ABBOTT LABORATORIES vs ASTRAZENECA PLC, two Drug Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ABT and AZN diverge most: on debt / equity, ABT reads 0.65 and AZN reads 0.00; on return on invested capital, ABT reads 6.6% and AZN reads 23.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ABT price has a different growth bar priced in than AZN (+9.6% implied for ABT vs +21.0% for AZN); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ABT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What AZN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ABT | AZN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $93.93 | $171.60 |
| Market cap | $164.1B | $266.0B |
| Sector | Drug Manufacturers | Drug Manufacturers |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.6% | +21.0% |
| P/E | 26.3 | 26.0 |
| P/B | 3.11 | 5.46 |
| P/S | 3.64 | 4.53 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.8 | 18.9 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | +12.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 81.9% |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 23.4% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 17.4% |
| Return on equity | 11.9% | 21.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 9.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | 23.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 4.4% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.39 | 0.94 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.16 | 3.47 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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