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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 35th 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	$7.74	1.04%	4.31%	-5.95%	-5.38%	-8.83%	26.47%	92.06%	131.74%	N/A	$9.48	$5.81	18.31%	33.22%	1.14	3,156,358	11.23%
SUPN	SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$32.45	-0.09%	3.51%	2.43%	-13.14%	-4.47%	7.88%	12.36%	39.75%	153.12%	$40.28	$25.53	19.44%	27.11%	0.70	344,167	21.30%
HCM	HUTCHMED (CHINA) LTD	$14.80	-0.34%	-5.97%	-7.85%	12.04%	-20.56%	-21.11%	21.01%	-29.86%	N/A	$21.92	$11.51	32.48%	28.64%	1.09	103,290	209.03%
ORGO	ORGANOGENESIS HOLDINGS INC	$4.96	1.02%	9.49%	15.89%	45.45%	78.42%	97.61%	-25.64%	40.51%	N/A	$6.71	$2.21	26.08%	124.43%	1.64	1,091,047	-34.45%
KMDA	KAMADA LTD	$6.57	1.55%	-0.76%	-1.94%	-2.81%	10.98%	22.35%	27.82%	-9.75%	56.06%	$9.16	$4.74	28.24%	38.61%	0.59	30,624	-27.91%
PAHC	PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP	$18.60	-0.05%	3.22%	-15.34%	-14.23%	-19.76%	13.76%	3.10%	-24.24%	-44.76%	$26.55	$16.06	29.94%	15.82%	0.86	154,410	-9.87%
PCRX	PACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC	$26.75	-0.56%	2.88%	11.13%	3.88%	61.44%	-0.74%	-64.01%	-30.57%	-61.12%	$31.67	$11.16	15.54%	139.61%	0.70	562,614	-32.89%
ETON	ETON PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$16.97	0.71%	7.47%	32.99%	1.80%	96.87%	361.14%	375.35%	228.24%	N/A	$18.41	$3.18	7.80%	433.65%	0.83	177,753	-9.99%
PRGO	PERRIGO CO PLC	$25.27	-1.75%	1.53%	-8.77%	0.72%	-3.14%	-23.19%	-24.43%	-52.03%	-86.43%	$33.46	$23.14	24.47%	9.20%	0.59	828,468	-38.49%
COLL	COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL INC	$27.06	0.24%	1.05%	-7.93%	-13.27%	-19.13%	-28.37%	69.34%	46.99%	120.18%	$42.29	$23.23	36.01%	16.49%	0.65	310,177	33.13%
ALKS	ALKERMES PLC	$30.58	6.29%	10.52%	-5.99%	-0.59%	15.53%	27.36%	5.89%	129.75%	-48.26%	$36.45	$22.90	16.10%	33.54%	0.63	2,893,802	19.43%
DVAX	DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$11.48	-2.30%	5.32%	-9.68%	-11.28%	-2.55%	-1.71%	23.44%	173.33%	-44.03%	$14.63	$9.74	21.53%	17.86%	1.11	1,565,206	-39.74%
CPIX	CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.81	-0.41%	-0.72%	10.32%	125.82%	329.46%	238.73%	101.26%	23.02%	-26.90%	$7.25	$1.04	33.66%	362.50%	0.32	5,078	-66.45%
PBH	PRESTIGE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE INC	$82.23	1.23%	3.39%	-4.08%	9.17%	11.05%	15.62%	50.96%	105.32%	107.13%	$90.04	$62.35	8.67%	31.88%	0.50	577,085	66.97%
ANIP	ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$70.69	-0.18%	1.51%	3.93%	22.07%	21.48%	6.27%	134.38%	82.24%	12.15%	$72.57	$52.50	2.59%	34.65%	0.87	423,242	-24.54%
DERM	JOURNEY MEDICAL CORP	$6.88	-7.28%	-8.99%	15.24%	42.15%	11.51%	96.01%	80.58%	N/A	N/A	$7.84	$3.20	12.24%	115.00%	0.48	44,708	-33.85%
INDV	INDIVIOR PLC	$11.55	0.35%	7.34%	23.13%	-1.53%	23.53%	-34.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.59	$7.33	37.87%	57.57%	0.91	597,284	-20.21%
SNOA	SONOMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$3.54	-6.84%	-8.29%	63.13%	37.21%	26.88%	15.54%	-93.35%	-96.48%	-99.45%	$9.37	$1.75	62.24%	102.29%	1.07	101,626	87.14%
