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Best Healthcare Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top healthcare stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best healthcare stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the healthcare sector.

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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 %
CV	CAPSOVISION INC	$6.78	0.30%	4.31%	4.15%	9.00%	4.95%	45.18%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.37	$4.46	55.89%	52.02%	0.84	87,000	-18.69%
ADVB	ADVANCED BIOMED INC	$5.16	-2.18%	-19.12%	-33.68%	1.18%	-21.22%	-39.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.23	$3.61	78.70%	42.94%	0.32	4,600	-79.37%
PDSB	PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY CORP	$1.60	5.26%	53.11%	301.00%	114.77%	46.79%	67.36%	-64.52%	-88.35%	-99.24%	$1.79	$0.20	10.61%	720.51%	1.96	16,817,000	11.55%
PRQR	PROQR THERAPEUTICS NV	$1.48	-8.64%	-10.30%	-20.43%	-12.94%	-17.78%	-35.37%	20.33%	-81.12%	-76.95%	$3.10	$1.33	52.26%	11.28%	1.09	1,186,000	-26.11%
MESO	MESOBLAST LTD	$13.90	-2.63%	2.09%	-7.49%	-14.33%	-5.48%	-23.40%	464.84%	21.89%	58.98%	$21.50	$13.05	35.37%	6.48%	1.31	259,000	79.86%
IBRX	IMMUNITYBIO INC	$9.80	-3.16%	1.14%	17.08%	25.80%	34.25%	295.16%	648.09%	7.69%	42.44%	$12.43	$1.95	21.16%	402.56%	2.11	11,505,000	4.05%
COAG	HEMAB THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC	$29.80	-1.94%	5.04%	-26.37%	-24.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$55.42	$23.00	46.23%	29.57%	1.19	442,000	88.09%
DNTH	DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS INC	$77.58	-4.89%	-9.16%	-27.96%	-21.35%	-13.80%	125.39%	520.64%	-29.83%	N/A	$117.88	$32.22	34.18%	140.78%	0.99	1,315,000	53.98%
AGEN	AGENUS INC	$6.95	-6.46%	-7.21%	-2.52%	13.56%	67.47%	71.60%	-66.90%	-93.56%	-94.54%	$10.31	$2.71	32.59%	156.46%	1.72	992,000	73.43%
CRSP	CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG	$50.10	-2.81%	-7.22%	-5.40%	-1.05%	-8.63%	-26.64%	13.07%	-48.23%	255.57%	$75.06	$44.12	33.25%	13.55%	1.55	1,339,000	21.07%
CGEN	COMPUGEN LTD	$1.98	-4.35%	-10.81%	-20.16%	-13.91%	-28.26%	-11.61%	136.28%	-69.68%	-67.65%	$3.24	$1.43	38.79%	38.46%	1.62	224,000	158.96%
ENSC	ENSYSCE BIOSCIENCES INC	$0.57	3.06%	33.26%	19.13%	107.61%	3.99%	-75.30%	-97.35%	-99.99%	N/A	$2.75	$0.23	79.16%	149.13%	1.01	1,205,000	-8.43%
ARWR	ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$58.13	-4.28%	-5.54%	-27.94%	-21.56%	-8.87%	60.36%	118.53%	-8.27%	736.40%	$95.49	$36.02	39.12%	61.39%	1.65	2,261,000	89.36%
AGIO	AGIOS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$30.21	-1.98%	-4.76%	-9.06%	-25.50%	-8.87%	-26.17%	30.67%	-33.65%	-40.44%	$46.00	$22.24	34.33%	35.84%	1.19	992,000	53.09%
