45%	-81.43%	-99.30%	$1.80	$0.51	63.85%	26.46%	1.24	119,645	-72.35%
ACB	AURORA CANNABIS INC	$4.64	0.00%	5.45%	5.69%	21.47%	-18.31%	-49.73%	-85.22%	-94.77%	-88.69%	$8.14	$3.42	43.00%	35.59%	1.74	2,298,111	53.79%
AVDL	AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC	$8.89	3.25%	6.98%	13.54%	15.60%	-31.14%	-51.05%	77.09%	-14.35%	-35.95%	$19.09	$6.38	53.43%	39.34%	1.10	808,177	-0.44%
ELAN	ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC	$9.48	-2.67%	3.16%	-9.71%	-23.98%	-25.82%	-27.96%	-62.31%	-61.63%	N/A	$18.80	$8.02	49.57%	18.20%	1.14	4,288,947	-33.41%
VTRS	VIATRIS INC	$8.42	0.96%	7.81%	-3.33%	-26.27%	-29.18%	-27.23%	-17.53%	-49.79%	-88.35%	$13.55	$6.85	37.86%	22.92%	0.80	12,053,836	-8.84%
ALVO	ALVOTECH	$7.84	-0.25%	-6.22%	-18.92%	-36.83%	-38.61%	-45.93%	-21.17%	N/A	N/A	$14.65	$7.35	46.48%	6.67%	0.27	58,720	-12.57%
ESPR	ESPERION THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.00	4.06%	5.27%	-30.63%	-44.81%	-53.10%	-49.29%	-82.57%	-97.48%	-98.95%	$3.94	$0.82	74.64%	21.98%	0.92	5,242,906	34.94%
SIGA	SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.52	-4.17%	-11.54%	0.73%	-10.39%	-22.03%	-37.13%	-21.92%	-6.60%	211.86%	$12.83	$4.95	56.98%	11.52%	0.86	461,086	-39.82%
CRON	CRONOS GROUP INC	$1.88	1.62%	5.03%	3.87%	-2.59%	-10.90%	-36.05%	-39.94%	-68.35%	N/A	$3.14	$1.60	40.13%	17.50%	1.22	2,774,949	76.14%
TEVA	TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD	$15.51	-0.45%	8.54%	0.91%	-13.06%	-16.57%	10.39%	81.83%	44.41%	-74.33%	$22.80	$12.47	31.97%	24.43%	0.89	8,888,582	-36.86%
RDY	DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LTD	$13.92	-0.14%	1.75%	5.53%	0.80%	-6.15%	-5.27%	30.46%	35.96%	33.90%	$16.89	$12.26	17.59%	13.54%	0.44	1,247,101	-27.19%
AMPH	AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$24.41	-0.37%	3.61%	-15.80%	-32.88%	-51.93%	-40.82%	-30.87%	44.01%	68.81%	$53.96	$22.64	54.76%	7.82%	0.55	460,186	55.27%
EVO	EVOTEC SE	$4.20	-1.64%	2.69%	25.75%	-6.46%	6.06%	-19.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.68	$2.84	26.06%	47.89%	1.15	37,204	-36.00%
RGC	REGENCELL BIOSCIENCE HOLDINGS LTD	$60.00	89.87%	96.79%	88.21%	1,487.30%	768.31%	1,038.52%	172.73%	N/A	N/A	$69.00	$3.03	13.04%	1,880.20%	0.08	599,069	2,083.91%
CPHI	CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS INC	$2.15	11.98%	38.71%	-18.28%	-11.27%	-16.24%	-29.97%	-98.51%	-99.11%	-98.84%	$4.10	$1.20	47.56%	79.17%	0.83	65,491	244.25%
TAK	TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	$15.29	0.07%	0.72%	2.82%	11.61%	10.08%	16.90%	5.52%	-14.77%	-40.48%	$15.37	$12.58	0.52%	21.59%	0.37	1,805,803	62.48%
RMTI	ROCKWELL MEDICAL INC	$1.08	-1.82%	-6.09%	-4.42%	-47.83%	-70.81%	-26.03%	-69.84%	-95.79%	-98.99%	$5.15	$0.86	79.03%	25.00%	1.32	66,487	-48.50%
KALA	KALA BIO INC	$3.97	-6.59%	27.24%	-30.72%	-58.12%	-42.04%	-41.79%	-89.55%	-99.20%	N/A	$11.20	$2.92	64.55%	35.96%	0.82	184,502	-69.16%
OGI	ORGANIGRAM HOLDINGS INC	$1.16	1.75%	7.41%	14.85%	-25.16%	-34.83%	-45.28%	-80.54%	-81.65%	N/A	$2.11	$0.85	45.02%	36.47%	1.51	810,203	248.63%
CGC	CANOPY GROWTH CORP	$1.38	-0.72%	11.29%	51.65%	-34.29%	-72.12%	-90.73%	-97.72%	-99.14%	N/A	$12.97	$0.77	89.36%	79.22%	1.79	15,354,591	83.01%
BIOA	BIOAGE LABS INC	$4.20	-3.00%	1.69%	11.70%	-12.13%	-82.95%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.62	$2.88	84.22%	45.83%	0.78	194,071	-15.83%
CRDL	CARDIOL THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.10	-4.35%	1.85%	13.40%	-22.54%	-39.56%	-45.27%	-20.86%	N/A	N/A	$3.12	$0.77	64.74%	42.67%	1.40	157,050	-48.53%
LFCR	LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL INC	$6.76	6.29%	6.62%	-3.98%	10.82%	14.09%	5.30%	-30.09%	-39.37%	-52.43%	$7.99	$3.68	15.39%	83.75%	1.03	450,295	410.89%
SBFM	SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA INC	$1.35	-2.88%	-8.16%	-29.32%	-51.26%	-52.63%	-92.29%	-99.98%	-99.79%	-100.00%	$23.20	$1.17	94.18%	15.48%	1.51	109,107	-0.15%
