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AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)

NYSE / Healthcare / Drug Manufacturers - General

Share price

166.68 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

258.50B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2025, filed Feb 24, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
10, FY2016 to FY2025
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on invested capital, after tax

15.2% Computed

From the FY2025 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

25.28x Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

4.5% Computed

FY2025 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2016 Revenue: 23.00B USDFY2016 Net income: 3.50B USDFY2017 Revenue: 22.46B USDFY2017 Net income: 3.00B USDFY2018 Revenue: 22.09B USDFY2018 Net income: 2.15B USDFY2019 Revenue: 24.38B USDFY2019 Net income: 1.33B USDFY2020 Revenue: 26.62B USDFY2020 Net income: 3.20B USDFY2021 Revenue: 37.42B USDFY2021 Net income: 112.0M USDFY2022 Revenue: 44.35B USDFY2022 Net income: 3.29B USDFY2023 Revenue: 45.81B USDFY2023 Net income: 5.96B USDFY2024 Revenue: 54.07B USDFY2024 Net income: 7.04B USDFY2025 Revenue: 58.74B USDFY2025 Net income: 10.22B USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 25.28x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2025 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits between 25.00x and 40.00x.

Today, against the Healthcare sector (223 companies), 25.28x sits at the 49th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 13.52x to 42.98x.

Is it good

Return on invested capital was 15.2% in FY2025, in the band labelled "Above the cost of capital" (12.0% to 20.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data.

Today, against the Healthcare sector (233 companies), 15.2% sits at the 79th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -37.4% to 12.8%.

Is it safe

Interest coverage was 8.11x in FY2025, in the band labelled "Comfortable" (6.00x and above), on lines anchored on Damodaran's interest-coverage table, suggesting an interest bill operating profit covers many times over.

Year by year against peers
Whether AstraZeneca PLC's return on invested capital stayed above the median of the Healthcare sector, year by year. (FY2023 to FY2025, 3 fiscal years of AstraZeneca PLC with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way AstraZeneca PLC's return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2016 to FY2025, 10 filed years of AstraZeneca PLC)
What could explain it
What in AstraZeneca PLC's filed statements could explain the movements. (7 readings drawn from the statement lines AstraZeneca PLC filed)
What to check next
What to check next on AstraZeneca PLC, and where in its filings. (5 questions for AstraZeneca PLC)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on AstraZeneca PLC's returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (14 of sixteen figures read for AstraZeneca PLC)

These are AZN’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2025 annual report: 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-019130.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

AstraZeneca PLC: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax15.2% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Return on equity21.0% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Return on capital employed, pre-tax16.5% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Return on assets9.0% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Gross margin81.9% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Operating margin23.4% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Net margin17.4% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
AZN 17.4%
AMGN 21.0%ABBV 6.9%MRK 28.1%JNJ 28.5%LLY 31.7%
6.9%31.7%
Net margin: AZN against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

AstraZeneca PLC: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.65 ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Current ratio0.94 ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Quick ratio0.72 ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Interest coverage8.11x ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Altman Z-score3.40 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Net debt25.71B ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Total assets 114.07BTotal liabilities 65.36BShareholders' equity 48.67BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What AstraZeneca PLC owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2025, from the balance sheet it filed (20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130).

AstraZeneca PLC: balance sheet position
Total assets114.07B FiledFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026
Total liabilities65.36B FiledFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026
Shareholders' equity48.67B FiledFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026
Cash5.71B FiledFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026
Total debt31.43B FiledFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026
Net debt25.71B
Current ratio0.94
Debt to equity0.65

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

AstraZeneca PLC: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings25.28x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
P/E on trailing twelve months
Why n/a

A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book5.31x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Price to sales4.40x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Enterprise value to EBIT20.68x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Price to earnings over growth1.15 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Diluted earnings per share
Why n/a

The FY2025 filing carries no diluted earnings per share we could read.

n/a FiledFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Graham number
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value AZN on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for AstraZeneca PLC today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

AstraZeneca PLC: valuation
Share price166.68 USD
Market capitalisation258.50B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham numbern/a
Diluted earnings per sharen/a

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months: A trailing figure needs 4 filed quarters with the dates they were filed on, and we hold 0 for this company. Nothing is drawn rather than a line built from fewer.