ADPT	ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORP	$25.28	-1.13%	-6.02%	2.02%	20.27%	78.91%	63.10%	489.96%	-23.51%	N/A	$30.74	$12.00	17.76%	110.67%	2.03	1,955,000	-37.38%
ACOG	ALPHA COGNITION INC	$8.80	-0.45%	-2.00%	1.03%	5.01%	47.40%	24.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$10.14	$4.50	13.21%	95.56%	0.90	126,000	162.50%
SRTA	STRATA CRITICAL MEDICAL INC	$4.45	-1.98%	-6.32%	-16.98%	-11.18%	8.01%	-9.55%	100.45%	-56.33%	N/A	$6.50	$3.95	31.54%	12.66%	1.59	533,000	-31.31%
SMMT	SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS INC	$15.52	-9.40%	-10.34%	-15.74%	1.44%	-22.52%	-32.32%	823.81%	189.55%	48.80%	$29.23	$12.07	46.90%	28.58%	0.81	7,105,000	62.36%
NIKI	NIKI BIOSOLUTIONS INC	$2.63	-13.08%	-47.08%	-55.05%	-67.59%	-70.00%	-83.39%	-86.85%	-99.00%	N/A	$17.20	$2.63	84.74%	0.00%	0.66	24,700	64.67%
VOR	VOR BIOPHARMA INC	$19.06	-3.74%	4.10%	-17.42%	5.71%	19.35%	-40.97%	-60.29%	-93.50%	N/A	$33.42	$6.50	42.97%	193.23%	1.25	949,000	9.46%
CVM	CEL SCI CORP	$1.75	-4.37%	-36.13%	15.13%	43.44%	-56.47%	-82.32%	-94.88%	-99.43%	-99.03%	$10.24	$0.89	82.91%	96.63%	1.20	225,000	-36.97%
INMB	INMUNE BIO INC	$1.68	-5.62%	-10.16%	-27.90%	-9.68%	35.48%	-8.20%	-75.79%	-91.05%	N/A	$2.60	$1.09	35.38%	54.13%	1.59	247,000	238.36%
ADAG	ADAGENE INC	$2.46	-10.22%	-16.04%	-24.77%	-35.60%	-35.94%	28.80%	74.47%	-78.33%	N/A	$4.85	$1.30	49.28%	89.23%	0.35	229,000	6.02%
ACB	AURORA CANNABIS INC	$4.29	-1.38%	-6.54%	12.60%	60.67%	23.28%	-20.56%	-14.86%	-93.97%	-97.65%	$6.36	$2.56	32.55%	67.58%	1.63	650,000	7.62%
SNDA	SONIDA SENIOR LIVING INC	$35.99	-0.44%	-3.04%	-9.64%	-10.61%	8.57%	37.73%	315.59%	15.69%	-85.05%	$44.39	$24.95	18.91%	44.25%	0.61	413,000	-21.78%
PLSE	PULSE BIOSCIENCES INC	$48.54	-7.45%	-2.43%	-10.46%	87.49%	156.55%	180.09%	1,095.57%	123.89%	763.70%	$58.90	$12.56	17.59%	286.46%	1.41	455,000	4.84%
GALT	GALECTIN THERAPEUTICS INC	$3.69	-4.65%	-1.86%	-3.91%	-19.78%	57.02%	-27.65%	83.58%	4.53%	329.07%	$7.13	$2.03	48.25%	82.22%	0.75	184,000	84.00%
SPRO	SPERO THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.15	-2.54%	-3.36%	0.88%	-47.25%	-58.63%	-49.78%	1.77%	-93.42%	N/A	$3.08	$1.08	62.66%	6.48%	0.77	272,000	-34.30%
ALXO	ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC	$0.98	-22.22%	-11.71%	-49.09%	-50.25%	-44.00%	-47.03%	-89.27%	-98.34%	N/A	$2.66	$0.98	63.16%	0.10%	1.34	1,003,000	12.07%
ZLAB	ZAI LAB LTD	$23.10	-6.06%	-9.70%	-6.02%	17.74%	8.25%	-26.03%	-8.41%	-77.38%	N/A	$30.18	$15.96	23.46%	44.74%	1.16	778,000	48.47%
MCRB	SERES THERAPEUTICS INC	$2.53	-5.60%	-12.76%	-46.51%	-54.98%	-70.51%	-86.84%	-91.57%	-98.13%	-98.89%	$29.98	$2.42	91.56%	4.55%	1.22	44,000	-18.97%