QNTM	QUANTUM BIOPHARMA LTD	$6.51	-4.96%	-5.24%	-15.56%	115.56%	36.76%	-75.42%	-89.88%	-96.93%	N/A	$25.94	$2.70	74.90%	141.11%	1.18	92,252	152.53%
UPC	UNIVERSE PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.78	9.13%	25.46%	16.59%	-71.55%	-97.08%	-99.67%	-99.89%	N/A	N/A	$2.59k	$2.51	99.82%	90.44%	0.04	275,771	-19.81%
AQST	AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$2.93	3.17%	3.72%	0.86%	-5.03%	-48.14%	-12.95%	107.45%	-32.13%	N/A	$5.80	$2.20	49.57%	32.95%	1.26	1,002,960	8.32%
PRFX	PAINREFORM LTD	$2.42	-0.82%	5.22%	12.04%	-26.89%	4.13%	-89.08%	-98.92%	N/A	N/A	$23.18	$1.68	89.56%	44.05%	0.92	22,180	-10.77%
CTOR	CITIUS ONCOLOGY INC	$0.87	-2.91%	29.55%	-6.67%	-31.11%	-28.26%	-92.21%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$49.00	$0.55	98.23%	57.53%	-0.65	58,119	-69.93%
SHPH	SHUTTLE PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC	$0.27	-8.87%	-11.59%	-31.36%	-65.99%	-85.17%	-91.80%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.71	$0.23	94.33%	16.09%	0.49	494,117	76.31%
RDHL	REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD	$2.21	-1.12%	-1.56%	-17.11%	-62.82%	-73.56%	-79.55%	-99.86%	-99.97%	-99.98%	$20.28	$1.72	89.12%	28.20%	0.99	19,979	-51.19%
PTPI	PETROS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$0.01	-7.69%	-76.00%	-82.61%	-95.79%	-96.84%	-98.22%	-99.89%	N/A	N/A	$0.77	$0.01	98.43%	9.09%	1.07	635,067,164	34.50%
TXMD	THERAPEUTICSMD INC	$1.24	0.81%	14.81%	34.05%	14.81%	-20.00%	-34.04%	-86.63%	-98.43%	-99.62%	$2.44	$0.70	49.18%	77.14%	1.04	33,358	-32.04%
IXHL	INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC	$0.15	-2.63%	-74.92%	-78.11%	-90.92%	-93.48%	-94.88%	-99.45%	N/A	N/A	$3.55	$0.13	95.83%	17.46%	0.19	6,617,732	-63.65%
INCR	INTERCURE LTD	$1.57	3.55%	7.81%	12.43%	-5.75%	-9.64%	-46.10%	-71.99%	N/A	N/A	$3.72	$1.17	57.69%	34.53%	0.79	7,455	14.39%
GELS	GELTEQ LTD	$2.11	1.93%	-20.68%	102.88%	-14.92%	-10.97%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.50	$0.77	61.64%	174.03%	2.38	67,919	-33.42%
FLGC	FLORA GROWTH CORP	$0.59	-2.17%	6.73%	-2.98%	-23.67%	-64.53%	-65.27%	-98.13%	N/A	N/A	$2.11	$0.42	72.18%	39.76%	1.55	226,639	138.65%
AYTU	AYTU BIOPHARMA INC	$1.35	26.17%	27.36%	12.50%	-19.64%	-32.16%	-51.96%	-89.88%	-99.59%	N/A	$3.45	$0.95	60.84%	42.11%	0.75	101,727	207.62%
AKAN	AKANDA CORP	$1.33	9.92%	18.75%	-3.62%	-15.29%	-12.96%	-82.12%	-99.98%	N/A	N/A	$47.52	$0.93	97.20%	43.01%	1.16	241,351	329.87%
EVOK	EVOKE PHARMA INC	$2.75	2.23%	13.64%	0.00%	-40.86%	-57.36%	-49.07%	-96.02%	-98.56%	-99.69%	$12.32	$1.94	77.68%	41.75%	0.41	47,145	244.17%
IMCC	IM CANNABIS CORP	$1.69	12.67%	13.42%	11.92%	-24.42%	-21.80%	-67.25%	-97.49%	N/A	N/A	$6.33	$1.29	73.30%	31.01%	0.61	35,310	92.57%
SXTC	CHINA SXT PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$2.34	6.36%	37.65%	-6.21%	-28.79%	-49.35%	-72.41%	-99.73%	-99.97%	N/A	$11.92	$0.97	80.37%	141.24%	1.79	424,632	-12.37%
DRRX	DURECT CORP	$0.60	-3.23%	-14.16%	-25.19%	-25.47%	-55.56%	-37.50%	-85.91%	-97.18%	-96.95%	$1.88	$0.56	68.09%	7.72%	1.02	21,180	31.41%
BFRI	BIOFRONTERA INC	$0.70	-4.11%	-11.95%	-12.50%	-33.96%	-25.05%	-61.96%	-99.08%	N/A	N/A	$2.22	$0.65	68.47%	7.53%	0.91	65,995	-42.26%
OPTN	OPTINOSE INC	$9.32	0.00%	1.53%	1.64%	53.29%	-11.68%	-24.32%	-74.54%	-84.62%	N/A	$20.03	$4.82	53.46%	93.56%	0.54	17,736	-44.89%
BGM	BGM GROUP LTD	$11.12	-2.03%	2.39%	-2.80%	13.35%	50.07%	203.00%	23.56%	N/A	N/A	$14.78	$2.70	24.76%	311.85%	0.30	14,580	-16.42%
YCBD	CBDMD INC	$0.22	-12.15%	-9.58%	-5.65%	-62.97%	-56.60%	-80.27%	-99.27%	-99.50%	N/A	$0.98	$0.18	77.74%	19.89%	1.05	938,556	131.55%
TLRY	TILRAY BRANDS INC	$0.49	-1.02%	10.23%	-26.18%	-57.08%	-71.30%	-80.36%	-90.73%	-93.98%	N/A	$2.31	$0.43	79.00%	12.79%	1.65	27,251,122	-3.41%
TLPH	TALPHERA INC	$0.49	1.45%	3.81%	-1.01%	-30.00%	-46.74%	-52.43%	-89.96%	-98.48%	-99.39%	$1.27	$0.45	61.42%	8.89%	0.88	89,372	2,433.22%
SCYX	SCYNEXIS INC	$0.99	-0.20%	1.86%	3.78%	-10.18%	-26.81%	-41.54%	-63.27%	-89.76%	-98.94%	$3.07	$0.73	67.82%	35.71%	1.20	17,354	-48.60%

