Best Healthcare stocks: sector ranking by MarketKingdoms score

78 Healthcare companies are scored. Their average composite is 64.5, and 2 are in the A range (76+). The leader is Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IRWD) at 76.7 (A-).

Healthcare lens averages

• Industry opportunity: 81
• Stock selection: 79
• KPI momentum: 78
• Catalyst watch: 74
• Price (valuation): 50
• Expansion (growth): 50
• Quality (profitability): 50
• Trend (momentum): 50

All Healthcare companies ranked

#	Company	Industry	Composite	Grade	Industry opportunity	Stock selection	KPI momentum	Catalyst watch	Price	Expansion	Quality	Trend	Valuation gap
1	Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IRWD)	Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	76.7	A-	74	86	86	77	93	77	93	44	-66.6%
2	Aveanna Healthcare Holdings (AVAH)	Medical Care Facilities	76.3	A-	79	86	86	75	71	72	53	74	-14.2%
3	Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX)	Biotechnology	75.1	B+	77	90	99	74	59	52	80	82	-17.8%
4	BeOne Medicines Ltd ADR (ONC)	Biotechnology	73.0	B+	77	85	99	73	26	93	75	55	-26.6%
5	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN)	Biotechnology	72.8	B+	77	82	83	76	57	51	68	61	+7.7%
6	Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	Drug Manufacturers - General	72.1	B+	80	90	99	75	41	44	66	80	+13.9%
7	Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH)	Medical Distribution	71.5	B+	91	81	84	77	67	60	38	69	-4.6%
8	Illumina Inc. (ILMN)	Diagnostics & Research	71.2	B+	90	84	87	80	14	46	66	86	+22.1%
9	Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY)	Drug Manufacturers - General	71.1	B+	80	86	99	72	22	92	67	74	+1.7%
10	DexCom Inc. (DXCM)	Medical Devices	70.3	B+	77	85	87	73	44	81	74	51	-25.0%
11	Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV)	Health Information Services	70.3	B+	87	71	75	41	24	77	80	66	+11.2%
12	McKesson Corporation (MCK)	Medical Distribution	69.9	B	91	82	99	72	60	64	38	52	+12.2%
13	Agilent Technologies Inc. (A)	Diagnostics & Research	69.3	B	90	84	88	80	31	52	56	69	-3.1%
14	Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX)	Diagnostics & Research	69.2	B	90	84	87	80	56	51	43	63	-4.1%
15	Revvity Inc. (RVTY)	Diagnostics & Research	69.2	B	90	85	93	79	32	41	40	91	+8.2%
16	Labcorp Holdings Inc. (LH)	Diagnostics & Research	69.0	B	90	87	93	73	59	44	34	56	-13.5%
17	AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)	Drug Manufacturers - General	68.9	B	80	86	92	75	43	77	68	70	-3.2%
18	IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV)	Diagnostics & Research	68.9	B	90	86	93	72	51	52	38	79	-16.5%
19	Natera Inc. (NTRA)	Diagnostics & Research	68.6	B	90	87	93	77	6	93	16	88	-22.9%
20	Charles River Laboratories International Inc. (CRL)	Diagnostics & Research	68.2	B	90	87	84	82	29	27	17	93	-15.8%
21	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX)	Biotechnology	68.1	B	77	80	75	80	29	64	84	56	-7.5%
22	argenx SE ADR (ARGX)	Biotechnology	68.0	B	77	80	78	75	28	92	80	35	-27.3%
23	Incyte Corporation (INCY)	Biotechnology	68.0	B	77	80	75	79	62	66	89	52	-18.8%
24	Waters Corp. (WAT)	Diagnostics & Research	68.0	B	90	86	86	76	28	77	25	74	-6.2%
25	ResMed Inc. (RMD)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	67.6	B	82	80	77	81	49	49	76	41	+6.1%
26	Henry Schein Inc. (HSIC)	Medical Distribution	67.5	B	91	84	93	80	72	41	32	51	-16.7%
27	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO)	Diagnostics & Research	67.3	B	90	79	82	78	33	47	41	65	-11.9%
28	DaVita Inc. (DVA)	Medical Care Facilities	66.4	B	79	74	62	75	90	51	45	46	-14.0%
29	Idexx Laboratories Inc. (IDXX)	Diagnostics & Research	66.3	B	90	74	67	73	22	65	77	17	-16.0%
30	Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	66.2	B	82	83	78	75	17	75	73	23	-11.5%
31	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY)	Drug Manufacturers - General	66.1	B	80	74	71	73	77	23	68	52	-11.0%
32	Biogen Inc. (BIIB)	Drug Manufacturers - General	65.7	B	80	81	79	81	50	30	49	83	+31.0%
33	Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD)	Drug Manufacturers - General	65.4	B	80	82	81	77	39	27	44	68	-3.5%
34	Danaher Corp. (DHR)	Diagnostics & Research	65.1	B	90	75	72	73	33	47	49	53	-9.5%
35	West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (WST)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	65.1	B	82	78	76	80	16	62	54	72	-25.9%