PBLS	PARABILIS MEDICINES INC	$26.85	-7.25%	-6.96%	-25.75%	-9.38%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$42.49	$24.66	36.80%	8.88%	-0.53	1,185,000	-1.41%
CNTB	CONNECT BIOPHARMA HOLDINGS LTD	$0.92	1.43%	1.55%	-46.72%	-59.34%	-67.53%	-49.51%	5.88%	-94.01%	N/A	$3.82	$0.85	75.94%	8.12%	0.65	1,760,000	8.64%
CODX	CO-DIAGNOSTICS INC	$1.07	-14.80%	-7.39%	-4.05%	-59.20%	-26.55%	-90.77%	-96.65%	-99.59%	N/A	$46.50	$0.91	97.71%	17.55%	1.45	506,000	-22.51%
DARE	DARE BIOSCIENCE INC	$0.75	-0.27%	-10.20%	1.63%	-64.21%	-57.98%	-64.72%	-86.45%	-96.08%	-99.20%	$3.78	$0.69	80.21%	8.41%	0.71	113,000	37.80%
ETRA	ELECTRA THERAPEUTICS INC	$8.61	-7.62%	-12.32%	-36.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.50	$8.57	44.45%	0.47%	1.87	552,000	59.08%
SNDX	SYNDAX PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$13.95	-15.71%	-19.69%	-23.98%	-39.06%	-42.47%	-8.22%	16.35%	-22.41%	-4.52%	$25.59	$12.99	45.49%	7.39%	0.98	6,801,000	235.02%
SDEV	STABLECOIN DEVELOPMENT CORP	$1.25	-11.35%	-61.54%	41.24%	6.84%	-23.78%	-79.17%	-98.12%	-99.96%	-100.00%	$99.75	$0.78	98.75%	60.05%	0.76	6,964,000	-20.21%
BOLD	BOUNDLESS BIO INC	$2.43	-4.71%	-5.45%	-14.44%	-0.41%	102.50%	86.92%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.16	$0.96	23.20%	152.86%	0.95	463,000	665.29%
ABSI	ABSCI CORP	$9.10	-5.89%	-11.39%	12.48%	-10.87%	198.36%	148.63%	579.10%	-12.67%	N/A	$12.06	$2.24	24.51%	306.25%	2.21	3,035,000	6.04%
LCTX	LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS INC	$0.91	-4.82%	-3.20%	-15.14%	-24.96%	-39.87%	-48.70%	-29.61%	-61.85%	-74.78%	$2.09	$0.88	56.56%	3.18%	1.08	1,785,000	5.81%
HYFT	MINDWALK HOLDINGS CORP	$1.48	5.71%	-4.52%	11.28%	4.96%	35.78%	-22.11%	15.63%	-76.80%	N/A	$2.95	$0.99	49.83%	49.49%	1.05	573,000	187.94%
NVCT	NUVECTIS PHARMA INC	$18.15	-7.82%	-9.39%	-22.27%	-1.57%	114.54%	193.21%	96.00%	N/A	N/A	$29.28	$5.55	38.00%	227.03%	0.42	215,000	47.26%
UNCY	UNICYCIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$3.73	-7.90%	-11.82%	-27.57%	-26.72%	-43.66%	-16.93%	-56.53%	-86.39%	N/A	$8.74	$3.67	57.32%	1.63%	0.71	1,833,000	100.77%
MDAI	SPECTRAL AI INC	$1.56	-2.50%	-6.02%	-3.11%	-7.14%	-15.68%	-29.41%	-46.21%	-83.97%	N/A	$2.97	$1.18	47.47%	32.20%	0.49	178,000	137.33%
VJET	FLYTE AVIATION INC	$1.06	6.00%	2.91%	-37.65%	-83.70%	-91.31%	-95.89%	-99.86%	-100.00%	N/A	$30.60	$0.87	96.54%	21.56%	0.98	566,000	27.19%
PROF	PROFOUND MEDICAL CORP	$7.01	-3.31%	15.30%	20.65%	-1.96%	11.80%	17.22%	-24.62%	-53.88%	N/A	$8.95	$4.80	21.68%	46.04%	1.01	374,000	24.67%
ANIX	ANIXA BIOSCIENCES INC	$2.67	-5.99%	-11.59%	-4.64%	-12.75%	-6.32%	-40.93%	-20.06%	-42.21%	-52.99%	$5.46	$2.32	51.10%	15.09%	0.98	175,000	78.57%
NUWE	NUWELLIS INC	$0.62	-7.31%	-11.41%	-21.98%	-77.82%	-98.52%	-99.48%	-100.00%	-100.00%	-100.00%	$172.90	$0.62	99.64%	0.16%	1.23	172,000	56.36%
