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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:

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

Indivior (NASDAQ:INDV) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is -1 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates INDV as a "A".

INDV passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Indivior has seen its stock return 96.44% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 160 percentage points.

Indivior has an average 1 year price target of $23.75, a downside of -2.18% from Indivior's current stock price of $24.28.

Indivior stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Indivior, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

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 37, which is 10 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27.

AMRX passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Amneal Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 10.27% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 74 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $11.00, an upside of 15.06% from Amneal Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $9.56.

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.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) 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 Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) has a Due Diligence Score of 3, which is -24 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27. 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 -74.17% over the past year, underperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by -11 percentage points.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $0.90, a downside of -31.82% from Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $1.32.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Ironwood 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 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 4.55%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.2%. 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 3.61%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.2%. 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 -145.2% indicates that its 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 2.2%.

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

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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 38 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 19. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bausch Health Companies's stock has gained 26.41% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 90 percentage points.

Emergent Biosolutions (NYSE:EBS) 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.

Emergent Biosolutions has a valuation score of 14, which is -5 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 19. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EBS a Valuation Rating of "A".

Emergent Biosolutions's stock has dropped -6.85% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 57 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 86, which is 67 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 19. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Siga Technologies's stock has dropped -8.61% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 55 percentage points.

45.24% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 28.39% over the next year.

19.3% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.79% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 45.61% are rated C (Hold), 17.54% are rated D (Sell), and 1.75% are rated F (Strong Sell).