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JNJ · NYSE

Johnson & Johnson

Drug Manufacturers - General · United States

USD 269.99-0.1% daily changeQuote 2026-09-18 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$650.65B
Trailing P/E
31.36x
Forward P/E
22.24x
Quarterly revenue growth
6.6%
Trailing net margin
21.5%
Indicated dividend yield
2.0%

Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-06-28 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-13 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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.

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Q2 2026

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MetricJNJJohnson & JohnsonSnapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-28AMGNAmgen Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30GILDGilead Sciences, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-06-30
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$650.65BUS$208.49BUS$186.13B
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate22.24x15.80x15.18x
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA19.47x14.58x14.21x
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter6.6%9.5%10.2%
Operating marginLatest reported quarter29.2%35.5%33.7%
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap2.6%4.1%5.2%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA0.81x2.51x1.46x
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.58x4.90x2.23x
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings31.36x23.98x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share7.65x17.84x15.75x
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue6.93x6.61x6.81x
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter-0.9%64.9%
Gross marginTrailing twelve months68.1%71.9%79.6%
Net marginTrailing twelve months21.5%23.0%-10.6%
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only25.7%91.5%-20.7%
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue17.2%22.7%32.1%
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price2.0%2.6%2.2%
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout60.8%60.9%43.4%
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.09x1.37x1.26x
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity0.230.430.35

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Q2 20262026-07-16
Q1 20262026-04-18
Deep Dive2026-04-18
Q4 20252026-04-08

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