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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 +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 %
IRWD	IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.49	-6.37%	-6.37%	-2.29%	139.84%	498.00%	105.73%	-60.97%	-55.37%	-50.61%	$5.78	$0.53	22.40%	751.04%	0.70	2,569,000	9.18%
INDV	INDIVIOR PLC	$34.34	-3.13%	-1.69%	-5.27%	7.31%	61.83%	201.23%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$38.00	$7.62	9.63%	350.66%	0.79	1,140,000	-16.11%
AMRX	AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$14.43	1.26%	3.44%	13.53%	27.14%	81.28%	80.60%	468.11%	183.50%	N/A	$15.00	$6.69	3.80%	115.86%	1.09	2,365,000	-11.65%
COLL	COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL INC	$48.18	1.41%	7.50%	5.47%	34.73%	54.97%	55.77%	73.62%	107.14%	150.03%	$50.79	$23.23	5.13%	107.40%	0.59	250,000	-22.36%
PAHC	PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP	$41.00	-0.75%	5.67%	6.85%	-2.64%	51.07%	86.19%	156.41%	81.50%	17.58%	$46.42	$16.16	11.68%	153.71%	0.89	336,000	-6.93%
ELAN	ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC	$24.40	0.21%	1.16%	5.86%	8.44%	73.42%	111.99%	76.94%	-15.95%	N/A	$25.29	$8.02	3.52%	204.24%	1.19	3,282,000	9.80%
EBS	EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC	$11.41	-1.13%	-2.56%	-11.21%	13.08%	91.76%	6.74%	-16.65%	-90.20%	-69.05%	$14.06	$4.02	18.85%	183.83%	1.76	741,000	8.81%
TEVA	TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD	$34.96	-3.56%	5.27%	12.77%	70.87%	122.82%	104.92%	225.82%	183.54%	-41.64%	$37.35	$12.47	6.40%	180.47%	0.93	11,937,000	-46.47%
ANIP	ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$81.27	1.74%	2.21%	3.32%	-13.98%	24.21%	38.71%	80.28%	166.81%	152.47%	$99.50	$54.10	18.32%	50.22%	0.80	364,000	13.40%
VTRS	VIATRIS INC	$14.36	4.97%	10.72%	16.09%	36.89%	60.63%	31.86%	19.17%	-20.22%	-72.55%	$14.50	$6.85	0.97%	109.64%	0.78	14,862,000	66.26%
ORGO	ORGANOGENESIS HOLDINGS INC	$3.90	-3.70%	0.26%	-11.56%	0.52%	-15.22%	12.07%	39.78%	-67.90%	N/A	$7.08	$2.61	44.89%	49.43%	1.70	479,000	-17.70%
TAK	TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	$17.74	1.78%	6.29%	13.07%	30.83%	24.40%	33.18%	12.28%	3.14%	-26.66%	$17.83	$12.99	0.50%	36.57%	0.33	2,500,000	-36.44%
PCRX	PACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC	$20.68	-1.62%	1.47%	-17.61%	-7.84%	-9.85%	-22.23%	-49.85%	-71.14%	-67.80%	$27.64	$18.80	25.18%	10.00%	0.61	782,000	21.43%
KMDA	KAMADA LTD	$8.10	-1.10%	-6.25%	11.88%	21.44%	12.66%	17.39%	79.60%	11.72%	105.06%	$9.16	$5.54	11.52%	46.21%	0.68	108,000	86.21%
BHC	BAUSCH HEALTH COMPANIES INC	$5.66	-0.70%	0.00%	-23.51%	-16.02%	-2.08%	-22.04%	-26.40%	-79.52%	-94.16%	$8.68	$4.25	34.79%	33.18%	1.22	1,362,000	-3.34%
NBIX	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC	$137.86	-0.81%	2.38%	1.38%	-3.72%	7.67%	-9.55%	31.27%	20.35%	271.89%	$160.18	$84.23	13.93%	63.67%	0.61	936,000	-6.12%
ALKS	ALKERMES PLC	$34.13	-0.99%	0.68%	21.89%	12.31%	28.14%	9.04%	25.94%	56.85%	2.46%	$36.45	$25.17	6.36%	35.62%	0.59	1,467,000	-1.68%
