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Johnson & Johnson

Healthcare · Drug Manufacturers - General · United States

$273.83
+1.33% today
Mkt Cap
$659.90B
P/E
31.77×
Fwd P/E
22.25×
Div Yield
1.96%
Beta
0.231×
52W Range
97.4%
Company profileSource: provider

Johnson & Johnson, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field worldwide. It operates in two segments, Innovative Medicine and MedTech. The Innovative Medicine segment offers products for various therapeutic areas, such as oncology, immunology, neuroscience, pulmonary hypertension, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular and metabolism distributed through retailers, wholesalers, distributors, hospitals, and healthcare professionals for prescription use. The MedTech segment provides a portfolio of products used in the surgery, orthopedic, cardiovascular, and vision fields distributed through wholesalers, hospitals and retailers, and used in the professional fields by physicians, nurses, hospitals, eye care professionals and clinics. This segment also offers products and enabling technologies that support joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports related injuries, and others, as well as open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgical procedures; instrumentation, energy devices, stapling systems, wound closure, biosurgery products, and digital and robotic technologies; breast aesthetics and reconstruction; contact lenses under the ACUVUE brand; intraocular lenses for cataract surgery, and other products used in cataract and refractive procedures under the TECNIS brand. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

www.jnj.com
By the numbersComputed from live metrics

Shares trade at a premium 30.5× trailing earnings, easing to 20.7× on forward estimates. Profitability shows a net margin of 21.8% and return on equity of 26.4%. Leverage is modest at 1.0× net debt/EBITDA. Revenue grew 9.9% year-on-year. It yields 2.0% in dividends. The mean analyst target of USD257.50 sits 2.1% below the current price (Buy, 22 analysts).

AI analysisAI-generated · 04 Jul 2026 · claude-opus (research)

business model

Johnson & Johnson is a diversified healthcare company focused on innovative pharmaceuticals and medical technology after spinning off its consumer-health business (Kenvue). It develops, manufactures, and sells prescription drugs and medical devices worldwide, funding a large R&D pipeline from a broad base of branded products.

revenue segments

J&J reports two segments: Innovative Medicine (pharmaceuticals across immunology, oncology, neuroscience, cardiovascular, pulmonary hypertension, and other therapeutic areas) and MedTech (surgery, orthopaedics, cardiovascular/electrophysiology, and vision). Innovative Medicine is the larger revenue and profit contributor.

key dependencies

The business depends on its drug pipeline and successful launches, patent-protected exclusivity on key products, R&D productivity, regulatory approvals, reimbursement and drug-pricing policy, and procedure volumes for MedTech. Loss of exclusivity on major drugs (notably Stelara facing biosimilars) is a key dynamic.

competitors

Competitors include large pharmaceutical firms such as Pfizer, Merck, AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Roche in drugs, and Medtronic, Abbott, Stryker, Boston Scientific, and Intuitive Surgical in medical technology.

moat

J&J's advantages include a diversified portfolio that reduces single-product dependence, strong brands and physician relationships, deep R&D and manufacturing scale, patent protection, and an AAA-rated balance sheet supporting sustained investment and acquisitions.

risks

Risks include patent cliffs and biosimilar/generic competition, drug-pricing reform (including Medicare negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act), pipeline and clinical-trial failures, and significant litigation exposure—most notably talc-related lawsuits—as well as regulatory and reimbursement pressures.

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Financials & metrics

as of 27 Aug 2026
52-week rangeNear 52-week high · 97%
Low $173.33Now $273.83High $276.47

Price is closer to the high end of its range. Green = nearer the yearly low, red = nearer the high — a position indicator, not a buy/sell signal.

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Profit & loss · annual (USD)latest net margin 28.5%
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Full financial statements

Income statement

Line item20252024202320222021
Total revenue$94.19B$88.82B$85.16B$79.99B
Cost of revenue$30.26B$27.47B$26.55B$24.60B
Gross profit$63.94B$61.35B$58.61B$55.39B
Operating expense$38.34B$40.10B$36.60B$34.38B
R&D$14.66B$17.23B$15.09B$14.13B
Operating income$25.60B$21.25B$22.01B$21.01B
Interest expense$971.00M$755.00M$772.00M$276.00M
Pretax income$32.58B$16.69B$15.06B$19.36B
Tax provision$5.78B$2.62B$1.74B$2.99B
Net income$26.80B$14.07B$35.15B$17.94B
EBITDA$41.05B$24.78B$23.32B$26.61B
Diluted EPS$11.03$5.79$13.72$6.73

Balance sheet

Line item20252024202320222021
Total assets$199.21B$180.10B$167.56B$187.38B
Current assets$55.62B$55.89B$53.49B$55.29B
Cash & equivalents$19.71B$24.11B$21.86B$12.89B
Inventory$14.19B$12.44B$11.18B$10.27B
Total liabilities$117.67B$108.61B$98.78B$110.57B
Current liabilities$54.13B$50.32B$46.28B$55.80B
Total debt$47.93B$36.63B$29.33B$39.64B
Long-term debt$39.44B$30.65B$25.88B$26.89B
Shareholders' equity$81.54B$71.49B$68.77B$76.80B
Retained earnings$153.84B$128.34B$123.06B
Working capital$1.50B$5.57B$7.21B-$508.00M

Cash flow

Line item20252024202320222021
Operating cash flow$24.53B$24.27B$22.79B$21.19B
Investing cash flow-$23.59B-$18.60B$878.00M-$12.37B
Financing cash flow-$5.54B-$3.13B-$15.82B-$8.87B
Capital expenditure-$5.22B-$6.21B-$5.01B-$4.01B
Free cash flow$19.31B$18.06B$17.78B$17.18B
Dividends paid-$12.38B-$11.82B-$11.77B-$11.68B
Share buybacks-$5.95B-$2.43B-$5.05B-$6.04B
End cash position$19.71B$24.11B$21.86B$14.13B

Reported figures from public filings via Yahoo Finance. Line coverage varies by company. Not investment advice.

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.96%
Annual Rate
$5.36
Payout Ratio
60.8%
Frequency
Quarterly
Latest ex-date
25 Aug 2026
Pay date
08 Sept 2026
Most recent
$1.34
Dividend history · per payment (USD)
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Analyst assessment

as of 27 Aug 2026
Buy22 analysts
Implied to mean target
-0.5%
Low $190.00High $305.00
Now
$273.83
Low
$190.00
Mean
$272.50
High
$305.00
Rating distribution
Strong Buy 5
Buy 11
Hold 6
Sell 1
Strong Sell 0

Aggregate consensus only. Named per-analyst targets require a premium source and are not shown; the data model is ready to hold them if one is added.

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Technicals

as of 26 Aug 2026
CloseSMA 50SMA 200Golden cross
SMA 50
$257.16
SMA 200
$233.17
RSI (14)
76.0
MACD
4.65
RSI (14) · overbought > 70 · oversold < 30
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