GRAL	GRAIL INC	$140.35	2.17%	2.24%	85.82%	95.47%	192.15%	99.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$166.48	$41.50	15.69%	238.19%	2.27	703,000	7.99%
DSGN	DESIGN THERAPEUTICS INC	$9.78	-10.36%	-18.30%	-27.66%	-29.41%	-20.81%	50.69%	357.01%	-31.61%	N/A	$17.25	$5.28	43.30%	85.23%	1.42	727,000	139.14%
RNTX	REIN THERAPEUTICS INC	$0.76	-3.82%	-8.48%	-4.55%	-16.76%	-51.29%	-42.80%	-39.65%	-96.18%	N/A	$2.18	$0.69	65.37%	8.79%	1.06	132,000	22.22%
CNXU	CONEXEU SCIENCES INC	$3.31	-12.20%	-9.56%	-33.80%	-67.99%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$18.79	$3.05	82.39%	8.52%	1.37	278,000	-23.42%
CARL	CARLSMED INC	$14.47	-2.10%	-1.16%	-5.67%	19.49%	49.18%	10.21%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.23	$8.50	16.02%	70.24%	1.07	48,400	30.81%
GMRS	GMR SOLUTIONS INC	$10.59	-0.09%	3.82%	-20.14%	-26.76%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.98	$9.00	33.73%	17.67%	0.07	823,000	-44.35%
CRDL	CARDIOL THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.20	1.69%	-8.40%	-39.70%	13.21%	-11.76%	14.29%	46.34%	-65.01%	N/A	$2.34	$0.88	48.72%	36.36%	1.32	2,018,000	14.85%
VRXA	VERAXA BIOTECH AG	$1.20	5.26%	11.11%	-26.38%	-43.93%	-90.20%	-88.54%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$27.36	$1.04	95.61%	15.38%	0.31	740,000	365.41%
HROW	HARROW INC	$28.24	-2.99%	-6.95%	-17.11%	-32.46%	-23.88%	-27.16%	88.52%	177.13%	816.88%	$54.85	$27.00	48.51%	4.59%	1.05	801,000	38.82%
CAI	CARIS LIFE SCIENCES INC	$29.53	-0.54%	7.56%	13.36%	73.09%	54.36%	-2.41%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$33.65	$14.19	12.24%	108.10%	1.34	3,523,000	-29.51%
RNA	ATRIUM THERAPEUTICS INC	$7.75	-5.60%	-3.00%	-24.09%	-36.58%	-41.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.77	$7.63	53.79%	1.57%	1.12	237,000	172.41%
VSTM	VERASTEM INC	$7.45	-9.70%	-3.87%	-0.80%	38.73%	31.63%	-19.81%	-5.82%	-77.42%	-56.59%	$10.82	$3.43	31.15%	117.20%	1.53	3,389,000	-5.41%
AVIR	ATEA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$4.98	-0.99%	-1.78%	-6.39%	5.06%	-12.78%	60.13%	64.36%	-88.06%	N/A	$6.45	$2.87	22.79%	73.52%	0.97	303,000	58.64%
BCDA	BIOCARDIA INC	$0.99	-2.94%	-6.60%	-16.81%	8.79%	-16.81%	-34.44%	-85.00%	-97.81%	-99.44%	$1.80	$0.75	45.00%	32.00%	0.73	68,000	-16.05%
NKTR	NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS	$37.92	-4.82%	-4.99%	-44.64%	-44.50%	-52.87%	-33.94%	369.89%	-85.19%	-84.28%	$109.00	$33.40	65.21%	13.53%	1.70	1,009,000	-3.72%
CELZ	CREATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS INC	$0.82	-2.50%	-8.89%	-6.61%	-3.98%	-62.21%	-75.95%	-83.73%	-98.98%	N/A	$6.25	$0.62	86.88%	32.26%	0.91	57,000	-36.67%
ONCO	ONCONETIX INC	$0.56	-5.93%	-16.04%	-12.87%	-35.61%	-93.06%	-99.70%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$200.00	$0.54	99.72%	3.74%	0.79	325,000	-58.86%
