ABBOTT LABORATORIES vs GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., two Drug Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ABT and GILD diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), ABT reads +13.2% and GILD reads +1.7%; on return on equity, ABT reads 11.9% and GILD reads 39.2%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ABT price has a different growth bar priced in than GILD (+13.2% implied for ABT vs +1.7% for GILD); 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 GILD'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 | GILD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $103.11 | $129.35 |
| Market cap | $180.1B | $162.2B |
| Sector | Drug Manufacturers | Drug Manufacturers |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +13.2% | +1.7% |
| P/E | 28.9 | 17.6 |
| P/B | 3.42 | 6.90 |
| P/S | 3.99 | 5.45 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.6 | 17.3 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | +3.5% |
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 37.2% |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 31.0% |
| Return on equity | 11.9% | 39.2% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 16.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | 17.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.1% | 6.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 1.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.39 | 1.97 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.16 | 7.23 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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