SUPN	SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$49.08	1.40%	0.29%	-0.65%	-13.89%	32.47%	22.70%	20.44%	69.42%	384.50%	$57.65	$29.16	14.87%	68.31%	0.64	665,000	-13.97%
ASRT	ASSERTIO HOLDINGS INC	$11.85	-1.17%	0.34%	23.05%	8.94%	9.69%	-3.66%	-81.10%	-74.68%	-98.82%	$15.15	$7.71	21.78%	53.80%	1.31	24,200	-48.51%
HCM	HUTCHMED (CHINA) LTD	$14.78	2.71%	-2.89%	10.55%	-4.27%	-14.47%	9.32%	-19.06%	-58.37%	N/A	$19.50	$11.51	24.21%	28.47%	1.14	63,000	156.10%
ESPR	ESPERION THERAPEUTICS INC	$3.42	-2.56%	-1.16%	-10.24%	20.00%	129.53%	81.91%	-41.24%	-89.81%	-78.82%	$4.18	$0.69	18.08%	393.51%	1.05	3,640,000	36.02%
AMPH	AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$28.61	1.31%	9.53%	7.07%	13.26%	33.69%	-13.80%	-8.59%	50.66%	159.62%	$33.42	$20.39	14.39%	40.35%	0.58	379,000	-25.10%
ETON	ETON PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$14.75	-4.16%	-0.07%	-11.84%	-20.05%	2.50%	-17.87%	327.54%	58.26%	N/A	$23.00	$11.09	35.87%	33.04%	0.84	270,000	45.16%
HLN	HALEON PLC	$10.78	2.76%	4.56%	6.63%	15.67%	13.35%	13.24%	32.76%	N/A	N/A	$11.42	$8.71	5.60%	23.77%	0.30	10,394,000	32.93%
ZTS	ZOETIS INC	$126.70	3.50%	3.91%	-2.06%	1.80%	-16.54%	-26.44%	-23.18%	-19.37%	205.01%	$177.40	$115.25	28.58%	9.93%	0.83	5,106,000	33.81%
PRGO	PERRIGO CO PLC	$14.71	4.03%	5.45%	3.81%	-27.14%	-45.44%	-41.37%	-59.47%	-66.24%	-89.79%	$30.93	$12.17	52.44%	20.87%	0.57	2,242,000	46.92%
YCBD	CBDMD INC	$0.94	-0.53%	24.67%	-16.07%	16.19%	6.82%	-79.48%	-99.24%	-99.95%	N/A	$4.64	$0.47	79.74%	100.00%	0.76	306,000	-48.83%
CPIX	CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$3.94	3.96%	2.87%	-1.50%	48.12%	-1.75%	4.79%	51.54%	19.39%	-21.36%	$7.25	$1.85	45.66%	112.97%	0.36	972,000	326.32%
TKNO	ALPHA TEKNOVA INC	$2.30	-5.74%	-22.56%	-42.50%	-51.58%	-47.49%	-75.69%	-61.54%	N/A	N/A	$9.98	$2.16	76.95%	6.73%	1.37	446,000	-8.79%
PBH	PRESTIGE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE INC	$67.03	4.04%	6.14%	7.30%	10.74%	-9.66%	-11.58%	10.21%	60.63%	36.10%	$90.04	$57.25	25.56%	17.08%	0.47	650,000	28.21%
DERM	JOURNEY MEDICAL CORP	$8.42	-1.52%	1.08%	18.26%	-6.44%	17.93%	57.38%	312.75%	N/A	N/A	$9.56	$4.67	11.88%	80.30%	0.53	93,000	69.09%
LNTH	LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC	$65.93	-0.11%	-0.57%	-4.42%	14.24%	-7.74%	-28.18%	9.85%	270.39%	3,085.02%	$111.29	$47.25	40.76%	39.53%	0.92	721,000	31.81%
SCYX	SCYNEXIS INC	$0.73	-4.23%	-6.45%	13.81%	15.08%	4.17%	-33.49%	-55.25%	-92.12%	-98.61%	$1.31	$0.57	44.66%	28.32%	1.23	444,000	1.37%
EOLS	EVOLUS INC	$4.59	-2.34%	-4.38%	-24.13%	-28.39%	-49.62%	-64.69%	-50.38%	-35.62%	N/A	$17.12	$4.48	73.19%	2.46%	1.07	1,278,000	51.60%
HROW	HARROW INC	$47.20	0.02%	10.82%	-13.87%	33.67%	41.23%	53.10%	146.73%	406.98%	725.17%	$54.85	$20.85	13.95%	126.38%	1.02	634,000	-6.76%
LFCR	LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL INC	$7.90	-0.88%	-7.71%	1.28%	16.52%	6.61%	33.00%	29.08%	-29.02%	-32.88%	$8.98	$4.76	12.03%	65.97%	1.13	152,000	10.14%
SIGA	SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC	$6.73	-3.17%	0.90%	5.32%	-17.32%	1.20%	15.44%	-5.48%	2.12%	1,502.38%	$9.62	$4.95	30.04%	35.96%	0.92	406,000	13.73%
