The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

AZN.ST

Concerning the House

AstraZeneca PLC, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, manufacture, and commercialization of prescription medicines. The company offers Imjudo, Datroway, Iressa, Tagrisso, Imfinzi, Lynparza, Calquence, Enhertu, Orpathys, Truqap, Zoladex, Faslodex, Crestor, Andexxa, Onglyza, Symlin, XIGDUO XR, Atacand, Atacand HCT, Atacand Plus, Farxiga/Forxiga, Plendil, Modip, Splendil, Munobal, Flodil, Tenormin, Tenormine, Prenormine, Atenol, Zestril, Brilinta/Brilique, Komboglyze, Qtern, Wainua, Byetta, Lokelma, Seloken ZOK, Toprol-XL, Betaloc ZOK, XIGDUO, Accolate, Accoleit, Vanticon, Bricanyl Respules, Eklira Genuair/Tudorza/Bretaris, Pulmicort Turbuhaler, Symbicort Turbuhaler, Airsupra, Bricanyl Turbuhaler, Fasenra, Rhinocort, Tezspire, Bevespi Aerosphere, Daliresp/Daxas, Oxis Turbuhaler, Saphnelo, Breztri Aerosphere, Duaklir Genuair, Pulmicort Respules, and Symbicort pMDI. It also provides Beyfortus, Kavigale, Evusheld, Fluenz/FluMist, Synagis, Kanuma, Ultomiris, Koselugo, Voydeya, Soliris, Strensiq, Nexium, and other medicines. The company offers its products for ocology, cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, respiratory & immunology, vaccines and immune, and therapies rare diseases. It serves primary and specialty care physicians through distributors and local representative offices in the United Kingdom, the Americas, rest of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia. It has a strategic agreement with Tempus and Pathos to develop the largest multimodal foundation model in oncology; CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited to advance the discovery and development of novel oral candidates, with the potential to treat diseases across multiple indications; and Nucs AI Inc. to develop AI-driven Response Prediction for Therapeutic Radioconjugates. The company was formerly known as Zeneca Group PLC and changed its name to AstraZeneca PLC in April 1999. AstraZeneca PLC was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom · www.astrazeneca.com

The Ledger
LineJun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026
Revenue$14.46B$15.19B$15.50B$15.29B
Gross profit$11.98B$12.39B$12.38B$12.61B
Operating income$3.51B$3.58B$2.98B$4.25B
Net income$2.45B$2.53B$2.33B$3.08B
Diluted EPS1.571.491.97
Free cash flow$1.46B$3.41B$1.05B$1.82B
CapEx-$1.92B-$1.73B-$1.29B-$1.54B
Quotation

$1,514.00

+6.50 (+0.4%)

52w hi$1,902.02
52w lo$1,390.11
Vol301.25K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.26

Short-0.16
Medium+0.38
Long+0.85

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

AstraZeneca PLC

Healthcare · Drug Manufacturers - General

Market cap$2.35T
Enterprise value$2.37T
Trailing P/E23.80x
Forward P/E14.99x
EV / EBITDA118.85x
P / S (ttm)38.26x
Profit margin17.0%
Return on equity22.0%
Revenue growth+6.4%
Earnings growth+2.5%
Debt / equity64.22
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.08
Corr SPX-0.05
Annual vol25.9%
Annual ret+2.0%
Sharpe0.08
Max DD-31.7%

Window: 504 trading days (490 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.48
Sector+0.12
Technical+0.00
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$1,513.00$1,518.00$1,498.00$1,514.00301.25K
Aug 12$1,520.00$1,520.00$1,495.50$1,507.50545.01K
Aug 11$1,539.50$1,548.00$1,520.50$1,529.00659.01K
Aug 10$1,536.00$1,543.50$1,521.50$1,543.50573.37K
Aug 7$1,523.00$1,546.00$1,516.50$1,518.50585.90K