AZN vs Peers Stock Comparison

Astrazeneca Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AZN Astrazeneca Plc
$172.00 +3.2% 1M +3.3% 1Y
Market cap
$266.60B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$58.67B
Div. yield
1.39%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare

Percentile Scorecard

AZN

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

AxisAZN
Valuation 82 #51 of 275
Growth 68 #83 of 253
Profitability 95 #13 of 224
Financial Health 41 #176 of 296
Shareholder Returns 71 #37 of 126
Overall 71
  • AZN ranked among 305 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAZNSPY
1 month +3.2% -0.8%
3 months +1.4% +3.5%
6 months -8.3% +7.0%
Year to date -6.5% +12.2%
1 year +3.3% +13.0%
3 years +39.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +11.6% +23.1%
5 years +39.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +6.8% +11.0%
10 years +190.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +11.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAZNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 27.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.12 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -27.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.9% -1.8%
52-week high $209.48 $779.14
52-week low $155.60 $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.

MultipleAZN
P/E now vs peer median 25.5xmedian 10.4x
P/S now vs peer median 4.5xmedian 6.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.5xmedian 10.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.0xmedian 12.5x
P/B now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 1.33median 0.29

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 monthsAZN
Revenue $58.67B
Gross profit $50.25B
Operating income $13.97B
Net income $10.45B
Free cash flow $10.67B
R&D $15.07B
EPS (diluted) $6.69
Cash & equivalents $4.90B
Total debt $106.76B
Shares (diluted) 1.56B
Enterprise value $240.36B

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
MetricAZN
P/E 25.5x
P/FCF 25.0x
P/Operating cash flow 19.5x
P/S 4.5x
P/B 5.3x
P/Tangible book 21.1x
EV/EBITDA 14.5x
EV/EBIT 21.0x
EV/Revenue 5.0x
EV/FCF 27.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAZN
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 10.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 13.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 25.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 19.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAZN
Gross margin 85.6%
EBITDA margin 34.6%
Operating margin 23.8%
Pretax margin 21.5%
Net margin 17.8%
FCF margin 18.2%
Operating cash flow margin 23.3%
Return on equity 21.4%
Return on assets 9.1%
Return on invested capital 23.3%
Return on capital employed 16.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAZN
Debt / assets 27.9%
Debt / equity 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.4x
Debt / FCF 3.0x
Liabilities / assets 56.5%
Equity / assets 43.5%
Interest coverage 15.9x
Current ratio 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAZN
Dividend yield 1.4%
Net buyback yield 0.0%
Shareholder yield 1.4%
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.

ConsensusAZN
Forward P/E 17.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +6.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $59.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAZN
Held by institutions 52.1%
Institutions holding 1,496
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.8%
Institutions buying 808
Institutions selling 468
Buyers to sellers 1.73

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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.