Top Biopharmaceutical Stocks : Performance and Financial Metrics after 2016 Earnings
We have updated the comparison of eight large cap biopharma stocks post 2016 earnings for the period ending 2/10/17. Keep in mind that in January 2016 there was a severe correction with stocks dropping 25-30% with lows being hit in mid-February 2016. But the comparison is post-correction and post-earnings for both periods.
Here are some takeaways:
- Top performing stocks over a one year period are Celgene (CELG) up 18.1%, Amgen (AMGN) up 15.75% and Abbvie (ABBV) up 13.74%.
- Four stocks pay dividends: ABBV, AMGN, BMY and GILD.
- The XBI outperformed all eight stocks over the one year period up 37.66% and the IBB was up 10.98%. The IBB is overweight larger cap stocks.
- The lowest valuations by P/S are GILD, ABBV and BMY.
- The best Q/Q revenue growth for the top line are BMY, ALXN and CELG.
- The best Q/Q EPS growth are BMY, ALXN, CELG and REGN however one should also look at PE ratios.
- Lows for 2016 were hit at BREXIT bottom June 27 and November 3 before election results.
After a choppy year in 2016 with two major corrections we would expect less volatility and indices ending positive for 2017. All data came from Google Finance and FINVIZ.com.
| Company | Ticker | Price | Market | 2016 | P/S | PEG | Q/Q | Q/Q | Perform | Price 1/18 | %Week | P 8/11 | 2/10 | Div | |
| 1/7/2016 | Cap $B | Rev$B | REV | EPS | %12 mos | 2016 | JPM’16 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||
| 2/10/2017 | Gr% | Gr% | 2/10 | ||||||||||||
| Abbvie | ABBV | 57.21 | 98.54 | 25.64 | 3.84 | 1.15 | 6.2 | -7.2 | 13.74 | 57.32 | 0 | 66.9 | 60.42 | 4.24 | |
| Alexion | ALXN | 174.37 | 28.64 | 2.95 | 9.7 | 3.65 | 19.9 | 151.4 | -11 | 158.68 | -9 | 133.7 | 126.51 | ||
| Amgen | AMGN | 158 | 124.57 | 22.5 | 5.52 | 2.48 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 15.75 | 151.35 | -1 | 172.4 | 167.9 | 2.94 | |
| Biogen | BIIB | 284.01 | 59.68 | 11.45 | 5.21 | 2.02 | 1.2 | -20.6 | 4.13 | 273.33 | -3.76 | 314.8 | 274.76 | ||
| Bristol Myers | BMY | 65.27 | 85.84 | 19.43 | 4.42 | 1.36 | 22.3 | 551 | -13.38 | 62.78 | -3.8 | 61 | 51.65 | 3.02 | |
| Celgene | CELG | 111.89 | 89.54 | 11.23 | 7.97 | 2.07 | 16.3 | 22.2 | 18.1 | 103.06 | -7.89 | 113.8 | 115.61 | ||
| Gilead Sci | GILD | 96.25 | 87.32 | 31.58 | 2.77 | – | -9.6 | -18.7 | -22 | 91.84 | -4.58 | 79.6 | 66.36 | 2.83 | |
| Regeneron | REGN | 501.96 | 38.2 | 4.73 | 8.07 | 2.77 | 7.3 | 25.3 | -9.26 | 462.95 | -7.76 | 421 | 359.87 | ||
| IBB | 304 | 8.18 | 10.98 | 284.18 | -5.93 | 291.9 | 284.37 | ||||||||
| XBI | 61.82 | 2.75 | 37.66 | 61.9 | 66.75 | ||||||||||
| FBIOX | 8.88 | 13.84 | 191 | 192.86 | |||||||||||
| FBT | 21.38 | 98.4 | 98.53 | ||||||||||||