FBLG	FIBROBIOLOGICS INC	$0.96	-4.00%	-15.04%	-38.06%	11.76%	-29.93%	-89.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.64	$0.62	90.04%	54.84%	0.31	80,000	-47.37%
CNTN	CANTON STRATEGIC HOLDINGS INC	$2.02	-4.27%	-13.68%	-3.81%	-11.01%	-38.97%	-30.82%	-97.04%	N/A	N/A	$6.89	$1.75	70.68%	15.43%	0.82	1,012,000	105.69%
ROIV	ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD	$33.35	-3.58%	-6.14%	-18.70%	-3.36%	15.20%	105.74%	230.85%	433.60%	N/A	$42.50	$16.41	21.53%	103.23%	0.95	6,314,000	33.35%
VOGX	VOGENX INC	$16.76	-2.22%	2.26%	-48.30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$38.41	$12.95	56.37%	29.42%	-1.63	99,000	12.50%
QTRX	QUANTERIX CORP	$3.15	-0.32%	-8.43%	26.00%	-18.81%	-7.08%	-46.43%	-84.61%	-93.50%	N/A	$8.77	$2.15	64.08%	46.51%	1.85	750,000	33.21%
IRD	OPUS GENETICS INC	$4.24	-8.62%	-3.20%	-28.98%	11.29%	-23.88%	112.00%	26.95%	-3.20%	-95.14%	$7.07	$1.70	40.03%	149.41%	0.96	1,288,000	-20.69%
NERV	MINERVA NEUROSCIENCES INC	$2.52	-12.98%	-26.68%	-37.28%	-41.10%	-55.88%	-0.59%	-55.95%	-78.47%	-97.56%	$12.46	$2.39	79.82%	5.23%	0.58	185,000	117.65%
NXTC	NEXTCURE INC	$6.28	-5.42%	10.47%	-5.42%	188.07%	-49.03%	-1.10%	-58.13%	-93.95%	N/A	$15.74	$1.55	60.10%	305.16%	0.80	54,700	-57.92%
BMEA	BIOMEA FUSION INC	$1.26	-7.35%	0.80%	-29.21%	-5.26%	-32.98%	-23.64%	-88.16%	-88.74%	N/A	$2.24	$0.87	43.67%	44.50%	1.10	8,316,000	54.89%
TNXP	TONIX PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDING CORP	$6.13	-7.68%	-20.39%	-47.74%	-47.63%	-52.77%	-69.44%	-99.67%	-100.00%	-100.00%	$20.69	$6.12	70.37%	0.25%	1.27	1,134,000	18.37%
AVR	ANTERIS TECHNOLOGIES GLOBAL CORP	$6.45	-3.01%	-8.51%	-26.03%	-31.09%	4.03%	44.94%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.06	$3.30	41.66%	95.45%	1.61	764,000	-21.48%
AQST	AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$4.67	-2.91%	1.30%	-4.30%	15.02%	11.46%	-29.88%	203.25%	18.53%	N/A	$7.55	$2.93	38.15%	59.39%	1.28	1,399,000	46.03%
BRVE	BRAVEHEART BIO INC	$19.33	-5.06%	-2.32%	-28.46%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.00	$17.86	39.59%	8.23%	-1.15	212,000	36.77%
IMTX	IMMATICS NV	$6.83	-5.27%	-8.93%	-20.77%	-26.00%	-37.17%	-32.31%	-30.31%	-50.69%	N/A	$12.41	$6.80	44.96%	0.44%	1.02	891,000	18.80%
AKBA	AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INC	$0.77	-2.53%	-12.30%	-20.04%	-44.20%	-47.62%	-72.30%	-15.10%	-73.81%	-90.70%	$3.20	$0.77	75.94%	0.65%	1.42	6,496,000	-26.79%
VANI	VIVANI MEDICAL INC	$1.18	-0.84%	-4.84%	-6.35%	-16.90%	12.38%	-12.92%	18.00%	-86.85%	-98.39%	$1.92	$0.92	38.54%	27.84%	0.85	269,000	82.99%
SYRE	SPYRE THERAPEUTICS INC	$80.45	-6.34%	0.42%	-11.40%	-14.17%	27.15%	325.32%	519.80%	-59.42%	-52.11%	$110.18	$21.01	26.98%	282.91%	1.13	1,441,000	64.87%
