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Healthcare Stocks

DeltaScreener covers 999 Healthcare companies listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX. The table below shows the 100 largest by market capitalisation; every figure on this page is a median across those 100, not an average, because a handful of loss-making micro-caps would otherwise distort it.

Companies999
Combined market cap$8.20T
Median P/E24.2
Median ROE10.6%
Dividend payers49 of 100

Across the largest Healthcare companies, the median price-to-earnings ratio is 24.2, median return on equity is 10.6%, the median net margin is 9.6%, 49 of the 100 largest pay a dividend.

Largest Healthcare companies

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE Yield
LLY Eli Lilly and Company $1273.46 $1.20T 39.60 92.58% 0.58%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson $263.81 $635.76B 31.35 25.74% 1.98%
ABBV AbbVie Inc. $285.64 $504.76B 80.21 — 2.43%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Common Stock (DE) $418.09 $375.28B 24.22 14.63% 2.46%
MRK Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (new) $145.27 $358.41B 118.05 6.60% 2.29%
NVS Novartis AG $151.12 $287.24B 21.93 29.64% 3.26%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC $171.49 $265.96B 24.77 21.68% 1.27%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc $673.82 $249.14B 36.25 13.35% 0.28%
AMGN Amgen Inc. $439.26 $237.48B 25.56 89.32% 2.43%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $156.04 $193.48B — — 2.17%
ABT Abbott Laboratories $103.70 $179.44B 32.57 10.52% 2.49%
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S $39.05 $173.99B 9.65 59.09% 2.99%
PFE Pfizer, Inc. $30.03 $171.16B 37.88 4.89% 6.00%
DHR Danaher Corporation $230.50 $162.04B 39.76 7.66% 0.71%
ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $452.29 $159.78B 45.78 17.83% —
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $523.93 $132.80B 30.38 23.31% —
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company $61.48 $125.59B 13.85 46.75% 4.01%
MDT Medtronic plc $95.41 $122.05B 21.67 10.60% 3.25%
CVS CVS Health Corporation $93.47 $119.55B 23.27 6.43% 2.98%
SYK Stryker Corporation $307.15 $117.81B 27.99 16.36% 1.29%
MCK McKesson Corporation $1000.77 $116.68B 27.06 — 0.37%
HCA HCA Healthcare, Inc. $469.03 $101.55B 15.41 — 0.67%
ELV Elevance Health, Inc. $439.95 $95.41B 17.60 11.24% 1.74%
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $805.02 $82.88B 18.82 13.81% 0.48%
CI The Cigna Group $306.95 $81.11B 11.22 15.24% 2.29%
MRNA Moderna, Inc. $200.10 $79.89B — -39.20% —
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation $45.69 $66.22B 17.71 14.90% —
COR Cencora, Inc. $331.00 $63.16B 22.21 106.43% 0.80%
NTRA Natera, Inc. $403.95 $58.23B — -11.73% —
CAH Cardinal Health, Inc. $249.57 $57.79B 35.41 — 0.80%
BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company $198.91 $54.18B 55.37 3.79% 2.28%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. $323.04 $52.30B 44.86 14.00% —
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $89.07 $51.34B 49.59 9.69% —
HUM Humana Inc. $422.07 $50.68B 37.38 6.91% 0.89%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. $173.07 $48.80B 33.95 20.47% 0.59%
IQV IQVIA Holdings, Inc. $279.36 $45.98B 31.76 21.95% —
TEVA Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited $39.41 $45.92B 66.10 9.18% —
WAT Waters Corporation $453.67 $44.54B 105.77 1.88% —
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. $560.38 $44.15B 36.46 71.96% —
ILMN Illumina, Inc. $269.42 $40.68B 49.91 31.08% —
RVMD Revolution Medicines, Inc. $186.99 $40.08B — -96.44% —
BIIB Biogen Inc. $250.69 $37.04B 40.07 4.52% —
RMD ResMed Inc. $252.86 $35.56B 21.18 23.88% 1.19%
CNC Centene Corporation $70.17 $34.66B — -24.03% —
ALC Alcon Inc. $70.17 $33.92B 50.34 2.91% 0.55%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. $81.03 $33.48B 11.69 69.25% 2.98%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. $1670.29 $33.47B 36.42 — —
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. $71.45 $32.27B 18.82 15.16% 0.24%
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $224.03 $29.98B 36.02 93.61% —
MDLN Medline Inc. $34.09 $29.91B 40.35 5.45% —
DXCM DexCom, Inc. $77.94 $29.41B 33.44 36.19% —
RPRX Royalty Pharma plc $63.86 $28.44B 24.15 12.25% 1.61%
WST West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. $392.15 $27.60B 46.38 18.51% 0.24%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated $241.89 $26.70B 24.45 14.49% 1.47%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. $328.95 $26.68B 25.35 11.57% 0.93%
ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. $36.49 $26.36B — -6.12% —
PHG Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Registry Shares $26.89 $26.03B 18.22 10.05% 4.14%
UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation $587.50 $25.20B 17.74 20.18% —
INCY Incyte Corporation $115.71 $23.45B 15.15 29.70% —
GH Guardant Health, Inc. $169.08 $22.69B — — —
STE STERIS plc (Ireland) $232.15 $22.63B 25.43 11.27% 1.32%
THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation $268.45 $21.62B 9.93 50.63% —
VTRS Viatris Inc. $18.00 $20.67B — -2.79% 2.65%
INSM Insmed Incorporated $93.39 $20.39B — -111.26% —
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $98.56 $18.80B 21.38 6.36% 1.09%
MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc. $669.20 $18.72B 35.86 110.15% —
RVTY Revvity, Inc. $158.77 $17.72B 72.16 3.27% 0.18%
CRL Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. $345.37 $16.64B — -7.72% —
EXEL Exelixis, Inc. $64.53 $16.22B 17.78 42.49% —
ASND Ascendis Pharma A/S - Ordinary Share $243.37 $15.18B 16.85 — —
SOLV Solventum Corporation $85.41 $14.54B 10.69 28.96% —
NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $142.70 $14.51B 20.05 21.13% —
ICLR ICON plc $185.27 $14.29B 37.77 3.54% —
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. $125.63 $14.26B 30.77 180.63% —
JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc $214.00 $13.89B 15.33 — —
BBIO BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. $68.56 $13.40B — — —
BAX Baxter International Inc. $25.30 $13.08B — -16.60% 0.17%
SNN Smith & Nephew SNATS, Inc. $30.83 $12.90B 17.48 12.25% 2.30%
PEN Penumbra, Inc. $324.39 $12.78B 77.64 11.09% —
SMMT Summit Therapeutics Inc. $15.47 $12.34B — -204.33% —
EHC Encompass Health Corporation $124.09 $12.24B 19.26 25.01% 0.70%
TEM Tempus AI, Inc. $67.61 $11.98B — -54.70% —
BTSG BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. $60.11 $11.89B 43.36 15.23% —
DVA DaVita Inc. $183.64 $11.72B 15.20 — —
AVTR Avantor, Inc. $17.29 $11.69B — -10.34% —
COO The Cooper Companies, Inc. $61.21 $11.64B 19.29 6.88% —
TECH Bio-Techne Corp $72.55 $11.38B 61.86 8.90% 0.44%
ELAN Elanco Animal Health Incorporated $22.52 $11.25B — -3.02% —
RGEN Repligen Corporation $176.93 $11.23B 248.72 1.98% —
UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. $186.89 $11.01B 7.13 20.66% 0.46%
RDY Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd $13.21 $11.00B 30.37 8.88% 0.65%
ALGN Align Technology, Inc. $154.51 $10.98B 25.48 10.09% —
GMED Globus Medical, Inc. $81.41 $10.93B 19.04 11.59% —
MOH Molina Healthcare Inc $209.15 $10.92B 1184.62 — —
BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. $55.95 $10.83B 151.42 1.18% —
GKOS Glaukos Corporation $178.88 $10.55B — -27.07% —
QGEN Qiagen N.V. $50.39 $10.38B 22.95 11.60% 1.56%
PODD Insulet Corporation $149.01 $10.33B 24.57 26.69% —
ENSG The Ensign Group, Inc. $175.59 $10.23B 26.32 16.53% 0.15%
MDGL Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $434.24 $10.03B — -56.65% —

