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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.

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Pharmaceutical is Zen Rated B and is the 39th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	ROE	ROA	ROCE	ROIC	D/E	Current Ratio	Gross Margin	Profit Margin	Operating Margin
AMRX	AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$2.25B	N/A	-3.40%	6.77%	4.40%	-33.05	1.41	36.50%	-4.20%	5.75%
PCRX	PACIRA BIOSCIENCES INC	$1.18B	-12.10%	-6.30%	-3.74%	-3.80%	1.00	2.40	75.70%	-14.20%	-6.64%
SUPN	SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$1.72B	7.50%	5.50%	9.10%	28.80%	0.32	2.35	88.20%	11.20%	14.79%
ORGO	ORGANOGENESIS HOLDINGS INC	$549.17M	-0.30%	-0.20%	-0.30%	-0.40%	0.43	3.69	76.00%	-0.20%	-0.26%
HCM	HUTCHMED (CHINA) LTD	$2.72B	5.10%	3.00%	5.32%	6.30%	0.66	2.83	44.60%	6.00%	7.58%
COLL	COLLEGIUM PHARMACEUTICAL INC	$846.65M	30.70%	5.10%	14.95%	24.70%	6.27	0.95	59.80%	11.00%	27.32%
KMDA	KAMADA LTD	$372.06M	5.70%	4.10%	4.33%	11.30%	0.44	3.73	43.50%	9.00%	8.69%
PAHC	PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP	$690.18M	7.50%	1.80%	5.68%	4.80%	4.21	3.20	31.80%	1.70%	5.40%
ALKS	ALKERMES PLC	$4.41B	27.70%	17.20%	29.00%	31.50%	0.40	3.04	84.20%	23.60%	29.61%
PRGO	PERRIGO CO PLC	$3.39B	-3.80%	-1.60%	1.12%	1.50%	1.23	2.38	35.30%	-3.90%	2.20%
DVAX	DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$1.33B	4.30%	2.70%	4.15%	3.50%	0.65	10.80	82.20%	9.90%	13.58%
CPIX	CUMBERLAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$69.42M	-25.50%	-8.30%	-13.41%	-18.20%	2.32	1.15	82.60%	-17.10%	-15.57%
ANIP	ANI PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$1.50B	-4.70%	-1.80%	-0.42%	-0.60%	2.12	2.73	59.30%	-3.30%	-0.75%
DERM	JOURNEY MEDICAL CORP	$170.74M	-106.20%	-21.30%	-26.43%	-110.20%	3.00	1.37	62.80%	-26.10%	-21.22%
INDV	INDIVIOR PLC	$1.10B	-1.70%	0.10%	14.21%	15.60%	-4.79	0.89	80.60%	0.20%	4.55%
IRWD	IRONWOOD PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$116.34M	-0.30%	0.20%	31.48%	11.80%	-2.17	4.70	100.00%	0.30%	27.95%
ETON	ETON PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$403.34M	-22.00%	-8.80%	-4.62%	-46.00%	2.12	2.06	60.30%	-9.70%	-6.61%
BHC	BAUSCH HEALTH COMPANIES INC	$1.91B	N/A	-0.20%	8.00%	6.20%	-20.99	0.86	71.10%	-0.50%	16.43%
EOLS	EVOLUS INC	$665.12M	-410.20%	-21.90%	-18.29%	-21.60%	41.12	2.40	68.50%	-18.90%	-11.65%
PBH	PRESTIGE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE INC	$3.97B	12.50%	6.40%	10.22%	23.50%	0.86	3.68	55.10%	19.10%	29.48%
HLN	HALEON PLC	$47.46B	8.80%	4.20%	7.64%	20.40%	1.12	0.98	60.70%	12.80%	19.40%
NBIX	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC	$10.14B	13.40%	9.70%	15.14%	15.90%	0.44	3.40	98.60%	14.50%	20.63%
SNOA	SONOMA PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$3.76M	-70.30%	-26.90%	-37.51%	-54.10%	1.81	3.34	36.00%	-26.80%	-26.75%
