AstraZeneca PLC

AZN Healthcare Drug Manufacturers General

AstraZeneca PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $58.7 billion, up 8.63% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.70%
EPS
+22.5%
Free cash flow
+1.99%
Total debt
+1.75%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

187.20 1.81 −0.96%
Market cap
$289.8B
P/E
26.3×
Fwd P/E
24.5×
Dividend yield
1.71%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
3.52
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
54/100

AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) Net margin

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AstraZeneca PLC's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 17.7%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.30% (fiscal 2021) to 17.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 7.31% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 17.4% 4.40
FY2024 13.0% 0.01
FY2023 13.0% 5.59
FY2022 7.41% 7.11
FY2021 0.30% (11.71)
FY2020 12.0% 6.54
FY2019 5.47% (4.29)
FY2018 9.76% (3.60)
FY2017 13.4% (1.85)
FY2016 15.2% 3.78

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 19.2% 2.93
Jun 2026 16.3% (3.85)
Mar 2026 20.2% 5.15
Dec 2025 15.0% (1.67)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.30% High 17.4%
Ten-year median 12.0%
Current reading's percentile 98

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 35.5%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 24.1%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 18.5%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 17.7%
NVS Novartis AG compare 17.5%
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 15.6%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 6.34%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 3.64%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare −12.5%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 7.31%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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