By the StockSemáforo model · Updated September 12, 2026

Best healthcare stocks

Healthcare brings together pharma, biotech and medical devices: defensive businesses with steady demand and often high margins. The keys are the product pipeline, patents and the ability to innovate to replace drugs that lose them.

This ranking sorts by fundamental quality, not by whether a stock is cheap or expensive: an excellent company can be expensive. To find the fair price, enter its quote in the analyzer. The scores recompute on their own with each new SEC filing.

94

quality /100

Margin 33.5%ROE 78.8%Growth 23.9%FCF 22.8%Debt/EBITDA 1.26x

Eli Lilly is one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

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90

quality /100

Margin 26.9%ROE 23.1%Growth 12.1%FCF 29.2%Debt/EBITDA -0.39x

ResMed dominates sleep-apnea devices: the CPAP machines and masks millions of people use every night to breathe properly while they sleep, plus software connecting patient and doctor.

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89

quality /100

Margin 28.4%ROE 17.3%Growth 18.4%FCF 29.2%Debt/EBITDA -0.68x

Intuitive Surgical makes the da Vinci surgical robot, the leader in minimally invasive surgery.

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Dexcom

DXCM

87

quality /100

Margin 20.1%ROE 38.1%Growth 18.8%FCF 28.3%Debt/EBITDA -0.79x

Dexcom makes continuous glucose monitors: a body-worn sensor that reads blood sugar every few minutes and sends it to the phone, freeing diabetics from finger pricks.

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87

quality /100

Margin 12.3%ROE 26.4%Growth 24.8%FCF 9.6%Debt/EBITDA 0.67x

Insulet makes the Omnipod, the tubeless insulin pump: a disposable patch that delivers insulin continuously, controlled from a phone.

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85

quality /100

Margin 3.6%ROE 26.8%Growth 89.1%FCF 28.6%Debt/EBITDA -5.54x

Oscar Health is a digitally native health insurer focused on U.S.

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84

quality /100

Margin 35%ROE 21.8%Growth 13.7%FCF 30.2%Debt/EBITDA -1.23x

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a biotech focused on serious diseases with few treatment options.

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84

quality /100

Margin 25%ROE 70.7%Growth 9.9%FCF 27.5%Debt/EBITDA 0.16x

IDEXX Laboratories dominates veterinary diagnostics: the analyzers and tests clinics use to examine the blood and health of dogs and cats.

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83

quality /100

Margin 17.5%ROE 14.7%Growth 14.6%FCF 17.3%Debt/EBITDA 2.17x

Boston Scientific makes minimally invasive medical devices: stents, catheters, pacemakers and tools for cardiology, endoscopy and urology.

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82

quality /100

Margin 27.7%ROE 83.8%Growth 6.7%FCF 24.3%Debt/EBITDA 1.88x

Zoetis is the world's largest animal-health company: medicines and vaccines for pets and livestock.

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