RGC	REGENCELL BIOSCIENCE HOLDINGS LTD	$28.38	-0.25%	-12.11%	4.96%	116.15%	106.25%	26,928.57%	3,543.13%	N/A	N/A	$83.60	$0.09	66.05%	30,416.13%	0.39	144,000	-17.71%
CGC	CANOPY GROWTH CORP	$1.16	-0.85%	1.75%	-2.52%	2.65%	5.45%	-43.96%	-96.07%	-99.74%	N/A	$2.90	$0.77	60.00%	50.65%	1.90	15,343,000	13.66%
AYTU	AYTU BIOPHARMA INC	$2.35	-10.31%	-10.31%	-18.97%	10.33%	-11.32%	47.80%	-27.69%	-98.57%	N/A	$3.07	$0.95	23.33%	147.37%	0.91	282,000	213.33%
CTOR	CITIUS ONCOLOGY INC	$1.15	3.60%	5.50%	0.00%	-26.75%	-44.17%	-8.73%	-88.76%	N/A	N/A	$6.19	$0.55	81.42%	108.71%	-0.37	340,000	512.61%
BIOA	BIOAGE LABS INC	$20.15	1.21%	3.28%	59.67%	169.75%	355.88%	343.83%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.00	$2.88	16.04%	599.65%	0.87	444,000	15.93%
TLPH	TALPHERA INC	$0.80	-8.81%	-19.49%	-35.20%	-37.73%	99.25%	28.34%	-60.54%	-98.28%	-98.89%	$1.57	$0.38	49.24%	109.74%	0.87	334,000	-23.57%
SXTC	CHINA SXT PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$3.94	-13.02%	-61.93%	-98.50%	-98.15%	-98.34%	-99.18%	-99.98%	-100.00%	N/A	$1.18k	$3.62	99.66%	8.84%	1.89	398,000	14.37%
EVO	EVOTEC SE	$3.72	-1.85%	-1.85%	16.61%	-6.30%	-4.12%	-14.48%	-62.54%	N/A	N/A	$4.80	$2.84	22.50%	30.99%	1.06	91,000	-56.25%
RDY	DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LTD	$14.00	1.38%	5.11%	1.30%	3.93%	1.52%	1.16%	32.18%	10.22%	57.13%	$16.17	$12.26	13.42%	14.19%	0.42	2,536,000	-30.20%
TLRY	TILRAY BRANDS INC	$7.60	-2.31%	-3.18%	-19.96%	-38.71%	25.04%	-24.00%	-76.18%	-97.16%	N/A	$23.20	$3.51	67.24%	116.71%	1.68	4,050,000	6.10%
CRON	CRONOS GROUP INC	$2.58	0.39%	-3.01%	-4.44%	5.31%	27.72%	37.23%	6.17%	-78.84%	N/A	$3.43	$1.60	24.78%	61.25%	1.20	1,052,000	-41.39%
OGI	ORGANIGRAM GLOBAL INC	$1.55	-1.27%	-3.13%	-8.28%	1.31%	12.32%	2.65%	-56.46%	-83.92%	N/A	$2.24	$0.85	30.80%	82.35%	1.54	497,000	-59.33%
AQST	AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$4.00	-2.44%	23.46%	-35.79%	-34.21%	-0.50%	30.29%	344.44%	-32.66%	N/A	$7.55	$2.12	47.02%	88.68%	1.36	4,135,000	-45.90%
QNTM	QUANTUM BIOPHARMA LTD	$4.00	-0.74%	-18.53%	-44.67%	-55.11%	-85.61%	-40.39%	-94.96%	-97.18%	N/A	$38.25	$3.86	89.54%	3.68%	1.12	191,000	193.85%
RMTI	ROCKWELL MEDICAL INC	$1.03	-8.04%	-8.85%	4.25%	-0.96%	3.83%	-50.00%	-48.24%	-93.11%	-98.55%	$2.10	$0.78	50.95%	32.05%	1.31	407,000	14.97%
AKAN	AKANDA CORP	$1.17	0.86%	-23.53%	-56.67%	-84.03%	-93.00%	-95.23%	-99.96%	N/A	N/A	$46.45	$1.09	97.48%	7.34%	1.05	202,000	23.93%
ALVO	ALVOTECH	$5.09	-2.30%	-3.78%	3.88%	5.38%	-42.62%	-59.08%	-60.17%	-53.30%	N/A	$13.08	$4.32	61.09%	17.82%	0.33	420,000	38.16%
SHPH	SHUTTLE PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC	$1.61	-12.50%	-26.15%	-21.08%	-44.29%	-55.65%	-90.93%	-99.63%	N/A	N/A	$19.75	$1.26	91.85%	27.78%	0.42	158,000	27.42%
CRDL	CARDIOL THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.01	-0.98%	2.43%	1.00%	-3.81%	-21.09%	-27.86%	52.11%	N/A	N/A	$1.59	$0.77	36.48%	31.00%	1.39	346,000	-51.13%
ACB	AURORA CANNABIS INC	$3.75	-7.64%	-13.19%	-12.38%	-17.40%	-18.83%	1.90%	-64.29%	-97.13%	-92.17%	$6.91	$3.65	45.73%	2.74%	1.66	3,093,000	84.77%
BGM	BGM GROUP LTD	$1.48	-38.08%	-59.45%	-57.47%	-84.40%	-82.28%	-84.90%	-79.01%	-95.88%	N/A	$17.17	$1.41	91.38%	4.89%	0.35	402,000	773.91%
