GSK vs ABBV vs TAK Stock Comparison

Gsk, AbbVie and Takeda Pharmaceutical Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GSK GSK plc
$49.13 +4.5% 1M +4.8% 1Y
Market cap
$103.68B
P/E
8.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$76.96B
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
5 wins
ABBV AbbVie Inc.
$288.93 +9.9% 1M +32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$514.87B
P/E
49.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$66.01B
Div. yield
–
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Gsk leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Gsk 5, AbbVie 4, Takeda Pharmaceutical 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGSKABBVTAKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $103.68B $514.87B $66.00B ABBV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.2x 49.8x 209.0x GSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.6x 21.4x 51.9x GSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +82.9% +10.4% -35.4% GSK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 16.4% 9.8% 1.1% GSK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 18.7% 0.0% ABBV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x 4.8x ABBV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +4.8% +32.5% +55.4% TAK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.5%/yr +19.7%/yr +7.9%/yr ABBV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.0% 25.4% 21.4% TAK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 79/100 68/100 60/100 GSK

Percentile Scorecard

GSKABBVTAK

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

AxisGSKABBVTAK
Valuation 91 #59 of 623 95 #35 of 623 96 #25 of 623
Growth 75 #153 of 601 54 #279 of 601 11 #535 of 601
Profitability 96 #24 of 553 95 #27 of 553 86 #81 of 553
Financial Health 52 #314 of 654 16 #551 of 654 33 #437 of 654
Shareholder Returns 84 #61 of 367 81 #72 of 367 73 #100 of 367
Overall 79 68 60
  • GSK ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ABBV ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • TAK 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

PeriodGSKABBVTAKSPY
1 month +4.5%+9.9%+16.9% -2.3%
3 months -4.6%+17.9%+24.1% -0.7%
6 months -3.5%+38.8%+26.1% +4.8%
Year to date +0.2%+26.5%+33.9% +10.3%
1 year +4.8%+32.5%+55.4% +10.3%
3 years +42.7%+104.3%+49.0% +73.0%
3 years, per year +12.6%+26.9%+14.2% +20.1%
5 years +12.9%+145.8%+46.4% +61.9%
5 years, per year +2.5%+19.7%+7.9% +10.1%
10 years +24.4%+408.8%-6.4% +258.6%
10 years, per year +2.2%+17.7%-0.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGSKABBVTAKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.0%25.4%21.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.2%23.9%19.2% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.21-0.140.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.191.282.59 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.8%-24.3%-26.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.7%-1.7%-0.2% -3.5%
52-week high $61.18$293.80$20.92 $779.14
52-week low $46.11$197.38$13.42 $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.

MultipleGSKABBVTAK
P/E now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 17.4x 81.0xmedian 17.4x 208.3xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 8.9x 7.9xmedian 8.9x 2.2xmedian 8.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.0x 23.2xmedian 17.0x 16.9xmedian 17.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 21.4x 28.0xmedian 21.4x 14.6xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.1x -86.0xmedian 2.1x 1.4xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.42median 0.35 -8.02median 0.35 -3.59median 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 monthsGSKABBVTAK
Revenue $76.96B $66.01B $30.00B
Gross profit $56.19B $48.67B $19.76B
Operating income $17.15B $21.23B $1.13B
Net income $2.75B $10.35B $244.16M
Free cash flow – $18.87B $4.55B
R&D $19.61B $9.96B $4.51B
EPS (diluted) $6.12 $5.84 $0.10
Cash & equivalents $3.88B $10.77B $2.66B
Total debt -$31.50B $80.90B $31.49B
Shares (diluted) 2.06B 1.77B 3.15B
Enterprise value $86.52B $482.88B $44.21B

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
MetricGSKABBVTAK
P/E 7.9x 81.0x 208.3x
P/FCF – 28.0x 14.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 26.2x 11.8x
P/S 1.4x 7.9x 2.2x
P/B 4.4x -86.0x 1.4x
P/Tangible book -11.8x -9.3x 2.5x
EV/EBITDA – 23.2x 16.9x
EV/EBIT 4.1x 34.1x 81.9x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 8.9x 3.1x
EV/FCF – 31.6x 20.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 29.5x 16.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.42 -8.02 -3.59

