ABBV vs NUVB vs JNJ Stock Comparison

AbbVie, Nuvation Bio and Johnson & Johnson Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ABBV AbbVie Inc.
$288.21 +8.0% 1M +33.0% 1Y
Market cap
$509.44B
P/E
49.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$66.01B
Div. yield
2.40%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
5 wins
NUVB Nuvation Bio Inc.
$4.18 -14.3% 1M -15.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.48B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$201.73M
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
1 win
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
$272.33 +6.9% 1M +46.4% 1Y
Market cap
$655.58B
P/E
40.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$99.34B
Div. yield
1.94%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Johnson & Johnson leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Johnson & Johnson 6, AbbVie 5, Nuvation Bio 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionABBVNUVBJNJLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $509.44B $1.48B $655.58B JNJ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 49.3x -10.8x 40.8x JNJ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.5x — 25.4x ABBV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.7% +654.2% +7.8% NUVB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.7% -67.4% 16.2% JNJ
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.3% — 17.6% ABBV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 5.5x 0.8x JNJ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.40% — 1.94% ABBV
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +33.0% -15.0% +46.4% JNJ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +19.7%/yr -14.6%/yr +10.8%/yr ABBV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.6% 79.5% 21.3% JNJ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 64/100 67/100 ABBV

Percentile Scorecard

ABBVNUVBJNJ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisABBVNUVBJNJ
Valuation 91 #58 of 634 62 #239 of 634 86 #93 of 634
Growth 68 #195 of 608 67 #201 of 608 43 #350 of 608
Profitability 96 #22 of 557 68 #178 of 557 93 #39 of 557
Financial Health 15 #554 of 654 64 #234 of 654 40 #393 of 654
Shareholder Returns 79 #85 of 403 60 #162 of 403 73 #108 of 403
Overall 70 64 67
  • ABBV ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NUVB ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • JNJ ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodABBVNUVBJNJSPY
1 month +8.0%-14.3%+6.9% -5.9%
3 months +18.2%-31.6%+6.0% -4.6%
6 months +42.2%-13.1%+22.4% +0.2%
Year to date +26.1%-53.3%+31.6% +7.5%
1 year +33.0%-15.0%+46.4% +8.2%
3 years +104.1%+216.7%+79.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +26.9%+46.9%+21.6% +19.0%
5 years +146.0%-54.6%+66.6% +56.5%
5 years, per year +19.7%-14.6%+10.8% +9.4%
10 years +414.3%—+136.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year +17.8%—+9.0% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureABBVNUVBJNJSPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.6%79.5%21.3% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.0%78.3%20.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.031.67-0.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.29-0.192.18 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -24.3%-90.4%-23.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.3%-56.2%-2.2% -5.9%
52-week high $294.90$9.54$278.47 $779.14
52-week low $197.38$4.05$186.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleABBVNUVBJNJ
P/E now vs peer median 49.3xmedian 17.8x -10.8xmedian 17.8x 40.8xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 7.7xmedian 8.1x 7.3xmedian 8.1x 6.6xmedian 8.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.0xmedian 15.7x -6.8xmedian 15.7x 20.5xmedian 15.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 21.0x -13.6xmedian 21.0x 31.8xmedian 21.0x
P/B now vs peer median -111.2xmedian 2.0x 6.5xmedian 2.0x 8.0xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 2.96median 0.36 15.74median 0.36 -1.90median 0.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsABBVNUVBJNJ
Revenue $66.01B $201.73M $99.34B
Gross profit $48.67B – $67.11B
Operating income $21.23B -$123.40M $25.19B
Net income $10.35B -$135.93M $16.10B
Free cash flow $18.87B -$108.21M $20.59B
R&D $9.96B $132.68M $16.08B
EPS (diluted) $5.84 $-0.39 $6.57
Cash & equivalents $10.77B $153.77M $16.91B
Total debt $80.90B $5.97M $44.65B
Shares (diluted) 1.77B 351.86M 2.45B
Enterprise value $477.50B -$911.65M $575.44B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricABBVNUVBJNJ
P/E 49.3x -10.8x 40.8x
P/FCF 27.0x -13.6x 31.8x
P/Operating cash flow 25.4x -13.9x 25.1x
P/S 7.7x 7.3x 6.6x
P/B -111.2x 6.5x 8.0x
P/Tangible book -8.3x 7.1x 18.8x
EV/EBITDA 20.0x -6.8x 20.5x
EV/EBIT 27.3x -6.6x 27.1x
EV/Revenue 8.8x 4.1x 6.9x
EV/FCF 30.7x -7.6x 33.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.9x -7.7x 26.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.96 15.74 -1.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricABBVNUVBJNJ
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.7% 654.2% 7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.0% – 7.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.3% – 5.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 134.9% 47.0% 7.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.1% -6.1% 1.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 331.9% 37.5% -35.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 16.6% -17.9% -22.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 333.1% 39.2% -36.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.6% -0.7% -21.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -3.7% 44.1% 8.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.7% -15.4% 12.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.1% 45.4% 5.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.6% -16.0% 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricABBVNUVBJNJ
Gross margin 73.7% – 67.6%
EBITDA margin 43.9% -59.4% 33.5%
Operating margin 32.2% -61.2% 25.4%
Pretax margin 19.4% -67.4% 17.9%
Net margin 15.7% -67.4% 16.2%
FCF margin 28.6% -53.6% 20.7%
Operating cash flow margin 30.4% -52.7% 26.3%
Return on equity – -56.4% 19.3%
Return on assets 7.3% -17.9% 8.1%
Return on invested capital 24.3% – 17.6%
Return on capital employed 21.6% -18.6% 17.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.9x 0.8x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 18.6% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricABBVNUVBJNJ
Debt / assets 54.8% 0.8% 22.6%
Debt / equity -17.7x 0.0x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 5.5x 0.8x
Debt / FCF 4.3x -0.1x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 103.1% 70.7% 58.7%
Equity / assets -3.1% 29.3% 41.3%
Interest coverage – -4.7x 25.6x
Current ratio 0.9x 7.5x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.6x 7.1x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x 6.7x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 2.73 0.14 5.52

