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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.

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:

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: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) has a Due Diligence Score of 3, which is -23 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IRWD as a "A".

IRWD passed 1 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock lose -64.47% over the past year, underperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by -42 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) 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 Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 8 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 26.

AMRX passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Amneal Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 21.99% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 45 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, an upside of 34.23% from Amneal Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $10.43.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ:NBIX) 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 Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ:NBIX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Neurocrine Biosciences (NASDAQ:NBIX) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 22 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 26.

NBIX passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Neurocrine Biosciences has seen its stock return 18.79% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 42 percentage points.

Neurocrine Biosciences has an average 1 year price target of $168.36, an upside of 21.98% from Neurocrine Biosciences's current stock price of $138.02.

Neurocrine Biosciences stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Neurocrine Biosciences, 64.29% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 21.43% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 6 pharmaceutical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 pharmaceutical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) has an annual dividend yield of 4.67%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.29%. 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 -16.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) has an annual dividend yield of 4.02%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.29%. 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 -195.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Kamada (NASDAQ:KMDA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.89%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.29%.

Kamada's dividend payout ratio of 60.6% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Pharmaceutical stocks were down -1.67% in the last day, and down -1.18% over the last week. Dr Reddys Laboratories was the among the top losers in the drug manufacturers - specialty & generic industry, dropping -8.15% yesterday.

Dr. Reddy's shares are trading lower after the company received a non-compliance notice for its semaglutide injection in Canada.

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:

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 36 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bausch Health Companies's stock has dropped -27.7% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -5 percentage points.

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 0, which is -21 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 21. It passed 0 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 -64.47% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -42 percentage points.

Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) 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.

Siga Technologies has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Siga Technologies's stock has gained 14.35% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 37 percentage points.

53.49% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 37.38% over the next year.

22.22% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 44.44% are rated C (Hold), 16.67% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).