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGSKABBVTAK
Revenue growth (1Y) 82.9% 10.4% -35.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 28.3% 4.7% -13.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 84.8% 11.2% -36.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.1% 6.0% -13.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 73.5% 53.8% -76.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.2% -1.0% -43.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -70.9% 67.5% -6.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -55.5% -10.1% -44.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 75.6% 67.7% -86.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.8% -10.1% -58.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 1.2% -30.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -8.6% -6.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -0.2% -31.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -9.8% -8.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGSKABBVTAK
Gross margin 73.0% 71.5% 65.9%
EBITDA margin – 38.5% 18.2%
Operating margin 22.3% 26.2% 3.8%
Pretax margin 20.5% 13.5% 0.3%
Net margin 16.4% 9.8% 1.1%
FCF margin – 28.3% 15.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 30.3% 18.7%
Return on equity 71.9% – 0.7%
Return on assets 19.2% 4.7% 0.3%
Return on invested capital – 18.7% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 14.8% 17.9% 1.2%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.1x 23.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.5% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGSKABBVTAK
Debt / assets -33.2% 52.4% 32.5%
Debt / equity -1.3x -11.9x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.6x 4.8x
Debt / FCF – 3.9x 6.9x
Liabilities / assets 74.4% 104.4% 51.4%
Equity / assets 25.6% -4.4% 48.6%
Interest coverage 10.1x – 0.6x
Current ratio -0.9x 0.8x 3.1x
Quick ratio -0.5x 0.5x 1.8x
Cash ratio -0.1x 0.2x 0.9x
Altman Z-score 3.20 2.81 1.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGSKABBVTAK
Dividend yield 3.7% 2.4% 1.5%
Net buyback yield – 0.3% 1.0%
Shareholder yield 3.7% 2.7% 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.

ConsensusGSKABBVTAK
Forward P/E 9.6xFY2026 21.4xFY2026 51.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.07FY2026 $13.38FY2026 $0.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +7.9%FY2026 +33.8%FY2026 +5.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +4.7% +25.8% +62.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $48.12BFY2026 $69.55BFY2026 $28.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.8%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 -0.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.1% -0.6% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGSKABBVTAK
Held by institutions 16.0% 74.9% 3.3%
Institutions holding 1,039 4,178 380
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.4% +2.6% +6.2%
Institutions buying 484 2,203 214
Institutions selling 336 1,505 98
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.46 2.18

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.

GSKABBVTAK
GSK 1.00 0.42 0.51
ABBV 0.42 1.00 0.40
TAK 0.51 0.40 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GSK, ABBV and TAK?

AbbVie (ABBV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gsk (GSK) $103.68B, AbbVie (ABBV) $514.87B, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) $66.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, GSK, ABBV and TAK?

Gsk (GSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Gsk (GSK) 8.2x, AbbVie (ABBV) 49.8x, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 209.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gsk (GSK) is cheapest (Gsk (GSK) 9.6x, AbbVie (ABBV) 21.4x, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 51.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Gsk (GSK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Gsk (GSK) +82.9%, AbbVie (ABBV) +10.4%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) -35.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Gsk (GSK) has the highest net margin (Gsk (GSK) 16.4%, AbbVie (ABBV) 9.8%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 1.1%). On return on invested capital, AbbVie (ABBV) leads (AbbVie (ABBV) 18.7%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) returned the most: Gsk (GSK) +4.8%, AbbVie (ABBV) +32.5%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) +55.4%. Over five years, AbbVie (ABBV) compounded fastest (Gsk (GSK) +2.5%/yr, AbbVie (ABBV) +19.7%/yr, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) +7.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) has been the steadiest (Gsk (GSK) 26.0%, AbbVie (ABBV) 25.4%, Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) 21.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GSK, ABBV 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, Gsk (GSK) leads on 5. 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.