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricABBVNUVBJNJ
Dividend yield 2.4% – 1.9%
Net buyback yield 0.3% -1.2% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 2.7% -1.2% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 79.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 61.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusABBVNUVBJNJ
Forward P/E 21.5xFY2026 – 25.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $13.40FY2026 $-0.38FY2026 $10.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +34.0%FY2026 – -0.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +25.1% – +5.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $69.59BFY2026 $187.51MFY2026 $106.54BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.8%FY2026 +198.1%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.5% +52.8% +7.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersABBVNUVBJNJ
Held by institutions 74.9% 66.6% 74.7%
Institutions holding 4,182 238 4,698
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.6% +5.7% +1.8%
Institutions buying 2,205 148 2,297
Institutions selling 1,507 50 1,899
Buyers to sellers 1.46 2.96 1.21

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ABBVNUVBJNJ
ABBV 1.00 0.12 0.53
NUVB 0.12 1.00 0.11
JNJ 0.53 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ABBV, NUVB and JNJ?

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is the largest by market capitalisation: AbbVie (ABBV) $509.44B, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) $1.48B, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) $655.58B.

Which stock is cheaper, ABBV, NUVB and JNJ?

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (AbbVie (ABBV) 49.3x, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -10.8x, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 40.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, AbbVie (ABBV) is cheapest (AbbVie (ABBV) 21.5x, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 25.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nuvation Bio (NUVB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: AbbVie (ABBV) +10.7%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) +654.2%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +7.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has the highest net margin (AbbVie (ABBV) 15.7%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -67.4%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 16.2%). On return on invested capital, AbbVie (ABBV) leads (AbbVie (ABBV) 24.3%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 17.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) returned the most: AbbVie (ABBV) +33.0%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -15.0%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +46.4%. Over five years, AbbVie (ABBV) compounded fastest (AbbVie (ABBV) +19.7%/yr, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) -14.6%/yr, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

AbbVie (ABBV) has the highest dividend yield: AbbVie (ABBV) 2.40%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 1.94%. Nuvation Bio (NUVB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has been the steadiest (AbbVie (ABBV) 25.6%, Nuvation Bio (NUVB) 79.5%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 21.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ABBV, NUVB and JNJ?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.