Companies like AstraZeneca PLC

  1. Amgen Inc. (AMGN)Market cap 234.70B USD
  2. AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)Market cap 500.80B USD
  3. Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)Market cap 358.60B USD
  4. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)Market cap 610.40B USD
  5. Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)Market cap 1.18T USD

Same industry (Drug Manufacturers - General) and size band (Mega, 200B and over), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

AstraZeneca PLC: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield4.5% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Free cash flow11.77B USD ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Free cash flow margin20.0% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Dividend yield1.9% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Payout ratio48.6% ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
FY2016 Free cash flow: 2.70B USDFY2016 Net income: 3.50B USDFY2017 Free cash flow: 2.25B USDFY2017 Net income: 3.00B USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 1.57B USDFY2018 Net income: 2.15B USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 1.99B USDFY2019 Net income: 1.33B USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 3.84B USDFY2020 Net income: 3.20B USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 4.87B USDFY2021 Net income: 112.0M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 8.72B USDFY2022 Net income: 3.29B USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 8.98B USDFY2023 Net income: 5.96B USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 9.94B USDFY2024 Net income: 7.04B USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 11.77B USDFY2025 Net income: 10.22B USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filing

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

AstraZeneca PLC: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
25.28xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
5.31xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
20.68xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
4.5%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
15.2%FY2025Feb 24, 2026
1.9%FY2025Oct 15, 2026
0.65FY2025Feb 24, 2026
0.94FY2025Feb 24, 2026
4.40xFY2025Oct 15, 2026
1.15FY2025Oct 15, 2026
3.40FY2025Oct 15, 2026
-2.33FY2025Feb 24, 2026
7/9FY2025Feb 24, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2025, the newest full year on file. 10 filed fiscal years on record, FY2016 to FY2025, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2016 to FY2025, read from the annual reports AstraZeneca PLC filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

AstraZeneca PLC: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY202558.74B13.74B10.22Bn/a11.77B23.4%21.0%20-F, Feb 24, 20260001104659-26-019130
FY202454.07B10.00B7.04Bn/a9.94B18.5%17.3%20-F, Feb 18, 20250001104659-25-014750
FY202345.81B8.19B5.96Bn/a8.98B17.9%15.2%20-F, Feb 20, 20240001104659-24-025553
FY202244.35B3.76B3.29Bn/a8.72B8.5%8.9%20-F, Feb 21, 20230001104659-23-023818
FY202137.42B1.06B112.0Mn/a4.87B2.8%0.3%20-F, Feb 22, 20220001104659-22-025720
FY202026.62B5.16B3.20Bn/a3.84B19.4%20.5%20-F, Feb 16, 20210001104659-21-022456
FY201924.38B2.92B1.33Bn/a1.99B12.0%10.2%20-F, Mar 3, 20200001104659-20-028557
FY201822.09B3.39B2.15Bn/a1.57B15.3%17.3%20-F, Mar 5, 20190001104659-19-012881
FY201722.46B3.68B3.00Bn/a2.25B16.4%20.1%20-F, Mar 6, 20180001104659-18-015257
FY201623.00B4.90B3.50Bn/a2.70B21.3%23.6%20-F, Mar 6, 20180001104659-18-015257
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 11.0%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 12.7%
  • Earnings per share: Fewer than two filed years carry earnings per share.
  • Free cash flow, compound annual growth FY2016 to FY2025: 17.8%

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

AstraZeneca PLC: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-2.33 ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Piotroski F-score7/9 ComputedFY2025 20-F, filed Feb 24, 2026, 0001104659-26-019130
Named tests met4 of 30 Computed
Beta0.01 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 4 met, 24 not met, 2 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
ROIC at or above WACC; Near the 52-week low; Cash-covered dividend; Clean books, high ROIC
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
EV/EBITDA and coverage; P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(6)
  • Positive Earnings Streak: The latest filed year has no per-share earnings we can read; the test needs 10.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Share Count Change Yoy: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price Tangible Book: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 6 figures could not be read on this company, among them Positive Earnings Streak, Eps Growth 5Y, EV/EBITDA. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 2 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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