IRWD	IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$0.91	-2.15%	3.75%	-35.32%	-56.47%	-78.23%	-88.91%	-92.47%	-90.54%	-93.45%	$8.45	$0.59	89.21%	54.31%	0.56	1,319,779	-11.98%
EOLS	EVOLUS INC	$11.80	3.51%	2.16%	-1.58%	-9.09%	-29.55%	-6.50%	3.42%	208.90%	N/A	$17.82	$8.67	33.78%	36.10%	1.14	653,607	13.88%
HLN	HALEON PLC	$10.33	1.77%	0.19%	1.47%	8.97%	6.17%	23.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.80	$8.12	4.35%	27.22%	0.33	14,685,115	-17.09%
EBS	EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC	$4.92	-7.87%	-8.38%	3.80%	-53.10%	-46.05%	154.92%	-85.44%	-93.75%	-83.99%	$15.10	$3.36	67.42%	46.43%	1.61	1,002,804	12.50%
BHC	BAUSCH HEALTH COMPANIES INC	$5.30	0.00%	-3.28%	-15.20%	-27.20%	-45.81%	-39.43%	-71.88%	-69.11%	-97.62%	$9.85	$3.96	46.19%	33.84%	1.26	3,169,446	37.40%
NBIX	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC	$106.59	-1.02%	0.78%	-0.38%	-28.99%	-12.78%	-25.48%	16.85%	11.51%	200.17%	$157.98	$84.23	32.53%	26.55%	0.63	1,006,521	-20.60%
ZTS	ZOETIS INC	$155.65	-0.48%	2.20%	-3.87%	-9.47%	-14.45%	-1.80%	-10.89%	22.05%	248.91%	$200.33	$139.70	22.30%	11.42%	0.83	1,920,053	-34.38%
LNTH	LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC	$105.92	1.51%	2.20%	8.16%	18.29%	-1.91%	57.17%	60.58%	777.55%	N/A	$126.89	$74.28	16.53%	42.60%	0.99	979,467	42.51%
HROW	HARROW INC	$25.00	0.93%	-0.28%	0.08%	-16.19%	-45.22%	139.69%	264.96%	482.75%	213.68%	$59.23	$10.08	57.79%	148.02%	0.95	206,134	-28.07%
TKNO	ALPHA TEKNOVA INC	$6.61	-0.90%	-0.60%	27.36%	-28.15%	-6.37%	246.07%	-41.35%	N/A	N/A	$10.37	$1.16	36.26%	472.29%	1.34	135,531	-40.75%
ACB	AURORA CANNABIS INC	$4.75	2.37%	0.85%	8.70%	37.28%	-14.26%	-35.46%	-84.87%	-94.37%	-88.43%	$8.14	$3.42	41.65%	38.81%	1.74	841,222	-63.93%
ASRT	ASSERTIO HOLDINGS INC	$0.65	0.00%	3.17%	-1.66%	-19.75%	-36.89%	-29.42%	-70.45%	-80.47%	-99.32%	$1.80	$0.51	63.85%	26.46%	1.24	310,497	159.11%
AVDL	AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC	$8.61	-3.15%	0.12%	14.65%	8.03%	-42.79%	-52.98%	71.51%	-6.41%	-39.96%	$19.09	$6.38	54.90%	34.95%	1.10	721,890	-10.68%
ELAN	ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC	$9.47	-0.11%	0.11%	-8.50%	-19.20%	-24.84%	-27.98%	-62.35%	-60.61%	N/A	$18.80	$8.02	49.63%	18.08%	1.14	3,215,871	-25.02%
VTRS	VIATRIS INC	$8.47	0.59%	5.48%	-1.51%	-23.28%	-27.11%	-27.17%	-17.04%	-47.47%	-88.54%	$13.55	$6.85	37.49%	23.65%	0.80	16,015,543	32.83%
ESPR	ESPERION THERAPEUTICS INC	$0.98	-1.50%	11.69%	-30.21%	-45.64%	-51.53%	-51.76%	-82.83%	-97.37%	-99.02%	$3.94	$0.82	75.03%	20.15%	0.92	3,151,770	-40.04%
SIGA	SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC	$5.43	-1.63%	-16.20%	-0.91%	-6.06%	-24.69%	-41.71%	-23.20%	-7.18%	229.09%	$12.83	$4.95	57.68%	9.70%	0.86	359,263	-22.21%
ALVO	ALVOTECH	$7.94	1.28%	-5.14%	-17.63%	-35.86%	-39.02%	-45.17%	-20.16%	N/A	N/A	$14.65	$7.35	45.80%	8.03%	0.27	123,418	110.18%
CRON	CRONOS GROUP INC	$1.87	-0.53%	1.08%	4.47%	1.08%	-13.43%	-31.00%	-40.26%	-66.84%	N/A	$3.14	$1.60	40.45%	16.88%	1.22	1,073,415	-61.38%