EBS	EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC	$256.47M	-37.30%	-12.30%	-5.86%	-5.60%	1.88	3.69	34.70%	-18.30%	-6.89%
TKNO	ALPHA TEKNOVA INC	$330.24M	-32.20%	-22.30%	-24.31%	-22.60%	0.44	3.82	19.20%	-70.90%	-69.27%
ACB	AURORA CANNABIS INC	$233.78M	-3.90%	-2.60%	-0.94%	-1.20%	0.44	3.30	61.50%	-5.60%	-1.71%
ZTS	ZOETIS INC	$67.16B	49.70%	17.40%	30.93%	25.60%	1.99	1.75	70.60%	26.90%	36.17%
SIGA	SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC	$437.91M	33.00%	27.10%	34.73%	136.70%	0.13	9.12	77.40%	42.70%	54.84%
ASRT	ASSERTIO HOLDINGS INC	$56.41M	-16.70%	-7.70%	-10.87%	-25.00%	1.35	1.77	68.60%	-17.30%	-14.80%
ELAN	ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH INC	$4.40B	5.50%	2.50%	6.40%	8.80%	1.07	2.45	54.90%	7.60%	16.29%
AVDL	AVADEL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC	$799.13M	-65.70%	-30.10%	-33.14%	-38.30%	1.22	2.75	91.00%	-28.90%	-22.62%
ESPR	ESPERION THERAPEUTICS INC	$184.00M	N/A	-15.00%	7.69%	1.40%	-1.88	1.37	79.40%	-15.60%	2.26%
HROW	HARROW INC	$816.84M	-28.30%	-5.20%	1.84%	2.40%	4.59	2.08	75.30%	-8.80%	2.74%
LNTH	LANTHEUS HOLDINGS INC	$6.82B	29.50%	16.00%	25.90%	41.10%	0.82	5.52	64.40%	20.40%	29.38%
VTRS	VIATRIS INC	$9.18B	-3.30%	-1.40%	-0.20%	-0.30%	1.23	1.65	38.20%	-4.30%	-0.50%
TEVA	TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD	$15.87B	-26.10%	-4.00%	0.07%	0.10%	6.26	0.98	48.70%	-9.90%	0.11%
ALVO	ALVOTECH	$2.52B	N/A	-20.20%	8.33%	4.80%	-3.96	2.35	62.30%	-47.10%	17.40%
RDY	DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LTD	$11.58B	21.80%	15.70%	25.24%	31.20%	0.38	2.58	58.60%	19.90%	26.36%
RGC	REGENCELL BIOSCIENCE HOLDINGS LTD	$374.77M	-42.50%	-40.90%	-52.18%	-52.80%	0.03	41.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRON	CRONOS GROUP INC	$677.08M	3.80%	3.60%	-1.29%	-7.00%	0.05	18.84	21.40%	34.90%	-12.22%
AMPH	AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$1.14B	22.40%	10.30%	15.64%	18.10%	1.15	3.07	51.10%	21.80%	29.99%
TAK	TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD	$48.60B	2.80%	1.40%	3.40%	5.10%	1.04	1.31	65.50%	4.50%	9.65%
RMTI	ROCKWELL MEDICAL INC	$35.76M	-1.80%	-0.90%	1.72%	2.50%	0.82	2.63	17.20%	-0.50%	0.76%
EVO	EVOTEC SE	$1.41B	N/A	N/A	-11.63%	N/A	1.01	1.98	14.40%	-24.60%	-22.87%
KALA	KALA BIO INC	$19.00M	-389.30%	-68.70%	-84.95%	-142.40%	3.50	3.11	N/A	N/A	N/A
OGI	ORGANIGRAM HOLDINGS INC	$133.73M	-17.60%	-13.40%	-12.82%	-23.60%	0.48	3.36	32.90%	-31.70%	-31.66%
CGC	CANOPY GROWTH CORP	$173.60M	-88.00%	-37.70%	-43.51%	-36.80%	0.97	3.52	30.50%	-169.70%	-167.76%
QNTM	QUANTUM BIOPHARMA LTD	$14.44M	-111.90%	-85.00%	-135.72%	-358.10%	0.58	1.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
LFCR	LIFECORE BIOMEDICAL INC	$228.82M	-788.60%	-19.90%	-10.94%	-7.10%	85.36	2.71	33.40%	-37.90%	-17.34%
BIOA	BIOAGE LABS INC	$150.57M	-95.00%	-37.00%	-20.80%	718.50%	0.11	12.86	N/A	N/A	N/A
