BMY vs BLTE vs TAK Stock Comparison

Bristol Myers Squibb, Belite Bio and Takeda Pharmaceutical Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co
$61.61 -2.0% 1M +40.6% 1Y
Market cap
$125.86B
P/E
13.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$49.19B
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
6 wins
BLTE Belite Bio, Inc
$143.35 -14.3% 1M +54.4% 1Y
Market cap
$4.89B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Bristol Myers Squibb leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bristol Myers Squibb 6, Takeda Pharmaceutical 4, Belite Bio 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBMYBLTETAKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $125.86B $4.89B $63.90B BMY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.6x -63.5x 111.3x BMY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.3x — 51.1x BMY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.1% — +0.7% BMY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.9% — 1.2% BMY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -3.3% — 3.5% TAK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 78.9x — 3.5x TAK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +40.6% +54.4% +45.8% BLTE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.8%/yr — +8.1%/yr TAK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.4% 53.9% 21.5% TAK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 — 62/100 BMY

Percentile Scorecard

BMYBLTETAK

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

AxisBMYBLTETAK
Valuation 86 #90 of 626 58 #266 of 626 97 #18 of 626
Growth 52 #291 of 604 1 #596 of 604 21 #480 of 604
Profitability 87 #75 of 555 – 85 #84 of 555
Financial Health 16 #552 of 658 – 34 #433 of 658
Shareholder Returns 88 #45 of 368 – 74 #97 of 368
Overall 66 – 62
  • BMY ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • BLTE ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • TAK ranked among 673 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBMYBLTETAKSPY
1 month -2.0%-14.3%+8.3% -0.8%
3 months -1.5%-9.5%+17.1% +3.5%
6 months +6.6%-12.1%+24.9% +7.0%
Year to date +14.2%-10.4%+31.0% +12.2%
1 year +40.6%+54.4%+45.8% +13.0%
3 years +20.8%+284.8%+51.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.5%+56.8%+14.9% +23.1%
5 years +9.1%—+47.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.8%—+8.1% +11.0%
10 years +25.0%—-11.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year +2.3%—-1.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBMYBLTETAKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.4%53.9%21.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.6%48.5%20.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.201.040.11 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.431.012.13 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-74.6%-26.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.5%-26.0%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $68.09$193.61$20.43 $779.14
52-week low $42.60$93.02$13.23 $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.

MultipleBMYBLTETAK
P/E now vs peer median 13.6xmedian 17.1x -62.4xmedian 17.1x 112.1xmedian 17.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 8.8x —median 8.8x 1.4xmedian 8.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 388.9xmedian 17.1x —median 17.1x 12.4xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.0xmedian 18.0x —median 18.0x 12.5xmedian 18.0x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 2.1x 7.3xmedian 2.1x 1.4xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.20median 0.31 1.49median 0.31 -2.76median 0.31

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 monthsBMYBLTETAK
Revenue $49.19B – $46.49B
Gross profit $34.51B – $30.58B
Operating income -$2.77B -$90.61M $2.71B
Net income $9.28B -$102.25M -$1.04B
Free cash flow $11.44B – $5.20B
R&D $10.72B $44.18M $4.53B
EPS (diluted) $4.53 $-2.30 $0.18
Cash & equivalents $8.72B – $2.85B
Total debt $43.12B – $126.30B
Shares (diluted) 2.05B 33.54M 3.15B
Enterprise value $77.13B $4.89B $40.27B

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
MetricBMYBLTETAK
P/E 13.6x -62.4x 112.1x
P/FCF 11.0x – 12.5x
P/Operating cash flow 9.8x – 10.4x
P/S 2.6x – 1.4x
P/B 5.6x 7.3x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 25.5x 7.3x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 388.9x – 12.4x
EV/EBIT -57.0x -62.2x 33.3x
EV/Revenue 3.2x – 1.9x
EV/FCF 13.8x – 17.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.4x – 14.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.20 1.49 -2.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBMYBLTETAK
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.1% – 0.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.9% – 14.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.9% – -0.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.3% – -0.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 63.5% -111.4% -43.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -17.9% -77.7% -14.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 83.3% -108.0% -209.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 5.2% -85.2% -35.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 82.9% -78.6% -75.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.2% -41.8% -40.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -19.6% – -14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.6% – -4.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -21.5% – -13.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.2% – -5.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBMYBLTETAK
Gross margin 70.2% – 65.8%
EBITDA margin 0.8% – 15.6%
Operating margin -5.6% – 5.8%
Pretax margin 24.2% – 2.6%
Net margin 18.9% – 1.2%
FCF margin 23.3% – 11.2%
Operating cash flow margin 26.0% – 13.5%
Return on equity 43.7% -9.8% 1.2%
Return on assets 10.7% -9.6% 0.6%
Return on invested capital -3.3% – 3.5%
Return on capital employed -4.0% – 3.0%
Asset turnover 0.6x – 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.4x – -6.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% – 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBMYBLTETAK
Debt / assets 49.2% – 32.0%
Debt / equity 1.9x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 78.9x – 3.5x
Debt / FCF 3.8x – 6.0x
Liabilities / assets 74.5% 1.9% 51.7%
Equity / assets 25.5% 98.1% 48.3%
Interest coverage – – 0.8x
Current ratio 1.5x – 3.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x – 1.9x
Cash ratio 0.6x – 0.9x
Altman Z-score 2.07 – 1.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBMYBLTETAK
Dividend yield 4.1% – 1.5%
Net buyback yield – – 1.0%
Shareholder yield 4.1% – 2.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusBMYBLTETAK
Forward P/E 9.3xFY2026 – 51.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.63FY2026 $-3.11FY2026 $0.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 – +5.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.9% – +62.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $52.09BFY2026 $0.00FY2026 $28.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 – -0.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.3% – +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBMYBLTETAK
Held by institutions 81.8% 28.2% 3.3%
Institutions holding 2,519 82 378
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% +3.4% +6.2%
Institutions buying 1,185 51 212
Institutions selling 986 22 98
Buyers to sellers 1.20 2.32 2.16

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.

BMYBLTETAK
BMY 1.00 0.13 0.34
BLTE 0.13 1.00 0.09
TAK 0.34 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BMY, BLTE and TAK?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) $125.86B, Belite Bio (BLTE) $4.89B, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) $63.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, BMY, BLTE and TAK?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 13.6x, Belite Bio (BLTE) -63.5x, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 111.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) is cheapest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 9.3x, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 51.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +3.1%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) +0.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has the highest net margin (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 18.9%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 1.2%). On return on invested capital, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) leads (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) -3.3%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 3.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Belite Bio (BLTE) returned the most: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +40.6%, Belite Bio (BLTE) +54.4%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) +45.8%. Over five years, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) compounded fastest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +1.8%/yr, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) +8.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) has been the steadiest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 28.4%, Belite Bio (BLTE) 53.9%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 21.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BMY, BLTE and TAK?

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