AMGN vs ARQT vs KMDA Stock Comparison

Amgen, Arcutis Biotherapeutics and Kamada Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMGN Amgen Inc
$460.73 +8.8% 1M +57.9% 1Y
Market cap
$249.07B
P/E
28.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.10B
Div. yield
2.16%
Biotechnology Healthcare
6 wins
KMDA Kamada Ltd
$7.95 -8.5% 1M +14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$458.60M
P/E
20.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$191.85M
Div. yield
5.28%
Biotechnology Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Amgen leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Amgen 6, Kamada 5, Arcutis Biotherapeutics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMGNARQTKMDALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $249.07B $4.02B $458.60M AMGN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.5x 146.3x 20.7x KMDA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.1x 63.9x 15.9x KMDA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.1% +76.1% +13.2% ARQT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 23.0% 6.1% 11.5% AMGN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.3% 10.6% 10.2% AMGN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.7x — -1.5x KMDA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.16% — 5.28% KMDA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +57.9% +26.4% +14.9% AMGN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.4%/yr +8.6%/yr +6.8%/yr AMGN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.7% 51.4% 34.7% AMGN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 75/100 84/100 KMDA

Percentile Scorecard

AMGNARQTKMDA

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

AxisAMGNARQTKMDA
Valuation 85 #95 of 624 70 #188 of 624 97 #20 of 624
Growth 61 #234 of 601 96 #28 of 601 71 #178 of 601
Profitability 94 #31 of 541 89 #61 of 541 87 #70 of 541
Financial Health 21 #509 of 647 46 #348 of 647 74 #168 of 647
Shareholder Returns 68 #114 of 359 77 #85 of 359 90 #38 of 359
Overall 66 75 84
  • AMGN ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ARQT ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • KMDA 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

PeriodAMGNARQTKMDASPY
1 month +8.8%+19.5%-8.5% +0.7%
3 months +18.9%+14.2%+12.0% +3.7%
6 months +33.1%+37.7%-2.3% +7.1%
Year to date +40.8%+10.1%+12.6% +12.8%
1 year +57.9%+26.4%+14.9% +11.9%
3 years +75.1%+1,290.0%+82.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +20.5%+140.6%+22.2% +22.8%
5 years +122.6%+50.9%+39.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +17.4%+8.6%+6.8% +10.9%
10 years +217.4%—+33.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +12.2%—+2.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMGNARQTKMDASPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.7%51.4%34.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.0%49.1%33.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.451.041.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.950.510.43 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -26.7%-93.2%-44.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-2.6%-14.6% -1.2%
52-week high $460.73$32.82$9.31 $779.14
52-week low $291.77$19.50$6.62 $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.

MultipleAMGNARQTKMDA
P/E now vs peer median 28.5xmedian 17.8x 146.3xmedian 17.8x 20.7xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 9.1x 8.7xmedian 9.1x 2.4xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 15.0x —median 15.0x 9.1xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.5xmedian 21.7x 102.6xmedian 21.7x 17.4xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 21.3xmedian 2.2x 18.2xmedian 2.2x 1.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 10.73median 0.35 5.46median 0.35 0.29median 0.35

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 monthsAMGNARQTKMDA
Revenue $38.10B $463.98M $191.85M
Gross profit $26.48B $422.89M $78.31M
Operating income $11.43B $34.25M $27.83M
Net income $8.74B $28.52M $22.25M
Free cash flow $10.18B $39.15M $26.32M
R&D $7.63B $91.04M $9.91M
EPS (diluted) $16.07 $0.21 $0.38
Cash & equivalents $13.99B – $29.47M
Total debt $57.30B $108.90M $74.86M
Shares (diluted) 544.00M 135.90M 58.35M
Enterprise value $204.47B $3.30B $167.66M