Highest dividend yield in Healthcare

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE Yield
INDV Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $34.47 $4.30B 12.25 — 23.37%
ORMP Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. $4.13 $171.80M 1.06 72.96% 22.27%
CPIX Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. $8.49 $127.21M — -47.10% 20.30%
SIGA SIGA Technologies Inc. $3.12 $224.17M — — 17.75%
SRXH SRX Global Inc. $1.07 $10.53M — -97.77% 13.42%
SPOK Spok Holdings, Inc. $10.30 $215.14M 18.28 8.50% 11.48%
PRGO Perrigo Company plc $15.96 $2.21B — -55.97% 8.13%
YARW Yarrow Bioscience, Inc. $19.27 $179.30M — -70.23% 7.93%
XRAY DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. $9.43 $1.88B — -39.81% 7.08%
PFE Pfizer, Inc. $30.03 $171.16B 37.88 4.89% 6.00%

Lowest P/E in Healthcare

Companies reporting a loss are excluded, since a negative P/E is not a valuation measure.

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE
ELUT Elutia, Inc. $0.84 $37.09M 0.60 —
FBIO Fortress Biotech, Inc. $1.93 $64.37M 0.64 103.52%
SABS SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. $2.84 $258.40M 0.83 —
ORMP Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. $4.13 $171.80M 1.06 72.96%
OGI Organigram Global Inc. $0.93 $130.60M 2.07 —
RLYB Rallybio Corporation $16.64 $88.40M 2.15 —
AGEN Agenus Inc. $6.33 $285.87M 2.35 —
APMD Apnimed, Inc. $18.99 $790.57M 2.62 —
RIGL Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $48.13 $899.06M 2.67 96.49%
SNWV SANUWAVE Health, Inc. $5.22 $44.90M 2.84 —

Industries in Healthcare

Biotechnology557Devices Medical123Specialty & Generic Drug Manufacturers63Instruments & Supplies Medical50Diagnostics & Research Medical48Care Facilities Medical42Healthcare Information Services Medical42Pharmaceuticals Medical23General Drug Manufacturers17Healthcare Plans Medical12Equipment & Services Medical9Distribution Medical9

Healthcare stocks — frequently asked questions

How many Healthcare stocks are there?

DeltaScreener covers 999 Healthcare companies on the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX.

What is the largest Healthcare company?

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) is the largest Healthcare company by market capitalisation, at $1.20T.

What is a typical P/E ratio for Healthcare stocks?

Across the 100 largest Healthcare companies the median price-to-earnings ratio is 24.2. Individual companies vary widely, and loss-making companies have no meaningful P/E at all.

Which Healthcare stock has the highest dividend yield?

Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INDV) has the highest dividend yield among Healthcare stocks at 23.37%. A high yield can reflect a falling share price as much as a generous dividend.

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