VTRS vs BAX vs TEVA Stock Comparison

Viatris, Baxter International and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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VTRS Viatris Inc
$18.92 +7.5% 1M +79.7% 1Y
Market cap
$22.34B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.74B
Div. yield
–
Generic Drugs Healthcare
4 wins
BAX Baxter International Inc
$25.49 +8.5% 1M +40.0% 1Y
Market cap
$13.67B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$11.61B
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Supplies Healthcare
1 win

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries 5, Viatris 4, Baxter International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVTRSBAXTEVALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.34B $13.67B $48.69B TEVA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -54.4x -18.9x 96.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.2x 12.9x 21.8x VTRS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.4% +5.3% +2.7% BAX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -2.8% -6.2% 2.9% TEVA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.2% -1.4% 5.9% TEVA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.6x 9.0x 5.2x VTRS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +79.7% +40.0% +104.2% TEVA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.7%/yr -20.1%/yr +35.4%/yr TEVA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.5% 42.7% 38.2% VTRS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 43/100 62/100 VTRS

Percentile Scorecard

VTRSBAXTEVA

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

AxisVTRSBAXTEVA
Valuation 94 #41 of 634 86 #34 of 229 83 #107 of 634
Growth 48 #319 of 607 14 #191 of 221 70 #183 of 607
Profitability 82 #102 of 557 65 #73 of 209 85 #83 of 557
Financial Health 24 #500 of 654 18 #197 of 240 10 #589 of 654
Shareholder Returns 83 #68 of 401 34 #97 of 147 –
Overall 66 43 62
  • VTRS ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • BAX ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • TEVA 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

PeriodVTRSBAXTEVASPY
1 month +7.5%+8.5%+6.0% -2.0%
3 months +6.9%-10.1%+21.7% -2.2%
6 months +21.9%+52.2%+16.8% +4.2%
Year to date +52.0%+33.4%+34.3% +10.6%
1 year +79.7%+40.0%+104.2% +10.4%
3 years +104.1%-24.9%+366.1% +73.6%
3 years, per year +26.9%-9.1%+67.1% +20.2%
5 years +38.3%-67.4%+354.4% +61.6%
5 years, per year +6.7%-20.1%+35.4% +10.1%
10 years -44.6%-45.6%+6.9% +261.3%
10 years, per year -5.7%-5.9%+0.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureVTRSBAXTEVASPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.5%42.7%38.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.7%44.1%27.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.711.080.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.450.942.72 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -52.9%-82.3%-43.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.5%-10.1%-0.5% -3.2%
52-week high $19.20$28.35$42.09 $779.14
52-week low $10.11$15.80$20.46 $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.

MultipleVTRSBAXTEVA
P/E now vs peer median -53.6xmedian 18.4x -18.2xmedian 28.1x 96.6xmedian 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 9.0x 1.1xmedian 2.9x 2.8xmedian 9.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 16.0x 27.0xmedian 18.0x 25.4xmedian 16.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 21.8x 11.4xmedian 24.8x 39.6xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 2.1x 2.0xmedian 2.3x 6.1xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 1.75median 0.37 0.58median 0.95 3.19median 0.37

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 monthsVTRSBAXTEVA
Revenue $14.74B $11.61B $17.23B
Gross profit $5.13B $3.49B $9.22B
Operating income -$87.30M -$221.00M $1.44B
Net income -$410.70M -$723.00M $508.00M
Free cash flow $1.95B $1.16B $1.24B
R&D $1.02B $519.00M $1.76B
EPS (diluted) $-0.35 $-1.39 $0.43
Cash & equivalents $886.50M $1.98B $4.09B
Total debt $13.35B $8.60B $16.72B
Shares (diluted) 1.16B 520.00M 1.18B
Enterprise value $17.35B $5.55B $33.65B