PLRX	PLIANT THERAPEUTICS INC	$0.97	-1.83%	-6.02%	-15.83%	-15.09%	-25.54%	-35.03%	-93.65%	-94.60%	N/A	$1.95	$0.96	50.36%	0.73%	0.98	285,000	4.78%
MDXG	MIMEDX GROUP INC	$4.69	-2.90%	1.52%	1.08%	14.95%	19.64%	-27.96%	-26.03%	-25.44%	-44.03%	$7.97	$3.03	41.15%	55.04%	1.20	972,000	55.27%
CATX	PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$2.27	-9.92%	-3.81%	-22.26%	-26.54%	-47.82%	-53.00%	-15.55%	-63.32%	-67.58%	$6.16	$1.96	63.12%	15.82%	1.20	1,304,000	103.43%
OCUL	OCULAR THERAPEUTIX INC	$7.24	-4.23%	-1.36%	-32.46%	-26.72%	-18.28%	-38.90%	190.76%	-37.26%	0.28%	$16.44	$6.23	55.96%	16.21%	1.49	3,214,000	-12.43%
TNON	TENON MEDICAL INC	$2.89	-3.02%	-22.21%	-48.02%	-61.58%	-89.93%	-92.63%	-99.37%	N/A	N/A	$50.40	$2.40	94.27%	20.42%	0.98	225,000	-14.77%
CYTK	CYTOKINETICS INC	$61.62	-1.86%	0.44%	-14.95%	-25.07%	-7.64%	3.41%	80.12%	62.24%	564.72%	$88.31	$54.30	30.22%	13.48%	0.95	1,936,000	54.39%
IPSC	CENTURY THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.38	-4.17%	4.55%	-31.00%	-37.27%	-39.21%	150.91%	-15.60%	-92.24%	N/A	$3.04	$0.44	54.61%	217.24%	1.31	544,000	39.13%
CGEM	CULLINAN THERAPEUTICS INC	$14.10	-5.69%	-13.23%	-30.88%	-21.10%	-1.05%	80.08%	60.23%	-39.12%	N/A	$23.19	$6.73	39.20%	109.45%	1.23	590,000	58.60%
PRAX	PRAXIS PRECISION MEDICINES INC	$243.34	-3.20%	-13.14%	-26.38%	-22.64%	-23.24%	364.92%	1,092.84%	-11.11%	N/A	$392.70	$52.62	38.03%	362.45%	0.99	622,000	106.64%
RCUS	ARCUS BIOSCIENCES INC	$22.51	-7.52%	-7.29%	-6.48%	-19.81%	0.54%	35.28%	39.64%	-28.27%	N/A	$31.74	$15.38	29.07%	46.41%	1.52	1,390,000	3.89%
ICU	SEASTAR MEDICAL HOLDING CORP	$3.59	-6.75%	12.54%	16.90%	-25.05%	-14.73%	-34.13%	-97.23%	-99.86%	N/A	$7.35	$2.07	51.16%	73.43%	0.18	125,000	7.76%
CING	CINGULATE INC	$4.72	-2.48%	-3.48%	-8.70%	0.85%	-14.18%	16.54%	-96.18%	N/A	N/A	$11.89	$3.16	60.30%	49.37%	1.03	73,000	141.72%
ACRV	ACRIVON THERAPEUTICS INC	$1.75	-7.89%	-5.91%	-10.71%	-11.62%	8.70%	-1.13%	-71.12%	N/A	N/A	$3.56	$1.27	50.84%	37.80%	1.55	477,000	238.30%
OCGN	OCUGEN INC	$0.89	-6.55%	-14.90%	-16.51%	-37.23%	-50.56%	-44.69%	111.72%	-90.41%	-99.49%	$2.73	$0.87	67.52%	1.72%	2.00	6,860,000	109.85%
TRAX	FIRST TRACKS BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC	$31.68	-6.96%	0.92%	-15.68%	-9.51%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$49.91	$14.88	36.53%	112.90%	2.46	1,112,000	-84.79%
BBNX	BETA BIONICS INC	$17.69	-0.95%	-5.05%	5.74%	4.37%	66.42%	-20.14%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.71	$8.80	45.92%	101.02%	1.63	591,000	-28.01%
NAMS	NEWAMSTERDAM PHARMA CO NV	$20.19	-4.99%	-9.34%	-9.70%	-39.33%	-44.30%	-45.65%	178.48%	106.02%	N/A	$42.21	$20.04	52.16%	0.75%	0.53	978,000	20.44%