36	Humana Inc. (HUM)	Healthcare Plans	65.0	B	73	71	66	65	48	62	26	76	+7.2%
37	Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (MTD)	Diagnostics & Research	64.8	B	90	80	82	72	18	39	44	62	+3.9%
38	Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	64.4	B	82	74	62	76	60	27	32	77	-4.6%
39	Cencora Inc. (COR)	Medical Distribution	64.4	B	91	82	93	73	71	50	34	31	-7.0%
40	Elevance Health Inc. (ELV)	Healthcare Plans	64.4	B	73	78	71	76	76	20	29	66	-5.5%
41	CVS Health Corp. (CVS)	Healthcare Plans	64.1	B	73	82	93	73	85	43	26	37	-15.6%
42	Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW)	Medical Devices	64.0	B-	77	79	81	80	27	68	69	41	+1.7%
43	STERIS plc (STE)	Medical Devices	63.9	B-	77	78	69	75	48	54	48	29	-7.7%
44	Viatris Inc. (VTRS)	Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	63.9	B-	74	81	78	78	64	23	21	70	-13.1%
45	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR (TEVA)	Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	63.5	B-	74	80	78	75	54	47	43	79	-29.4%
46	Cigna Group (CI)	Healthcare Plans	63.4	B-	73	80	81	71	92	44	32	39	+2.5%
47	UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH)	Healthcare Plans	63.4	B-	73	77	69	73	66	42	35	44	+3.7%
48	GSK plc ADR (GSK)	Drug Manufacturers - General	62.9	B-	80	82	82	76	81	31	71	35	-5.1%
49	Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (ZBH)	Medical Devices	62.9	B-	77	71	62	78	80	38	46	37	-12.1%
50	Novo Nordisk ADR (NVO)	Drug Manufacturers - General	62.8	B-	80	76	58	86	69	22	77	10	-24.0%
51	Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS)	Medical Care Facilities	62.8	B-	79	82	84	77	90	45	39	28	+10.0%
52	Medtronic Plc (MDT)	Medical Devices	62.7	B-	77	78	76	81	59	44	46	43	-5.9%
53	United Therapeutics Corp. (UTHR)	Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	62.7	B-	74	66	72	54	47	44	83	51	-10.5%
54	Centene Corp. (CNC)	Healthcare Plans	62.4	B-	73	68	54	73	66	41	14	83	-11.2%
55	Novartis AG ADR (NVS)	Drug Manufacturers - General	62.0	B-	80	68	52	67	60	31	82	36	-3.9%
56	Baxter International Inc. (BAX)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	61.7	B-	82	79	79	79	54	21	22	50	-0.9%
57	Sanofi ADR (SNY)	Drug Manufacturers - General	61.7	B-	80	80	72	74	79	47	48	17	-22.5%
58	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ALNY)	Biotechnology	61.4	B-	77	79	77	67	40	97	74	3	-18.1%
59	Alcon Inc. (ALC)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	61.1	B-	82	85	93	71	51	56	35	19	-14.7%
60	Abbott Laboratories (ABT)	Medical Devices	60.9	B-	77	87	86	77	49	49	46	25	-6.4%
61	HCA Healthcare Inc. (HCA)	Medical Care Facilities	60.9	B-	79	76	68	75	72	39	45	40	+14.5%
62	Haleon plc ADR (HLN)	Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	60.7	B-	74	82	84	73	64	29	62	37	+4.3%
63	Pfizer Inc. (PFE)	Drug Manufacturers - General	60.6	B-	80	81	77	79	60	6	38	63	+4.3%
64	GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC)	Medical Devices	60.5	B-	77	80	81	73	66	38	37	27	-5.8%
65	Bio-Techne Corporation (TECH)	Biotechnology	60.4	B-	77	61	43	69	18	52	61	58	-22.2%
66	Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)	Drug Manufacturers - General	60.3	B-	80	76	65	75	33	38	60	58	-2.6%
67	Align Technology Inc. (ALGN)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	60.2	B-	82	76	65	75	73	35	57	23	-17.5%
68	Insmed Inc. (INSM)	Biotechnology	60.0	B-	77	87	93	81	11	99	19	4	-48.5%
69	Merck & Co Inc. (MRK)	Drug Manufacturers - General	59.3	B-	80	76	74	80	36	40	43	73	-3.1%
70	Stryker Corp. (SYK)	Medical Devices	59.3	B-	77	84	88	73	45	63	57	12	-3.3%
71	Insulet Corp. (PODD)	Medical Devices	59.2	B-	77	70	54	69	48	84	55	3	-18.8%
72	Moderna, Inc. (MRNA)	Biotechnology	58.1	B-	77	84	87	81	3	44	3	85	+170.9%
73	The Cooper Companies Inc. (COO)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	56.7	C+	82	77	71	76	70	38	41	11	-20.6%
74	Boston Scientific Corp. (BSX)	Medical Devices	55.7	C+	77	70	62	68	69	53	55	6	-17.4%
75	Revolution Medicines Inc. (RVMD)	Biotechnology	55.5	C+	77	73	62	67	2	55	1	68	-28.5%
76	Medline Inc. (MDLN)	Medical Instruments & Supplies	53.8	C+	82	72	84	68	52	48	28	6	-12.2%
77	Zoetis Inc. (ZTS)	Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic	51.2	C	74	58	29	71	70	14	74	9	-2.7%
78	BioNTech SE ADR (BNTX)	Biotechnology	41.2	C-	77	57	30	63	17	7	25	17	-22.3%

