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Top Pharmaceutical Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - August 3rd

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Key Points

  • The article highlights five pharmaceutical stocks to watch: Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk A/S, AbbVie, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Pfizer, which had the highest trading volumes recently.
  • Eli Lilly has a market cap of $721.68 billion and a current stock price of $761.47, while Novo Nordisk has a market cap of $215.35 billion and is trading at $48.23.
  • Pfizer has a current stock price of $23.49 and a market cap of $133.55 billion, demonstrating significant trading volume amid varying market conditions.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by September 1st.

Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk A/S, AbbVie, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Pfizer are the five Pharmaceutical stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Pharmaceutical stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and medical therapies. Investors in these stocks seek growth and income potential tied to new drug approvals, patent protections and global healthcare demand, while also facing risks from clinical trial setbacks, regulatory hurdles and patent expirations. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Pharmaceutical stocks within the last several days.

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)

Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity.

LLY traded up $21.40 during trading on Friday, hitting $761.47. 4,857,388 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,285,034. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $775.51 and a 200 day simple moving average of $800.23. The firm has a market cap of $721.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.96, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 0.44. Eli Lilly and Company has a 1 year low of $677.09 and a 1 year high of $972.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.18, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.37.

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Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)

Novo Nordisk A/S, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and distribution of pharmaceutical products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North America, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Rare Disease.

NYSE NVO traded up $1.16 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $48.23. 34,710,384 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 17,615,270. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The company has a market cap of $215.35 billion, a PE ratio of 14.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.44 and a beta of 0.63. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $69.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $72.66. Novo Nordisk A/S has a 52 week low of $46.90 and a 52 week high of $139.74.

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AbbVie (ABBV)

AbbVie Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Humira, an injection for autoimmune and intestinal Behçet's diseases, and pyoderma gangrenosum; Skyrizi to treat moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, psoriatic disease, and Crohn's disease; Rinvoq to treat rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, atopic dermatitis, axial spondyloarthropathy, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease; Imbruvica for the treatment of adult patients with blood cancers; Epkinly to treat lymphoma; Elahere to treat cancer; and Venclexta/Venclyxto to treat blood cancers.

NYSE ABBV traded up $6.15 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $195.17. 8,081,230 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,440,562. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 44.14, a current ratio of 0.76 and a quick ratio of 0.64. The company has a market cap of $344.75 billion, a PE ratio of 92.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 0.50. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $188.33 and its 200-day simple moving average is $190.30. AbbVie has a 52 week low of $163.81 and a 52 week high of $218.66.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. provides life sciences solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics, and laboratory products and biopharma services in the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company's Life Sciences Solutions segment offers reagents, instruments, and consumables for biological and medical research, discovery, and production of drugs and vaccines, as well as diagnosis of infections and diseases; and solutions include biosciences, genetic sciences, and bio production to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agricultural, clinical, healthcare, academic, and government markets.

Shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific stock traded down $4.94 during trading on Friday, reaching $462.74. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,756,840 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,223,400. The company has a quick ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65. The company has a market cap of $174.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 0.74. Thermo Fisher Scientific has a 1-year low of $385.46 and a 1-year high of $627.88. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $420.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $467.07.

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Pfizer (PFE)

Pfizer Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular metabolic, migraine, and women's health under the Eliquis, Nurtec ODT/Vydura, Zavzpret, and the Premarin family brands; infectious diseases with unmet medical needs under the Prevnar family, Abrysvo, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, and Trumenba brands; and COVID-19 prevention and treatment, and potential future mRNA and antiviral products under the Comirnaty and Paxlovid brands.

Shares of Pfizer stock traded up $0.20 during trading on Friday, reaching $23.49. The company's stock had a trading volume of 51,287,529 shares, compared to its average volume of 38,018,180. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The company has a market cap of $133.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 0.52. Pfizer has a 1-year low of $20.92 and a 1-year high of $31.32. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $24.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.57.

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