Healthcare Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Biotechnology	605	-3.31%	-4.41%	-12.70%	-72.42%	14.11x	4.88x	-11.01%	-10.03%	-8.07%	+80.04%	Strong Buy
Diagnostics & Research	50	+0.10%	+0.57%	+9.91%	+27.17%	11.79x	4.71x	-29.33%	+5.36%	+11.40%	+2.64%	Buy
Drug Manufacturers - General	20	-1.75%	+0.62%	+1.14%	+24.37%	39.28x	7.83x	+23.62%	+10.74%	+19.12%	+25.37%	Buy
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	75	-1.97%	-0.73%	-5.30%	-94.19%	-1.74x	2.35x	-1.68%	+1.60%	+7.12%	+194.41%	Buy
Healthcare Plans	10	-0.24%	+3.91%	-0.88%	+18.01%	55.82x	2.32x	+10.70%	+3.28%	+8.15%	+11.54%	Buy
Health Information Services	50	-0.34%	-0.87%	+0.40%	-44.85%	11.95x	4.03x	+7.12%	+4.01%	+9.09%	+17.05%	Buy
Medical Care Facilities	48	-0.09%	+1.43%	-0.27%	-53.67%	16.80x	5.73x	-42.74%	+7.27%	+14.52%	+13.50%	Buy
Medical Devices	132	-0.38%	+0.33%	-1.59%	-95.34%	22.66x	3.06x	-9.45%	+5.29%	+9.68%	+27.22%	Strong Buy
Medical Distribution	8	+0.84%	+3.87%	+3.55%	+23.59%	26.62x	-190.64x	-76.01%	+4.11%	+24.39%	+6.81%	Buy
Medical Instruments & Supplies	50	-0.46%	+1.98%	+2.84%	+3.00%	44.54x	3.37x	+8.63%	+7.24%	+11.01%	+14.77%	Buy