CRDL	CARDIOL THERAPEUTICS INC	$82.11M	-207.90%	-137.30%	-147.57%	531.00%	0.29	4.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
UPC	UNIVERSE PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$21.94k	-50.20%	-31.00%	-56.65%	-50.70%	0.85	1.63	28.30%	-69.40%	-61.09%
AQST	AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS INC	$271.90M	N/A	-38.50%	-33.11%	-20.60%	-2.69	4.68	69.00%	-76.70%	-47.49%
PRFX	PAINREFORM LTD	$3.30M	-321.90%	-201.80%	-704.42%	1,140.50%	1.48	1.81	N/A	N/A	N/A
YCBD	CBDMD INC	$1.49M	-271.50%	-53.00%	-112.54%	-100.70%	5.48	0.69	61.60%	-34.80%	-13.90%
TLRY	TILRAY BRANDS INC	$460.98M	-28.90%	-23.60%	-29.86%	-78.80%	0.26	2.62	30.90%	-114.90%	-113.45%
SBFM	SUNSHINE BIOPHARMA INC	$3.66M	-21.20%	-16.90%	-22.11%	-52.90%	0.30	4.11	30.60%	-14.70%	-15.37%
SCYX	SCYNEXIS INC	$36.80M	-34.30%	-20.50%	-30.52%	-30.30%	0.65	3.00	100.00%	-568.30%	-542.15%
TLPH	TALPHERA INC	$8.50M	-111.40%	-56.00%	-83.42%	-85.00%	1.28	3.56	N/A	N/A	N/A
CTOR	CITIUS ONCOLOGY INC	$47.22M	-69.60%	-26.00%	-36.54%	-39.90%	1.19	0.39	N/A	N/A	N/A
SHPH	SHUTTLE PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC	$1.02M	-1,237.20%	-340.40%	-816.16%	-677.50%	2.53	1.44	N/A	N/A	N/A
RDHL	REDHILL BIOPHARMA LTD	$0.00	N/A	-40.20%	349.59%	139.50%	-4.85	0.54	60.30%	-102.80%	-181.69%
PTPI	PETROS PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$2.89M	-793.70%	-123.50%	186.11%	-417.00%	-2.42	0.41	76.30%	-524.20%	-269.13%
OPTN	OPTINOSE INC	$92.36M	N/A	-18.10%	4.35%	-2.10%	-4.19	0.77	90.80%	-27.50%	-1.89%
CPHI	CHINA PHARMA HOLDINGS INC	$5.32M	-63.20%	-32.20%	-46.42%	-58.20%	0.92	0.65	-43.80%	-104.60%	-101.18%
IXHL	INCANNEX HEALTHCARE INC	$10.02M	-289.30%	-155.00%	-448.25%	-414.60%	10.51	1.80	100.00%	-24,291.80%	-24,086.73%
INCR	INTERCURE LTD	$62.89M	-13.50%	-8.30%	-5.84%	-7.40%	0.61	1.78	28.90%	-24.10%	-11.39%
GELS	GELTEQ LTD	$27.18M	-21.00%	-16.40%	-17.44%	-294.80%	0.37	0.08	N/A	N/A	N/A
FLGC	FLORA GROWTH CORP	$10.11M	-331.30%	-57.90%	-214.62%	-412.50%	4.82	1.05	21.00%	-26.70%	-26.67%
AYTU	AYTU BIOPHARMA INC	$6.48M	-17.60%	-4.40%	5.15%	-67.50%	2.78	0.98	67.40%	-7.60%	3.90%
AKAN	AKANDA CORP	$1.50M	-221.80%	-125.10%	-633.85%	-852.10%	1.18	1.41	-52.40%	-2,345.90%	-2,336.84%
EVOK	EVOKE PHARMA INC	$3.73M	-121.70%	-38.10%	-67.95%	325.10%	1.49	1.66	96.50%	-52.20%	-47.33%
IMCC	IM CANNABIS CORP	$4.63M	-152.40%	-25.60%	-167.26%	-67.80%	6.87	0.67	15.60%	-19.60%	-13.22%
SXTC	CHINA SXT PHARMACEUTICALS INC	$8.13M	57.60%	25.40%	40.34%	-332.60%	1.06	1.40	7,508.30%	30,275.60%	32,314.35%
DRRX	DURECT CORP	$22.69M	-140.60%	-30.70%	-78.24%	-412.80%	1.01	1.71	96.20%	-409.80%	-409.85%
BFRI	BIOFRONTERA INC	$7.41M	-459.50%	-81.90%	-155.77%	-213.80%	3.99	1.72	50.10%	-47.60%	-42.07%
TXMD	THERAPEUTICSMD INC	$12.85M	-7.90%	-5.40%	-6.57%	-7.30%	0.42	2.37	100.00%	-123.90%	-125.61%
BGM	BGM GROUP LTD	$83.03M	-3.40%	-2.80%	-3.22%	-4.40%	0.21	3.39	16.40%	-5.70%	-5.67%

