Teva Pharmaceuticals – A Brief Overview

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries logged a -1.0% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $9.16 per share.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries returned gains of 14.0% last year, with its stock price reaching a high of $11.45 and a low of $7.09. Over the same period, the stock underperformed the S&P 500 index by -9.0%. As of April 2023, the company's 50-day average price was $9.77. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, a pharmaceutical company, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes generic medicines, specialty medicines, and biopharmaceutical products in North America, Europe, Israel, and internationally. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the large-cap Health Care company has 34,004 full time employees. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has not offered a regular dividend during the last year.

Exceptional Profitability Overshadowed by Excessive Leverage:

2018-02-01 2019-02-19 2020-02-21 2021-02-10 2022-02-09 2023-02-10
Revenue (MM) $22,385 $18,271 $16,887 $16,659 $15,878 $14,925
Gross Margins 47.0% 45.0% 45.0% 46.0% 48.0% 47.0%
Operating Margins 18% 16% 16% 18% 20% 18%
Net Margins -73.0% -12.0% -6.0% -24.0% 3.0% -16.0%
Net Income (MM) -$16,265 -$2,150 -$999 -$3,990 $416 -$2,353
Net Interest Expense (MM) -$895 -$959 -$822 -$834 -$1,058 -$966
Depreciation & Amort. (MM) -$2,112 -$1,842 -$1,722 -$1,557 -$1,330 -$1,308
Earnings Per Share -$16.26 -$2.35 -$0.92 -$3.64 $0.38 -$2.12
EPS Growth n/a 85.55% 60.85% -295.65% 110.44% -657.89%
Diluted Shares (MM) 1,016 1,021 1,091 1,095 1,109 1,110
Free Cash Flow (MM) $3,099 $1,362 $930 $1,727 $1,049 $2,070
Capital Expenditures (MM) -$874 $1,084 -$182 -$511 -$251 -$480
Net Current Assets (MM) -$36,488 -$31,095 -$28,942 -$26,575 -$23,851 -$23,264
Long Term Debt (MM) $28,829 $26,700 $24,562 $22,731 $21,617 $19,103
Net Debt / EBITDA 5.16 5.76 5.61 5.14 4.71 4.61

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries does not have a meaningful trailing P/E ratio since its earnings per share are currently in the red. Based on its EPS guidance of $2.45, the company has a forward P/E ratio of 4.0. In comparison, the average P/E ratio for the Health Care sector is 24.45. On the other hand, the market is undervaluing Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in terms of its equity because its P/B ratio is 1.46. In comparison, the sector average is 4.16.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Has an Analyst Consensus of Some Upside Potential:

The 9 analysts following Teva Pharmaceutical Industries have set target prices ranging from $8.0 to $14.0 per share, for an average of $10.56 with a hold rating. As of April 2023, the company is trading -7.5% away from its average target price, indicating that there is an analyst consensus of some upside potential.

The largest shareholder is Blackrock Inc., whose 4% stake in the company is worth $369,054,625.

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