CPHI	CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS INC	$0.73	-19.78%	-42.52%	-41.60%	-53.02%	-54.38%	-64.51%	-98.67%	-99.83%	-98.93%	$3.18	$0.70	77.04%	4.29%	0.88	88,000	-91.70%
SNOA	SONOMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$3.20	-0.93%	-5.60%	-14.21%	-14.89%	3.73%	18.96%	-90.30%	-98.15%	-99.71%	$6.92	$1.75	53.76%	82.86%	1.07	17,600	30.37%
RDHL	REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD	$1.06	-5.36%	-17.83%	-24.29%	-1.85%	-12.03%	-81.79%	-99.59%	-99.99%	-99.99%	$5.95	$0.91	82.18%	17.13%	1.14	60,000	69.49%
ZYBT	ZHENGYE BIOTECHNOLOGY HOLDING LTD	$0.84	-4.11%	-16.00%	-26.96%	-62.16%	-85.42%	-80.47%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.30	$0.84	94.13%	0.12%	1.50	8,700	-47.27%
AVDL	AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC	$21.57	-0.05%	0.14%	0.33%	14.13%	91.56%	163.69%	189.14%	167.29%	126.81%	$23.57	$6.38	8.49%	238.09%	1.05	1,184,000	-0.59%
KALA	KALA BIO INC	$0.44	-6.17%	-23.97%	-28.41%	-41.28%	-94.08%	-95.26%	-97.29%	-99.90%	N/A	$20.60	$0.41	97.86%	6.78%	0.94	1,000,000	-21.07%
IXHL	INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC	$0.29	1.42%	-8.95%	-28.03%	-15.93%	-35.96%	-86.03%	-97.77%	N/A	N/A	$2.24	$0.08	87.28%	256.25%	0.29	4,352,000	-38.90%
CABR	CARING BRANDS INC	$0.96	-8.48%	20.13%	-22.50%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.20	$0.71	69.97%	35.16%	5.37	51,600	-71.96%
INCR	INTERCURE LTD	$0.89	-4.79%	-3.87%	-14.04%	-35.22%	-40.40%	-44.47%	-76.03%	N/A	N/A	$1.77	$0.68	49.49%	31.47%	0.77	161,000	312.82%
DVAX	DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$15.51	0.19%	0.19%	0.65%	54.33%	39.23%	19.31%	33.36%	61.73%	-29.47%	$15.73	$9.20	1.40%	68.59%	1.10	4,484,000	30.58%
PRFX	PAINREFORM LTD	$0.65	-4.85%	-12.09%	-4.43%	-38.38%	-52.04%	-79.78%	-99.47%	-99.94%	N/A	$5.47	$0.61	88.17%	5.89%	1.01	202,000	-36.28%
IMCC	IM CANNABIS CORP	$1.19	-1.65%	-17.93%	-17.93%	-7.03%	-54.75%	-43.87%	-85.09%	N/A	N/A	$7.12	$0.93	83.29%	27.96%	0.57	58,500	232.39%
GELS	GELTEQ LTD	$0.86	1.53%	-16.41%	7.63%	-21.01%	-48.44%	-62.57%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.11	$0.67	79.05%	28.51%	2.15	7,800	-79.90%
ZSTK	ZEROSTACK CORP	$8.20	-2.84%	-8.38%	10.66%	-12.58%	-61.81%	-76.12%	-97.03%	N/A	N/A	$47.00	$5.86	82.55%	39.93%	1.63	28,600	-34.70%
BFRI	BIOFRONTERA INC	$0.89	3.26%	-9.95%	11.29%	-13.88%	-11.74%	-19.36%	-95.07%	N/A	N/A	$1.20	$0.54	26.08%	65.49%	0.99	83,000	-53.37%
SBFM	SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA INC	$1.21	-1.63%	-6.20%	-7.63%	-28.40%	-17.12%	-55.19%	-99.95%	-100.00%	-100.00%	$3.90	$1.16	68.97%	4.31%	1.00	81,000	237.50%
APUS	APIMEDS PHARMACEUTICALS US INC	$1.75	2.34%	-10.71%	-5.41%	-36.13%	10.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.03	$1.37	56.59%	27.74%	0.72	32,300	-35.40%
UPC	UNIVERSE PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.39	-3.09%	2.09%	7.33%	2.81%	19.62%	-59.34%	-99.85%	N/A	N/A	$13.95	$2.51	68.53%	74.90%	0.13	13,000	-77.97%
TXMD	THERAPEUTICSMD INC	$2.25	-3.43%	5.14%	25.00%	92.31%	104.55%	127.27%	-56.40%	-97.51%	-99.33%	$2.95	$0.72	23.73%	212.50%	0.91	88,000	83.33%