Healthcare Stocks FAQ

What are the best healthcare stocks to buy right now in Oct 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 healthcare stocks to buy right now are:

1. Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI)

Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI) is the #1 top healthcare stock out of 1048 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 21 points higher than the healthcare sector average of 27. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Puma Biotechnology has seen its stock return 91.3% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare stocks by 169 percentage points.

Puma Biotechnology has an average 1 year price target of $6.00, a downside of -40.71% from Puma Biotechnology's current stock price of $10.12.

Puma Biotechnology stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Puma Biotechnology, 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.

2. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) is the #2 top healthcare stock out of 1048 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC) has a Due Diligence Score of 6, which is -21 points lower than the healthcare sector average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BHC as a "A".It passed 2 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Bausch Health Companies has seen its stock lose -3.6% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare stocks by 74 percentage points.

Bausch Health Companies has an average 1 year price target of $9.00, an upside of 52.8% from Bausch Health Companies's current stock price of $5.89.

Bausch Health Companies stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Bausch Health Companies, 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. Bioventus (NASDAQ:BVS)

Bioventus (NASDAQ:BVS) is the #3 top healthcare stock out of 1048 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bioventus (NASDAQ:BVS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Bioventus (NASDAQ:BVS) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 21 points higher than the healthcare sector average of 27. It passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bioventus has seen its stock return 106.39% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare stocks by 184 percentage points.

Bioventus has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 17.99% from Bioventus's current stock price of $13.56.

Bioventus stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Bioventus, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% 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 healthcare stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 79 healthcare stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 healthcare stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Conmed (NYSE:CNMD)

Conmed (NYSE:CNMD) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the healthcare sector average of 2.25%. Conmed's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Conmed's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Conmed's dividend payout ratio of 10.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPIX)

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPIX) has an annual dividend yield of 20.92%, which is 19 percentage points higher than the healthcare sector average of 2.25%.

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals's dividend payout ratio of -411% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Spok Holdings (NASDAQ:SPOK)

Spok Holdings (NASDAQ:SPOK) has an annual dividend yield of 11.52%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the healthcare sector average of 2.25%. Spok Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Spok Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Spok Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 207.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are healthcare stocks down?

Healthcare stocks were down -1.35% in the last day, and down -0.79% over the last week. Syndax Pharmaceuticals was the among the top losers in the healthcare sector, dropping -15.71% yesterday.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals shares are trading lower after the company announced that the MAXPIRe Phase 2 trial of axatilimab in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis did not meet its primary endpoint of the annualized rate of decline in forced vital capacity.

What are the most undervalued healthcare 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 healthcare stocks right now are:

1. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD)

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) is the most undervalued healthcare 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 86, which is 69 points higher than the healthcare sector average of 17. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals's stock has gained 142.57% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare sector by 220 percentage points.

2. Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) is the second most undervalued healthcare stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has a valuation score of 86, which is 69 points higher than the healthcare sector average of 17. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals's stock has gained 55.68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare sector by 133 percentage points.

3. Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC)

Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC) is the third most undervalued healthcare stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Embecta has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the healthcare sector average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Embecta's stock has dropped -53.56% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare sector by 24 percentage points.

Are healthcare stocks a good buy now?

59.17% of healthcare stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect healthcare stocks to rise by 40.26% over the next year.

4.04% of healthcare stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.26% of healthcare stocks are rated B (Buy), 48.61% are rated C (Hold), 27.4% are rated D (Sell), and 6.69% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the healthcare sector?

The average P/E ratio of the healthcare sector is 30.08x.

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1. Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI)

2. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

3. Bioventus (NASDAQ:BVS)

1. Conmed (NYSE:CNMD)

2. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPIX)

3. Spok Holdings (NASDAQ:SPOK)

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2. Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ)

3. Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC)

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1. Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ:PBYI)

2. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

3. Bioventus (NASDAQ:BVS)

1. Conmed (NYSE:CNMD)

2. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CPIX)

3. Spok Holdings (NASDAQ:SPOK)

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2. Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ)

3. Embecta (NASDAQ:EMBC)

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