ASTRAZENECA PLC vs NOVO NORDISK A/S, two Drug Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AZN and NVO diverge most: on piotroski f (quality), AZN reads 8 / 9 and NVO reads 3 / 9; on return on equity, AZN reads 21.0% and NVO reads 52.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AZN | NVO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $159.18 | $38.62 |
| Market cap | $246.7B | $171.6B |
| Sector | Drug Manufacturers | Drug Manufacturers |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 24.1 | 11.4 |
| P/B | 5.06 | 6.01 |
| P/S | 4.20 | 3.78 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.3 | 8.9 |
| Revenue growth | +12.1% | +22.1% |
| Gross margin | 81.9% | 81.0% |
| Operating margin | 23.4% | 41.3% |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 33.1% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 52.8% |
| Return on assets | 9.0% | 18.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.8% | 30.8% |
| FCF yield | 4.8% | 5.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.57 | 0.67 |
| Current ratio | 0.94 | 0.80 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.29 | 3.76 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 3 / 9 |
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