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AstraZeneca AZN

$165.79
+$2.46 (+1.51%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $164.57 +0.76%
Open$162.93
Prev close$163.33
Day range$162.92 – $166.25
Volume1.92M
Market cap$257.12B
P/E (TTM)24.8
Dividend yield1.91%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

AZN at a glance

Shares of AstraZeneca are up 1.51% at $165.79. The company is worth $257.12B, number 56 out of 300 on our list.

The 52-week range is $144.88 to $209.11. Today's price is about 33% of the way from the low to the high. Holders are ahead 11.9% over twelve months, but down 8.8% across the last three months.

Price is above the 50-day average ($163.84) but below the 200-day ($181.26); RSI is 54, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 21% annualized volatility.

For the quarter ended Jun 2026 it reported $15.38B in revenue, up 6.4% from a year earlier, with $2.51B of net profit (a 17.0% margin).

Valuation works out to 24.8 times trailing earnings, 73% below its five-year average of 91.1. The median for its industry group is 20.4.

16 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $218.59, sits 31.8% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

AstraZeneca: the business

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish drugmaker with big franchises in cancer, heart and metabolic disease, respiratory conditions and rare diseases.

What tends to move it. Its oncology drugs carry the growth, and the market follows late-stage trial results and any U.S. drug pricing changes.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+1.5%
1 week
+1.8%
1 month
-0.6%
3 months
-8.8%
6 months
-10.2%
Year to date
-8.3%
1 year
+11.9%
Day range
$162.92$166.25
52-week range
$144.88$209.11

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bullish

5 bullish · 2 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average+1.5%Bullish
Price vs 50-day average+1.2%Bullish
Price vs 200-day average-8.5%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d below 200dBearish
RSI (14)53.9Bullish
MACD (12,26,9)0.61Bullish
Bollinger band position70%Bullish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$165.63 / $165.77
Average price today$164.61
Volume1.92MAvg (90d) 2.92M
Turnover$315.40M
Turnover rate0.12%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio1.18vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude2.04%
Market cap$257.12B
Float market cap$255.78B
Shares outstanding1.54B
EPS (TTM)$6.54
P/E (TTM)24.82
P/B5.11
Book value / share$32.43
Earnings yield0.21%
Dividend (TTM)$3.17 / shareYield 1.91%
Net profit (TTM)$10.14B
Net assets$50.30B
30-day volatility21.5%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.04%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-25.3%-19.9% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How AZN ranks on BeStock

Market value#56 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#140 of 283
Dividend yield#116 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#214 of 300
Dollar volume today#115 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$15.38B+6.4% YoY
Operating profit$3.16B-9.8% YoY
Net profit$2.51B+2.5% YoY
Diluted EPS$1.61+2.5% YoY
Free cash flow-$240.00M-116.4% YoY
Operating cash flow$2.87B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$13.6BSep '24$14.9BDec '24$13.6BMar '25$14.5BJun '25$15.2BSep '25$15.5BDec '25$15.3BMar '26$15.4BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$1.4BSep '24$1.5BDec '24$2.9BMar '25$2.4BJun '25$2.5BSep '25$2.3BDec '25$3.1BMar '26$2.5BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin81.9%
Operating margin22.1%
Net margin17.0%
Return on equity22.0%
Return on assets9.2%
Return on invested capital14.4%
Current ratio0.89
Liabilities / assets56.5%
Cash & investments$4.97B
Total debt$31.81B
Net cash (debt)-$26.85B
Free cash flow / sales9.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2025/FY

By region

  • US$23.97B 40.8%
  • China$6.64B 11.3%
  • Other$5.03B 8.6%
  • UK$4.36B 7.4%
  • Rest of Europe$4.32B 7.4%
  • Japan$3.56B 6.1%
  • Germany$2.89B 4.9%
  • Asia, Africa and Australasia$2.72B 4.6%
  • The Americas$2.63B 4.5%
  • Sweden$2.62B 4.5%
Average move on report day±2.5%last 16 reports
Closed higher13 of 1681% of the time
Best reaction+6.7%
Worst reaction-1.2%

Stock move on the day after each report

+0.6%2024/Q3+2.0%2024/Q4+2.5%2025/Q1+3.0%2025/Q2+3.2%2025/Q3+2.9%2025/Q4-0.8%2026/Q1+0.2%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings24.5x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 13th percentile, 5-year average 91.1x

#1844 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book5.1x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 14th percentile, 5-year average 5.8x

#4296 of 5303 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales4.1x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 15th percentile, 5-year average 4.7x

#3580 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

-394x383x1,159x1,936xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$184.00
Price vs. fair value-9.9%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★★☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyMedium

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts16
Average target$218.59+31.8% vs. price
  • Buy 88%
  • Hold 6%
  • Sell 6%
Low $155.10Now $165.79Avg $218.59High $272.43

Latest rating actions

  • 14 Sep 2026BernsteinBUY · PT $272.43
  • 14 Sep 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $222.53
  • 14 Sep 2026JefferiesBUY · PT $236.02
  • 14 Sep 2026RBC CapitalBUY · PT $195.56
  • 14 Sep 2026J.P. MorganBUY · PT $215.79

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership74.5%-0.37 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,178-35 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)1 buys / 1 sellsBalanced
Short interest0.19% of floatDays to cover 1.0 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share7.9%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

5%9%14%18%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$106.84M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.91%
Last dividend$1.06Ex-date 7 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$2.17
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.3720181.3720191.3820201.4020211.4520221.4520232.4720243.682025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 15.2% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • A Quick Look at Today's Ratings for AstraZeneca(AZN.US), With a Forecast Between $155.74 to $223.46Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • Citi Maintains AstraZeneca(AZN.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $240.5Market news · 7 Sep 2026
  • AstraZeneca Wins U.S. Approval for Etcamah Combo to Tackle Endocrine‐Resistant Breast CancerTipRanks · 7 Sep 2026
  • Barclays Maintains AstraZeneca(AZN.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $222.94Market news · 7 Sep 2026
  • Jefferies Maintains AstraZeneca(AZN.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $236.45Market news · 7 Sep 2026
  • AstraZeneca Scores Minor Positive With U.S. Approval for Breast-Cancer Drug -- Market TalkWSJ · 7 Sep 2026

AZN stock: common questions

How is AstraZeneca stock doing today?

$165.79 is the latest print for AZN, a move of +1.51% against yesterday's close of $163.33. Today's low and high so far: $162.92 and $166.25.

What is AZN worth in total?

Equity value comes to $257.12B at the current price. By that measure it is number 56 of the 300 names in our coverage.

How is AstraZeneca valued against its profits?

Buyers pay 24.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $6.54). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 91.1, and today's level ranks in the 13th percentile of its own history.

How far is AZN from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $144.88 and the ceiling $209.11. Shares are 20.7% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on AstraZeneca shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.91% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 7, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like AZN?

Of 16 analysts, 88% say buy, 6% hold and 6% sell. Price targets average $218.59, with the most cautious at $155.10 and the most optimistic at $272.43.

How does AstraZeneca make money?

AstraZeneca is a British-Swedish drugmaker with big franchises in cancer, heart and metabolic disease, respiratory conditions and rare diseases.

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