TEVA	TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD	$15.62	0.71%	6.11%	2.16%	-9.97%	-15.34%	11.73%	83.12%	54.04%	-74.88%	$22.80	$12.47	31.49%	25.31%	0.89	9,575,820	7.68%
RDY	DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LTD	$13.83	-0.65%	-1.21%	5.09%	1.62%	-6.89%	-6.53%	29.62%	36.85%	30.99%	$16.89	$12.26	18.13%	12.81%	0.44	1,454,205	16.61%
EVO	EVOTEC SE	$4.23	0.71%	0.48%	26.65%	-1.86%	9.02%	-19.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.68	$2.84	25.53%	48.94%	1.15	23,968	-35.58%
RGC	REGENCELL BIOSCIENCE HOLDINGS LTD	$77.00	28.33%	161.73%	165.61%	1,921.00%	851.79%	1,361.10%	250.00%	N/A	N/A	$81.40	$3.03	5.41%	2,441.25%	0.09	166,066	-72.47%
AMPH	AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$23.88	-2.17%	-0.79%	-15.59%	-28.48%	-52.93%	-43.25%	-32.37%	41.97%	63.56%	$53.96	$22.64	55.74%	5.48%	0.55	562,390	22.21%
TAK	TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	$15.03	-1.70%	-0.53%	0.87%	13.43%	7.66%	13.95%	3.73%	-15.66%	-42.04%	$15.37	$12.58	2.21%	19.52%	0.37	1,674,582	-7.37%
RMTI	ROCKWELL MEDICAL INC	$1.08	0.00%	-9.24%	0.00%	-46.53%	-71.50%	-29.87%	-69.84%	-95.45%	-98.98%	$5.15	$0.86	79.03%	25.00%	1.32	82,128	23.39%
KALA	KALA BIO INC	$3.72	-6.30%	12.73%	-35.08%	-59.65%	-46.78%	-45.37%	-90.21%	-99.23%	N/A	$11.20	$2.92	66.79%	27.40%	0.81	27,468	-85.13%
OGI	ORGANIGRAM HOLDINGS INC	$1.14	-1.72%	-1.72%	9.62%	-21.38%	-34.10%	-40.47%	-80.87%	-81.00%	N/A	$2.11	$0.85	45.97%	34.12%	1.51	220,412	-72.83%
CGC	CANOPY GROWTH CORP	$1.41	2.17%	-5.37%	38.24%	-28.43%	-70.99%	-87.67%	-97.67%	-99.08%	N/A	$11.95	$0.77	88.20%	83.12%	1.79	5,505,043	-64.42%
BIOA	BIOAGE LABS INC	$4.14	-1.43%	-1.43%	15.64%	-12.10%	-81.10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.62	$2.88	84.45%	43.75%	0.77	173,865	-10.41%
LFCR	LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL INC	$6.83	1.04%	10.70%	-2.84%	19.41%	16.26%	6.06%	-29.37%	-38.41%	-52.27%	$7.99	$3.68	14.52%	85.65%	1.03	326,272	-27.59%
CRDL	CARDIOL THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.12	1.82%	4.67%	20.69%	-15.79%	-40.11%	-45.63%	-19.42%	N/A	N/A	$3.12	$0.77	64.10%	45.27%	1.40	132,217	-16.06%
QNTM	QUANTUM BIOPHARMA LTD	$6.80	4.45%	-1.59%	-14.89%	113.84%	40.50%	-72.13%	-89.43%	-96.80%	N/A	$25.67	$2.70	73.51%	151.85%	1.18	42,210	-54.35%
SBFM	SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA INC	$1.41	4.44%	-9.03%	-32.21%	-46.79%	-50.35%	-91.80%	-99.97%	-99.77%	-100.00%	$23.20	$1.17	93.92%	20.62%	1.51	75,224	-32.23%
UPC	UNIVERSE PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.88	2.09%	28.42%	70.63%	-70.77%	-97.06%	-99.64%	-99.88%	N/A	N/A	$2.59k	$2.51	99.81%	94.42%	0.04	62,074	-77.73%
AQST	AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$3.00	2.56%	5.26%	4.90%	3.81%	-45.65%	-10.85%	112.77%	-28.06%	N/A	$5.80	$2.20	48.28%	36.36%	1.26	1,214,987	21.14%
PRFX	PAINREFORM LTD	$2.30	-4.96%	-0.86%	2.68%	-23.84%	27.78%	-89.86%	-98.98%	N/A	N/A	$23.18	$1.68	90.08%	36.90%	0.91	56,657	155.38%
SCYX	SCYNEXIS INC	$0.98	-0.61%	-7.79%	4.25%	-10.32%	-26.44%	-42.91%	-63.49%	-89.49%	-98.93%	$3.07	$0.73	68.01%	34.89%	1.20	26,444	52.37%
