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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:

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) 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 Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, 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 lose -8.93% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 49 percentage points.

Pacira Biosciences has an average 1 year price target of $32.80, an upside of 34.04% from Pacira Biosciences's current stock price of $24.47.

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.

Hutchmed (NASDAQ:HCM) 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 Hutchmed (NASDAQ:HCM) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, 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 -17.63% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 40 percentage points.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN) 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 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 58, which is 31 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27.

SUPN passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Supernus Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 4.35% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 62 percentage points.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 17.23% from Supernus Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $30.71.

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.

Out of 7 pharmaceutical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 pharmaceutical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.42%.

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

Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.35%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.42%. 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.

Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) has an annual dividend yield of 3.25%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.42%. 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 -90.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Pharmaceutical stocks were down -1.15% in the last day, and down -1.68% over the last week. Dynavax Technologies was the among the top losers in the drug manufacturers - specialty & generic industry, dropping -6.66% yesterday.

Shares of vaccine stocks are trading lower after CDC advisers begins a review of vaccine guidelines and discussed a more narrow use of COVID-19 booster shots.

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:

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 29, which is 13 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 16. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's stock has dropped -90.49% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -32 percentage points.

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 -48.51% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 10 percentage points.

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 -23.67% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 34 percentage points.

50% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 56.4% over the next year.

11.32% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.09% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 58.49% are rated C (Hold), 9.43% are rated D (Sell), and 5.66% are rated F (Strong Sell).