Pharmaceutical Stocks FAQ

What are the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy right now in Feb 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. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD)

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) is the #1 top pharmaceutical stock out of 77 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 Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 11 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 29.

IRWD passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 105.73% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 135 percentage points.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $6.50, an upside of 44.93% from Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $4.49.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, 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.

2. Indivior (NASDAQ:INDV)

Indivior (NASDAQ:INDV) is the #2 top pharmaceutical stock out of 77 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 Indivior (NASDAQ:INDV) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Indivior (NASDAQ:INDV) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 7 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 29.

INDV passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Indivior has seen its stock return 201.23% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 231 percentage points.

Indivior has an average 1 year price target of $41.00, an upside of 19.39% from Indivior's current stock price of $34.34.

Indivior stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Indivior, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX)

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) is the #3 top pharmaceutical stock out of 77 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: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 5 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 29.

AMRX passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Amneal Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 80.6% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 110 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, a downside of -2.98% from Amneal Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $14.43.

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.

What are the pharmaceutical stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 5 pharmaceutical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 pharmaceutical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS)

Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) has an annual dividend yield of 3.34%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 1.96%. Viatris's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Viatris's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Viatris's dividend payout ratio of -15.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA)

Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.47%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 1.96%.

Kamada's dividend payout ratio of 57.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Haleon (NYSE:HLN)

Haleon (NYSE:HLN) has an annual dividend yield of 1.63%, which is the same as the pharmaceutical industry average of 1.96%.

Haleon's dividend payout ratio of 12.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are pharmaceutical stocks up?

Pharmaceutical stocks were up 0.19% in the last day, and up 1.09% 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 57, which is 33 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bausch Health Companies's stock has dropped -22.04% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 8 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 57, which is 33 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's stock has gained 105.73% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 135 percentage points.

3. Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX)

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) 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.

Pacira Biosciences has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pacira Biosciences's stock has dropped -22.23% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 7 percentage points.

Are pharmaceutical stocks a good buy now?

52.38% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 44.31% over the next year.

28.07% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 8.77% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 47.37% are rated C (Hold), 12.28% are rated D (Sell), and 3.51% 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 -126.79x.

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