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
MetricVTRSBAXTEVA
P/E -53.6x -18.2x 96.6x
P/FCF 11.1x 11.4x 39.6x
P/Operating cash flow 9.3x 7.9x 27.6x
P/S 1.5x 1.1x 2.8x
P/B 1.5x 2.0x 6.1x
P/Tangible book 37.2x 5.1x 10.4x
EV/EBITDA 12.6x 27.0x 25.4x
EV/EBIT -391.7x -89.6x 42.9x
EV/Revenue 2.3x 1.7x 3.6x
EV/FCF 17.5x 17.1x 49.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.7x 11.9x 34.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.75 0.58 3.19

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVTRSBAXTEVA
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.4% 5.3% 2.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.9% 0.7% 4.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.7% -7.1% 9.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -6.0% -7.7% 9.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 96.6% -136.3% -21.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -27.6% 4.2% 46.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 88.2% -112.0% -23.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -30.5% -31.6% 30.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 88.1% -109.6% -30.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -30.6% -31.5% 30.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 12.9% 97.4% 66.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.0% 0.6% 15.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.6% 243.5% 113.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.6% -5.0% 26.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVTRSBAXTEVA
Gross margin 34.8% 30.1% 53.5%
EBITDA margin 18.4% 6.3% 14.0%
Operating margin -0.6% -1.9% 8.3%
Pretax margin -4.5% -1.6% 2.1%
Net margin -2.8% -6.2% 2.9%
FCF margin 13.3% 10.0% 7.2%
Operating cash flow margin 15.8% 14.3% 10.3%
Return on equity -2.8% -11.4% 6.5%
Return on assets -1.1% -3.7% 1.3%
Return on invested capital -0.2% -1.4% 5.9%
Return on capital employed -0.3% -1.4% 5.9%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -5.7x -2.3x 3.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 0.9% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVTRSBAXTEVA
Debt / assets 38.1% 44.3% 41.8%
Debt / equity 0.9x 1.3x 2.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.6x 9.0x 5.2x
Debt / FCF 6.8x 7.4x 13.5x
Liabilities / assets 59.3% 66.5% 80.1%
Equity / assets 40.7% 33.5% 19.9%
Interest coverage -0.2x – –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.8x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.0x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 1.15 2.38 0.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVTRSBAXTEVA
Dividend yield 2.5% 0.2% –
Net buyback yield 1.4% -0.2% –
Shareholder yield 3.9% 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -14.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 8.8% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -75.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -44.1% –

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.

ConsensusVTRSBAXTEVA
Forward P/E 7.2xFY2026 12.9xFY2026 21.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.62FY2026 $1.98FY2026 $1.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.5%FY2026 -10.4%FY2026 -32.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.5% -3.5% +66.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.31BFY2026 $11.05BFY2026 $15.65BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +7.0%FY2026 -1.7%FY2026 -6.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -4.8% +11.7% +17.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVTRSBAXTEVA
Held by institutions 89.9% 100.0% 62.7%
Institutions holding 1,032 692 672
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.6% +5.2% +8.6%
Institutions buying 490 359 359
Institutions selling 318 194 192
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.85 1.87

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.

VTRSBAXTEVA
VTRS 1.00 0.31 0.37
BAX 0.31 1.00 0.13
TEVA 0.37 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VTRS, BAX and TEVA?

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Viatris (VTRS) $22.34B, Baxter International (BAX) $13.67B, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) $48.69B.

Which company is growing faster?

Baxter International (BAX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Viatris (VTRS) +4.4%, Baxter International (BAX) +5.3%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) +2.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) has the highest net margin (Viatris (VTRS) -2.8%, Baxter International (BAX) -6.2%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 2.9%). On return on invested capital, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) leads (Viatris (VTRS) -0.2%, Baxter International (BAX) -1.4%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 5.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) returned the most: Viatris (VTRS) +79.7%, Baxter International (BAX) +40.0%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) +104.2%. Over five years, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) compounded fastest (Viatris (VTRS) +6.7%/yr, Baxter International (BAX) -20.1%/yr, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) +35.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Viatris (VTRS) 0.00%, Baxter International (BAX) 0.01%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 0.00%. Viatris (VTRS) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Viatris (VTRS) has been the steadiest (Viatris (VTRS) 32.5%, Baxter International (BAX) 42.7%, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) 38.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VTRS, BAX and TEVA?

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