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What are the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

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. Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX)

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) is the #1 top pharmaceutical stock out of 78 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 Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -13 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMRX as a "A".

AMRX passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Amneal Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 26.61% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 85 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $11.33, an upside of 47.95% from Amneal Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $7.66.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Amneal 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.

2. Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN)

Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN) is the #2 top pharmaceutical stock out of 78 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 Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN) has a Due Diligence Score of 64, which is 37 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27.

SUPN passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Supernus Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 7.91% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 66 percentage points.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 10.84% from Supernus Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $32.48.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Supernus Pharmaceuticals, 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.

3. Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX)

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) is the #3 top pharmaceutical stock out of 78 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 Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -4 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PCRX as a "A".

PCRX passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Pacira Biosciences has seen its stock return 2.48% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 61 percentage points.

Pacira Biosciences has an average 1 year price target of $32.80, an upside of 21.93% from Pacira Biosciences's current stock price of $26.90.

Pacira Biosciences stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Pacira Biosciences, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% 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 7 pharmaceutical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 pharmaceutical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA)

Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) has an annual dividend yield of 10.87%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 3.51%.

Siga Technologies's dividend payout ratio of 72.3% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO)

Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.27%, which is the same as the pharmaceutical industry average of 3.51%. 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 -88.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA)

Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA) has an annual dividend yield of 3.09%, which is the same as the pharmaceutical industry average of 3.51%.

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

Why are pharmaceutical stocks up?

Pharmaceutical stocks were up 2.62% in the last day, and up 6.64% over the last week.

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

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. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) 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.

Bausch Health Companies has a valuation score of 0, which is -16 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 16. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BHC a Valuation Rating of "A".

Bausch Health Companies's stock has dropped -39.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 19 percentage points.

2. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD)

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) 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.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has a valuation score of 14, which is -2 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 16. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IRWD a Valuation Rating of "A".

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's stock has dropped -87.97% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -30 percentage points.

3. Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL)

Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL) 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.

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

Collegium Pharmaceutical's stock has dropped -26.9% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 31 percentage points.

Are pharmaceutical stocks a good buy now?

47.62% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 47.25% over the next year.

10.71% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.64% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 51.79% are rated C (Hold), 12.5% are rated D (Sell), and 5.36% 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 21.23x.

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