CTOR	CITIUS ONCOLOGY INC	$0.89	2.53%	38.85%	3.49%	-27.29%	-21.93%	-92.03%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$49.00	$0.55	98.18%	61.52%	-0.64	75,728	26.83%
SHPH	SHUTTLE PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC	$0.28	5.24%	-5.39%	-31.13%	-60.97%	-83.17%	-91.83%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.71	$0.23	94.03%	22.17%	0.49	92,458	-81.98%
RDHL	REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD	$2.15	-2.49%	-7.33%	-15.69%	-63.44%	-73.68%	-80.93%	-99.87%	-99.97%	-99.99%	$20.28	$1.72	89.40%	25.00%	0.99	17,480	-12.97%
PTPI	PETROS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$0.27	-10.00%	-78.91%	-87.14%	-95.93%	-96.82%	-98.36%	-99.90%	N/A	N/A	$19.16	$0.23	98.59%	16.88%	1.07	18,305,817	-30.73%
TXMD	THERAPEUTICSMD INC	$1.39	12.10%	21.93%	41.84%	34.95%	-10.26%	-26.26%	-85.01%	-97.99%	-99.58%	$2.44	$0.70	43.03%	98.57%	1.04	190,762	448.89%
CPHI	CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS INC	$1.98	-7.91%	20.07%	-19.18%	-11.09%	-22.81%	-32.33%	-98.63%	-99.16%	-98.88%	$4.10	$1.20	51.71%	65.00%	0.83	29,163	-55.80%
IXHL	INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC	$0.13	-10.14%	-78.72%	-80.44%	-92.77%	-94.86%	-95.02%	-99.51%	N/A	N/A	$3.55	$0.13	96.25%	5.56%	0.19	1,961,380	-71.09%
INCR	INTERCURE LTD	$1.55	-1.52%	12.97%	13.14%	-3.13%	-11.17%	-47.64%	-72.42%	N/A	N/A	$3.72	$1.17	58.33%	32.48%	0.78	23,968	215.99%
GELS	GELTEQ LTD	$1.86	-11.85%	-19.83%	95.79%	-15.45%	-25.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.50	$0.77	66.18%	141.56%	2.35	96,788	40.24%
FLGC	FLORA GROWTH CORP	$0.60	2.21%	3.45%	0.00%	-22.58%	-55.88%	-64.91%	-98.09%	N/A	N/A	$2.11	$0.42	71.56%	42.86%	1.55	43,122	-80.99%
AYTU	AYTU BIOPHARMA INC	$1.34	-1.11%	27.14%	15.09%	-18.60%	-31.11%	-53.85%	-89.99%	-99.58%	N/A	$3.45	$0.95	61.27%	40.53%	0.75	70,553	-33.33%
AKAN	AKANDA CORP	$1.26	-5.26%	6.78%	-9.35%	-14.86%	-15.89%	-86.49%	-99.98%	N/A	N/A	$47.52	$0.93	97.35%	35.48%	1.16	18,883	-92.19%
EVOK	EVOKE PHARMA INC	$2.91	5.82%	12.36%	15.94%	-39.12%	-49.83%	-49.48%	-95.79%	-98.51%	-99.67%	$12.32	$1.94	76.38%	50.00%	0.41	20,459	-56.62%
IMCC	IM CANNABIS CORP	$1.69	0.00%	10.46%	7.64%	-19.52%	-14.21%	-74.62%	-97.49%	N/A	N/A	$5.76	$1.29	70.66%	31.01%	0.61	20,594	-41.82%
SXTC	CHINA SXT PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$2.22	-5.13%	40.51%	-13.62%	-29.84%	-47.64%	-72.79%	-99.74%	-99.97%	N/A	$11.92	$0.97	81.38%	128.87%	1.79	200,902	-53.19%
DRRX	DURECT CORP	$0.58	-3.33%	-17.14%	-27.68%	-22.67%	-56.72%	-40.02%	-86.38%	-97.06%	-97.36%	$1.88	$0.56	69.15%	4.13%	1.01	57,229	170.20%
BFRI	BIOFRONTERA INC	$0.69	-1.43%	-16.77%	-13.64%	-38.39%	-36.70%	-64.80%	-99.09%	N/A	N/A	$2.22	$0.65	68.92%	5.99%	0.91	89,707	35.92%
OPTN	OPTINOSE INC	$9.39	0.75%	1.40%	2.62%	56.24%	-7.40%	-31.07%	-74.34%	-85.02%	N/A	$20.03	$4.82	53.11%	95.02%	0.54	12,393	-30.13%
BGM	BGM GROUP LTD	$11.30	1.62%	-1.91%	5.31%	13.00%	58.04%	247.69%	25.56%	N/A	N/A	$14.78	$2.70	23.55%	318.52%	0.30	7,025	-51.82%
YCBD	CBDMD INC	$0.20	-5.99%	-20.00%	-38.74%	-66.56%	-55.56%	-78.06%	-99.32%	-99.52%	N/A	$0.93	$0.18	78.06%	12.71%	1.05	919,975	-2.89%
