The best healthcare stocks right now, ranked.
Of the 188 investable healthcare stocks we score, these 25 rank highest on Ticker Nerd's factor model today — all nine factor families at once, not one metric. Every stock in P123's Healthcare sector, the taxonomy the rank is built on.
Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt cap | Rank | 1w rank Δ | Revisions | Value | Momentum | Quality | Accruals | Issuance | Growth | Volatility | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viatris, Inc. Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | $21.0B | 99.8 | +0.1 | 85.9 | 97.3 | 97.8 | 71.3 | 90.8 | 95.6 | 92.4 | 89.8 | 9.5 | |
Haemonetics Corp. Medical Devices | $5.7B | 99.5 | +0.2 | 90.8 | 82.4 | 97.0 | 85.2 | 92.1 | 97.4 | 46.9 | 92.7 | 21.0 | |
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc Biotechnology | $13.5B | 99.2 | −0.2 | 69.2 | 98.7 | 91.5 | 85.1 | 78.5 | 82.7 | 94.0 | 99.7 | 12.5 | |
Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International Plc Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | $6.2B | 99.1 | +0.8 | 82.6 | 95.6 | 99.5 | 90.2 | 76.5 | 50.9 | 88.6 | 97.9 | 19.9 | |
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. Medical Care Facilities | $2.3B | 98.9 | −0.1 | 77.8 | 96.2 | 98.1 | 90.4 | 66.4 | 94.6 | 56.7 | 75.2 | 33.3 | |
DexCom, Inc. Medical Devices | $33.8B | 98.9 | +0.2 | 85.5 | 92.3 | 76.4 | 91.5 | 77.4 | 98.9 | 84.1 | 67.7 | 6.8 | |
CareDx, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $3.4B | 98.7 | −0.3 | 96.7 | 78.2 | 99.8 | 99.1 | 51.4 | 95.1 | 73.0 | 32.0 | 27.8 | |
FIGS, Inc. Apparel Manufacturing | $3.3B | 98.6 | 0.0 | 99.5 | 75.8 | 98.1 | 93.0 | 72.0 | 46.3 | 90.5 | 61.7 | 28.4 | |
Exelixis, Inc. Biotechnology | $16.3B | 98.4 | −0.1 | 55.4 | 99.6 | 89.4 | 98.1 | 82.3 | 95.2 | 74.1 | 98.8 | 11.1 | |
Envista Holdings Corp. Medical Instruments & Supplies | $3.8B | 98.2 | +0.2 | 94.9 | 97.7 | 67.2 | 69.5 | 70.3 | 84.8 | 74.2 | 91.0 | 26.6 | |
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology | $13.8B | 98.0 | +0.2 | 96.3 | 98.7 | 92.5 | 98.8 | 66.4 | 45.4 | 68.1 | 98.5 | 12.2 | |
Elanco Animal Health, Inc. Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | $11.8B | 97.8 | 0.0 | 97.0 | 94.0 | 77.0 | 82.0 | 76.6 | 81.9 | 62.0 | 73.2 | 13.7 | |
LivaNova Plc Medical Devices | $4.3B | 97.6 | +0.2 | 88.5 | 92.0 | 94.8 | 79.7 | 38.8 | 85.5 | 83.5 | 68.9 | 24.7 | |
Medpace Holdings, Inc. Diagnostics & Research | $18.0B | 97.4 | +0.8 | 90.2 | 66.0 | 80.5 | 97.8 | 71.7 | 86.8 | 73.4 | 83.4 | 10.5 | |
Progyny, Inc. Healthcare Plans | $2.2B | 97.3 | +0.2 | 49.7 | 85.0 | 79.1 | 94.5 | 87.1 | 92.7 | 77.5 | 75.3 | 34.1 | |
ICU Medical, Inc. Medical Instruments & Supplies | $4.1B | 97.2 | +0.1 | 97.6 | 93.8 | 70.3 | 63.8 | 77.7 | 79.7 | 59.2 | 91.2 | 25.3 | |
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. Biotechnology | $8.7B | 97.2 | −0.1 | 81.0 | 94.0 | 90.2 | 83.3 | 67.5 | 54.9 | 84.1 | 97.9 | 16.5 | |
Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | $4.0B | 97.1 | +0.5 | 97.8 | 96.3 | 84.0 | 97.9 | 25.6 | 54.0 | 84.0 | 91.5 | 26.0 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. Medical Care Facilities | $22.2B | 97.0 | +0.4 | 89.0 | 93.9 | 92.0 | 85.7 | 56.4 | 82.2 | 82.5 | 47.4 | 9.2 | |
Fortrea Holdings, Inc. Biotechnology | $2.2B | 96.8 | −0.1 | 77.9 | 82.0 | 97.3 | 58.8 | 95.1 | 77.4 | 92.5 | 7.8 | 34.1 | |
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Drug Manufacturers - General | $195.4B | 96.8 | +1.6 | 86.0 | 98.9 | 81.7 | 96.1 | 97.7 | 50.3 | 52.3 | 99.4 | 1.3 | |
Globus Medical, Inc. Medical Devices | $10.6B | 96.6 | +0.6 | 95.0 | 94.5 | 72.7 | 96.5 | 56.0 | 65.9 | 74.3 | 78.4 | 14.5 | |
Cardinal Health, Inc. Medical Distribution | $58.7B | 96.5 | +0.2 | 81.4 | 85.9 | 97.6 | 85.6 | 71.1 | 69.4 | 69.8 | 97.5 | 4.4 | |
Sotera Health Co. Diagnostics & Research | $5.1B | 96.3 | +0.5 | 84.4 | 79.3 | 70.9 | 89.8 | 54.5 | 84.1 | 87.6 | 76.5 | 22.3 | |
Addus HomeCare Corp. Medical Care Facilities | $2.2B | 96.1 | +0.7 | 77.9 | 79.0 | 69.2 | 81.2 | 63.8 | 81.4 | 81.2 | 87.9 | 34.0 |
Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.
What these healthcare stocks look like up close.
Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.
22 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.
Cheapest on trailing P/E: THC at 10.8×, INDV at 12.4× and MD at 13.3×.
Highest forward dividend yields: VTRS at 2.6%, GILD at 2.1% and CAH at 0.8%.
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Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks and the factor behind each one. The names above will rotate as the scores move — the Radar is how you hear what changed.
Questions people ask about healthcare stocks.
- What are the best healthcare stocks right now?
- As at 15 Oct 2026, the top-ranked healthcare stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Viatris, Inc. (VTRS), Haemonetics Corp. (HAE), Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc (JAZZ). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
- How does Ticker Nerd pick the best healthcare stocks?
- Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
- Are healthcare stocks a good investment?
- That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 15 Oct 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 22 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
The same model, other cuts.
Every list reads the one ranking — the stock screener index has the complete set.