BMY vs JNJ vs TMO Stock Comparison

Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson and Thermo Fisher Scientific Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Co
$63.03 +3.1% 1M +36.8% 1Y
Market cap
$128.84B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$50.03B
Div. yield
4.00%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
4 wins
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
$270.62 +5.7% 1M +43.3% 1Y
Market cap
$651.47B
P/E
40.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$99.34B
Div. yield
1.95%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Johnson & Johnson leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Johnson & Johnson 7, Bristol Myers Squibb 4, Thermo Fisher Scientific 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBMYJNJTMOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $128.84B $651.47B $252.45B JNJ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 13.9x 40.5x 35.8x BMY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.5x 25.2x 26.4x BMY
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.2% +7.8% +8.3% TMO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 18.5% 16.2% 14.9% BMY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.0% 17.6% 8.0% JNJ
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.1x 0.8x 3.1x JNJ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.00% 1.95% 0.27% BMY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.8% +43.3% +20.3% JNJ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.2%/yr +10.4%/yr +1.2%/yr JNJ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 27.7% 20.9% 30.0% JNJ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 68/100 59/100 JNJ

Percentile Scorecard

BMYJNJTMO

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

AxisBMYJNJTMO
Valuation 88 #79 of 623 86 #89 of 623 60 #91 of 227
Growth 47 #318 of 601 42 #350 of 601 39 #135 of 220
Profitability 91 #49 of 553 93 #38 of 553 83 #36 of 209
Financial Health 21 #515 of 654 42 #381 of 654 31 #166 of 240
Shareholder Returns 87 #50 of 367 76 #88 of 367 83 #25 of 138
Overall 67 68 59
  • BMY ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • JNJ ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • TMO ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBMYJNJTMOSPY
1 month +3.1%+5.7%+4.2% -2.3%
3 months -3.7%+6.4%+18.9% -0.7%
6 months +9.8%+20.7%+47.6% +4.8%
Year to date +16.9%+30.8%+17.8% +10.3%
1 year +36.8%+43.3%+20.3% +10.3%
3 years +19.3%+78.8%+50.1% +73.0%
3 years, per year +6.1%+21.4%+14.5% +20.1%
5 years +6.2%+64.0%+6.3% +61.9%
5 years, per year +1.2%+10.4%+1.2% +10.1%
10 years +24.6%+135.6%+368.3% +258.6%
10 years, per year +2.2%+8.9%+16.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBMYJNJTMOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.7%20.9%30.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.7%20.0%28.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.22-0.200.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.332.080.68 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-23.6%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.4%-2.8%-3.7% -3.5%
52-week high $68.09$278.47$709.29 $779.14
52-week low $45.59$186.00$438.34 $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.

MultipleBMYJNJTMO
P/E now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 17.4x 40.5xmedian 17.4x 35.8xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 8.9x 6.6xmedian 8.9x 5.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 17.0x 20.4xmedian 17.0x 24.9xmedian 18.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 21.4x 31.6xmedian 21.4x 33.2xmedian 25.0x
P/B now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 2.1x 8.0xmedian 2.1x 4.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 3.57median 0.35 -1.89median 0.35 4.73median 0.93

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 monthsBMYJNJTMO
Revenue $50.03B $99.34B $47.35B
Gross profit $34.64B $67.11B $19.45B
Operating income $11.33B $25.19B $8.47B
Net income $9.24B $16.10B $7.09B
Free cash flow $9.29B $20.59B $7.60B
R&D $10.56B $16.08B $1.40B
EPS (diluted) $4.50 $6.57 $19.06
Cash & equivalents $9.57B $16.91B $5.46B
Total debt $42.88B $44.65B $41.37B
Shares (diluted) 2.05B 2.45B 371.00M
Enterprise value $84.03B $571.33B $229.09B

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
MetricBMYJNJTMO
P/E 13.9x 40.5x 35.8x
P/FCF 13.9x 31.6x 33.2x
P/Operating cash flow 12.1x 24.9x 27.1x
P/S 2.6x 6.6x 5.3x
P/B 5.5x 8.0x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 19.9x 18.7x 6.9x
EV/EBITDA 11.3x 20.4x 24.9x
EV/EBIT 14.0x 26.9x 34.0x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 6.8x 6.1x
EV/FCF 17.1x 33.0x 37.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.9x 26.0x 30.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.57 -1.89 4.73

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBMYJNJTMO
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.2% 7.8% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.6% 5.9% 2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.8% 7.0% 7.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 0.2% 5.1% 4.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 41.1% 7.4% 12.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.5% 1.4% 7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 52.8% -35.9% 7.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.6% -22.5% 6.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 52.0% -36.4% 9.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 3.9% -21.5% 7.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -35.9% 8.1% 21.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -6.2% 12.4% 4.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -39.3% 5.1% 24.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.4% 14.5% 5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBMYJNJTMO
Gross margin 69.2% 67.6% 41.1%
EBITDA margin 28.2% 33.5% 24.4%
Operating margin 22.6% 25.4% 17.9%
Pretax margin 22.6% 17.9% 16.7%
Net margin 18.5% 16.2% 14.9%
FCF margin 18.6% 20.7% 16.0%
Operating cash flow margin 21.3% 26.3% 19.7%
Return on equity 40.4% 19.3% 13.2%
Return on assets 10.5% 8.1% 6.2%
Return on invested capital 14.0% 17.6% 8.0%
Return on capital employed 16.3% 17.5% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 1.4% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBMYJNJTMO
Debt / assets 48.3% 22.6% 36.2%
Debt / equity 1.8x 0.5x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.1x 0.8x 3.1x
Debt / FCF 4.6x 2.2x 5.4x
Liabilities / assets 73.6% 58.7% 52.1%
Equity / assets 26.4% 41.3% 47.9%
Interest coverage – 25.6x 5.5x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.0x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.7x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.65 5.50 4.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBMYJNJTMO
Dividend yield 4.0% 2.0% 0.3%
Net buyback yield – 0.6% 1.6%
Shareholder yield 4.0% 2.6% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 79.0% 9.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 61.8% 8.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 3.9% 8.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 1.0% 10.1%

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.

ConsensusBMYJNJTMO
Forward P/E 9.5xFY2026 25.2xFY2026 26.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.63FY2026 $10.72FY2026 $25.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.9% +5.9% +2.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $52.09BFY2026 $106.54BFY2026 $50.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.1%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.3% +7.0% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBMYJNJTMO
Held by institutions 81.8% 74.7% 90.2%
Institutions holding 2,522 4,693 2,625
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% +1.8% +0.8%
Institutions buying 1,186 2,294 1,144
Institutions selling 988 1,897 1,145
Buyers to sellers 1.20 1.21 1.00

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.

BMYJNJTMO
BMY 1.00 0.44 0.11
JNJ 0.44 1.00 0.08
TMO 0.11 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BMY, JNJ and TMO?

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) $128.84B, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) $651.47B, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $252.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, BMY, JNJ and TMO?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 13.9x, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 40.5x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 35.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) is cheapest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 9.5x, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 25.2x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 26.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +4.2%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +7.8%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has the highest net margin (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 18.5%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 16.2%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 14.9%). On return on invested capital, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) leads (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 14.0%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 17.6%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 8.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) returned the most: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +36.8%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +43.3%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +20.3%. Over five years, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) compounded fastest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) +1.2%/yr, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) +10.4%/yr, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +1.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) has the highest dividend yield: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 4.00%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 1.95%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 0.27%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has been the steadiest (Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) 27.7%, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 20.9%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 30.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BMY, JNJ and TMO?

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 7. 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.