Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension. The MedTech segment includes a portfolio of products used in the interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, and vision categories. The company was founded by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson Sr. in 1887 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $172.70 to $174.54
• 50-Day Range: $149.81 to $173.98
• 52-Week Range: $140.68 to $174.76
• Volume: 5.87 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.04 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $419.75 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.64
• Dividend Yield: 2.98%
• Price Target: $174.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Johnson & Johnson Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Johnson & Johnson scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 70th out of 935 stocks in the medical sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Johnson & Johnson has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on 9 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Johnson & Johnson has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Johnson & Johnson are expected to grow by 4.63% in the coming year, from $10.58 to $11.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Johnson & Johnson is 18.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Johnson & Johnson is 18.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 30.11.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Johnson & Johnson has a PEG Ratio of 2.21. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Johnson & Johnson has a P/B Ratio of 5.35. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.76% of the float of Johnson & Johnson has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Johnson & Johnson has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Johnson & Johnson has recently increased by 15.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Johnson & Johnson pays a meaningful dividend of 2.99%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Johnson & Johnson has been increasing its dividend for 64 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Johnson & Johnson is 55.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Johnson & Johnson will have a dividend payout ratio of 46.97% next year. This indicates that Johnson & Johnson will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.98

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.76% of the float of Johnson & Johnson has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Johnson & Johnson has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Johnson & Johnson has recently increased by 15.49%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.57

News Sentiment

Johnson & Johnson has a news sentiment score of 1.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 90 news articles for Johnson & Johnson this week, compared to 119 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

132 people have searched for JNJ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 39% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

55 people have added Johnson & Johnson to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 162% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Johnson & Johnson insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.16% of the stock of Johnson & Johnson is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

69.55% of the stock of Johnson & Johnson is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

JNJ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have JNJ shares performed this year?

Johnson & Johnson's stock was trading at $144.62 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, JNJ stock has increased by 20.5% and is now trading at $174.29.

How were Johnson & Johnson's earnings last quarter?

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 16th. The company reported $2.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $0.09. The firm's revenue was up 5.8% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Johnson & Johnson have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson: Momenta Pharmaceuticals, TARIS Biomedical, Verb Surgical, Auris Health, Ci:z Holdings, Zarbee's Naturals, Orthotaxy, and more.

Who are Johnson & Johnson's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Johnson & Johnson include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.84%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.52%), Norges Bank (1.33%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.99%). Insiders that own company stock include & Johnson Johnson, Jennifer L Taubert, Peter Fasolo, William Hait, Kathryn E Wengel, Ashley Mcevoy, Thibaut Mongon, Joseph J Wolk, Robert J Decker, Timothy Schmid, James D Swanson and Mark A Weinberger.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Johnson & Johnson?

Shares of JNJ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Johnson & Johnson own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Johnson & Johnson investors own include Cuisine Solutions (CUSI), InnerScope Hearing Technologies (INND), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Corning (GLW), NextEra Energy (NEE) and Devon Energy (DVN).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/10 Dividend: 5/27/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/10 Dividend: 5/27/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/10/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/16/2025
• Today: 8/13/2025
• Record date for 9/9 Dividend: 8/26/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 9/9 Dividend: 8/26/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/09/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Medical
• Industry: Large Cap Pharma
• Sub-Industry: Pharmaceuticals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:JNJ
• CIK: 200406
• Web: www.jnj.com
• Phone: (732) 524-0400
• Fax: 732-214-0332
• Employees: 138,100
• Year Founded: 1886

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Johnson & Johnson: $174.50
• High Price Target: $215.00
• Low Price Target: $152.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +0.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.65
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $9.35
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.46
• P/E Growth: 2.21
• Net Income: $14.07 billion
• Net Margins: 25.00%
• Pretax Margin: 30.17%
• Return on Equity: 32.49%
• Return on Assets: 13.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.50
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 0.76

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $88.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.72
• Cash Flow: $13.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.25
• Book Value: $32.58 per share
• Price / Book: 5.35

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,408,340,000
• Free Float: 2,404,486,000
• Market Cap: $419.49 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.41