Healthcare leaders on each lens

• Industry opportunity: CAH 91, COR 91, HSIC 91
• Stock selection: AMGN 90, RPRX 90, ABT 87
• KPI momentum: AMGN 99, LLY 99, MCK 99
• Catalyst watch: NVO 86, CRL 82, BIIB 81
• Price (valuation): IRWD 93, CI 92, DVA 90
• Expansion (growth): INSM 99, ALNY 97, NTRA 93
• Quality (profitability): IRWD 93, INCY 89, VRTX 84
• Trend (momentum): CRL 93, RVTY 91, NTRA 88

Industries in Healthcare

• Health Information Services: 1 companies, average composite 70.3
• Medical Distribution: 4 companies, average composite 68.3
• Diagnostics & Research: 13 companies, average composite 68.1
• Medical Care Facilities: 4 companies, average composite 66.6
• Drug Manufacturers - General: 13 companies, average composite 64.5
• Healthcare Plans: 6 companies, average composite 63.8
• Biotechnology: 12 companies, average composite 63.5
• Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic: 6 companies, average composite 63.1
• Medical Devices: 10 companies, average composite 61.9
• Medical Instruments & Supplies: 9 companies, average composite 61.9

How MarketKingdoms scores companies

The composite score (0–100, graded A+ to D-) blends research signals from each earnings call with fundamental lenses from SEC filings and market prices. Research signals: Industry opportunity, Stock selection, KPI momentum and Catalyst watch, read from what management said and whether it delivered. Fundamental lenses: Price (valuation), Expansion (growth), Quality (profitability) and Trend (momentum). Scores are recalculated every night and after every earnings call. The valuation gap compares the actual price path with the path the stock's market, sector and industry moves explain; it is a model comparison, not a fair-value estimate.

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