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
MetricAMGNARQTKMDA
P/E 28.5x 146.3x 20.7x
P/FCF 24.5x 102.6x 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 20.0x 102.1x 12.8x
P/S 6.5x 8.7x 2.4x
P/B 21.3x 18.2x 1.7x
P/Tangible book -28.3x 19.4x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA 18.2x – 9.1x
EV/EBIT 25.6x 114.4x 14.2x
EV/Revenue 7.7x 8.4x 2.1x
EV/FCF 28.7x 100.1x 15.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.4x 99.7x 11.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 10.73 5.46 0.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMGNARQTKMDA
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.1% 76.1% 13.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 241.4% 9.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.6% 80.2% 5.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.3% 256.4% 12.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 39.5% 139.9% 10.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 28.2% 43.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 32.1% 130.6% 17.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 27.8% 258.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 31.4% 128.6% 14.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.7% 26.8% 70.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.9% 160.0% -10.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 28.8% 5.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.1% 159.0% -16.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 28.8% 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMGNARQTKMDA
Gross margin 69.5% 91.1% 40.8%
EBITDA margin 42.2% – 22.5%
Operating margin 30.0% 7.4% 14.5%
Pretax margin 27.0% 6.3% 13.9%
Net margin 23.0% 6.1% 11.5%
FCF margin 26.7% 8.4% 13.7%
Operating cash flow margin 32.8% 8.5% 18.6%
Return on equity 83.8% 13.9% 8.4%
Return on assets 9.3% 6.0% 5.8%
Return on invested capital 14.3% 10.6% 10.2%
Return on capital employed 16.7% 10.9% 8.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x 1.0x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x 1.4x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3% 9.4% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMGNARQTKMDA
Debt / assets 59.9% 22.3% 1.6%
Debt / equity 4.9x 0.5x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.7x – -1.5x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 2.8x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 87.8% 54.8% 29.6%
Equity / assets 12.2% 45.2% 70.4%
Interest coverage 4.3x 2.5x 93.7x
Current ratio 1.4x 2.9x 4.1x
Quick ratio 0.9x 2.2x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.5x 1.3x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 2.37 7.68 3.57

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMGNARQTKMDA
Dividend yield 2.2% – 5.3%
Net buyback yield – -0.2% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 2.2% -0.2% 5.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 60.4% – 129.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) 51.9% – 109.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.3% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.7% – –

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.

ConsensusAMGNARQTKMDA
Forward P/E 21.1xFY2026 63.9xFY2026 15.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $21.81FY2026 $0.50FY2026 $0.50FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -0.1%FY2026 – +38.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.2% +152.0% +24.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $41.51BFY2026 $565.04MFY2026 $209.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.9%FY2026 +50.2%FY2026 +16.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.3% +17.0% +13.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMGNARQTKMDA
Held by institutions 82.7% 100.0% 8.6%
Institutions holding 3,161 271 51
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.5% -0.4% -3.1%
Institutions buying 1,452 138 25
Institutions selling 1,218 98 18
Buyers to sellers 1.19 1.41 1.39

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.

AMGNARQTKMDA
AMGN 1.00 0.21 0.22
ARQT 0.21 1.00 0.09
KMDA 0.22 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMGN, ARQT and KMDA?

Amgen (AMGN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Amgen (AMGN) $249.07B, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) $4.02B, Kamada (KMDA) $458.60M.

Which stock is cheaper, AMGN, ARQT and KMDA?

Kamada (KMDA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Amgen (AMGN) 28.5x, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 146.3x, Kamada (KMDA) 20.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Kamada (KMDA) is cheapest (Amgen (AMGN) 21.1x, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 63.9x, Kamada (KMDA) 15.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Amgen (AMGN) +9.1%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +76.1%, Kamada (KMDA) +13.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Amgen (AMGN) has the highest net margin (Amgen (AMGN) 23.0%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 6.1%, Kamada (KMDA) 11.5%). On return on invested capital, Amgen (AMGN) leads (Amgen (AMGN) 14.3%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 10.6%, Kamada (KMDA) 10.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Amgen (AMGN) returned the most: Amgen (AMGN) +57.9%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +26.4%, Kamada (KMDA) +14.9%. Over five years, Amgen (AMGN) compounded fastest (Amgen (AMGN) +17.4%/yr, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) +8.6%/yr, Kamada (KMDA) +6.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Kamada (KMDA) has the highest dividend yield: Amgen (AMGN) 2.16%, Kamada (KMDA) 5.28%. Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Amgen (AMGN) has been the steadiest (Amgen (AMGN) 29.7%, Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT) 51.4%, Kamada (KMDA) 34.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMGN, ARQT and KMDA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Amgen (AMGN) 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.