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) Return on assets

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AstraZeneca PLC's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.41%, up 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.38%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.13% (fiscal 2021) to 9.38% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Drug Manufacturers General industry median of 2.28% and above the Healthcare sector median of −29.3%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 9.38% 2.52
FY2024 6.86% 0.83
FY2023 6.03% 2.77
FY2022 3.26% 3.13
FY2021 0.13% (4.86)
FY2020 4.99% 2.80
FY2019 2.19% (1.29)
FY2018 3.48% (1.29)
FY2017 4.77% (0.94)
FY2016 5.71% 0.95

Against its own ten years

Low 0.13% High 9.38%
Ten-year median 4.77%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S compare 22.0%
AMGN Amgen Inc. compare 10.1%
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb Company compare 9.96%
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 9.41%
NVS Novartis AG compare 8.94%
ABBV AbbVie Inc. compare 7.32%
PFE Pfizer Inc. compare 1.95%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. compare 0.00%
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. compare −7.03%
Drug Manufacturers General industry median 2.28%
Healthcare sector median −29.3%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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