Pharmaceutical Stocks FAQ

What are the best pharmaceutical stocks to buy right now in Apr 2025?

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. Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX)

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

Amneal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMRX) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -13 points lower than the pharmaceutical industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMRX as a "A".

AMRX passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Amneal Pharmaceuticals has seen its stock return 35.01% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 91 percentage points.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $11.33, an upside of 56.32% from Amneal Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $7.25.

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.

2. Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX)

Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) 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 Pacira Biosciences (NASDAQ:PCRX) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, 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 -2.49% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 53 percentage points.

Pacira Biosciences has an average 1 year price target of $32.80, an upside of 28.88% from Pacira Biosciences's current stock price of $25.45.

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.

3. Supernus Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SUPN)

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 3.8% over the past year, overperforming other pharmaceutical stocks by 60 percentage points.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals has an average 1 year price target of $36.00, an upside of 16.73% from Supernus Pharmaceuticals's current stock price of $30.84.

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.

What are the pharmaceutical stocks with highest dividends?

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

1. Siga Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA)

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 2.34%.

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

2. Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO)

Perrigo Co (NYSE:PRGO) has an annual dividend yield of 3.39%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.34%. 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.

3. Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS)

Viatris (NASDAQ:VTRS) has an annual dividend yield of 3.12%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 2.34%. 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.

Why are pharmaceutical stocks up?

Pharmaceutical stocks were up 2.06% in the last day, and up 0.98% over the last week. Hutchmed was the among the top gainers in the drug manufacturers - specialty & generic industry, gaining 12.31% yesterday.

HUTCHMED shares are trading higher after the company announced it completed enrollment of the registration phase of its Phase II trial of savolitinib in gastric cancer patients with MET amplification.

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. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD)

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 14, which is -1 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 15. It passed 1 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 -91.08% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by -35 percentage points.

2. Bausch Health Companies (NYSE:BHC)

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 -15 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 15. 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 -38.58% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 17 percentage points.

3. Collegium Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:COLL)

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 42 points higher than the pharmaceutical industry average of 15. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Collegium Pharmaceutical's stock has dropped -22.6% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the pharmaceutical industry by 33 percentage points.

Are pharmaceutical stocks a good buy now?

50% of pharmaceutical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect pharmaceutical stocks to rise by 54.92% over the next year.

11.11% of pharmaceutical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of pharmaceutical stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.41% are rated C (Hold), 9.26% are rated D (Sell), and 5.56% 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 20.99x.

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