TLRY	TILRAY BRANDS INC	$0.49	0.00%	-1.42%	-25.84%	-51.01%	-70.43%	-75.99%	-90.73%	-93.30%	N/A	$2.31	$0.43	79.00%	12.79%	1.65	16,900,661	-38.91%
TLPH	TALPHERA INC	$0.51	4.49%	5.57%	-3.40%	-9.38%	-44.35%	-48.80%	-89.51%	-98.29%	-99.36%	$1.27	$0.45	59.69%	13.78%	0.88	45,613	-48.97%

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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: B, 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 26.47% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 83 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $11.33, an upside of 46.42% from Amneal Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $7.74.

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 7.88% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 64 percentage points.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 10.94% from Supernus Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $32.45.

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. Hutchmed (NASDAQ:HCM)

Hutchmed (NASDAQ:HCM) 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 Hutchmed (NASDAQ:HCM) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Hutchmed (NASDAQ:HCM) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 21 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27.

HCM passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hutchmed has seen its stock lose -21.11% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 35 percentage points.

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 11.05%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 3.53%.

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 3.33%, which is the same as the pharmaceutical industry average of 3.53%. 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 3.04%, which is the same as the pharmaceutical industry average of 3.53%.

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 1.6% in the last day, and up 6.28% over the last week. Alkermes was the among the top gainers in the drug manufacturers - specialty & generic industry, gaining 6.29% yesterday.

Alkermes shares are trading higher after the company reported Q1 financial results and beat its EPS and revenue estimates.

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 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 -88.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -33 percentage points.

2. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) 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.

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 -39.43% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 17 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 -28.37% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 28 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% over the next year.

9.09% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.82% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 50.91% are rated C (Hold), 12.73% are rated D (Sell), and 5.45% 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 18.61x.

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