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Biogen Idec

NSQ:BIIB · US09062X1037
BiotechnologyX-Large

360

82
EV / EBIT83
Price / Owner Earnings43
Owner Earnings Yield90
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales89
EV / Gross Profit97
Price/Book69
Return on Capital70
Cash Return on Capital69
Return on Equity67
EBIT Margin76
Gross Profitability54
Cash Conversion72
Accruals46
Owner Earnings Margin67
Sales growth28
Profit Growth96
Long-Term EPS Growth27
Owner Earnings Growth43
Reinvestment42
Price momentum48
Debt load39
Refinancing95
Debt Payback32
Liquidity85
Analyst ratings11
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside23
Market mood14
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Biogen Idec clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryBiotechnology
SizeX-Large
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Employees8,726
Websitebiogen.com
ISINUS09062X1037
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
RheumatologyChronic DiseasesNeurologyHematologyImmunologyCentral Nervous SystemGenetic DisorderOncologyBiotechnologyHealth CareNeuroscienceTherapeutics

Description

Biogen Inc. (Biogen), a global biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing and delivering innovative therapies for people living with serious and complex diseases. The company has a broad portfolio of medicines to treat MS, has int…

Analysis

Bargain bin

Biogen Inc. is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 14.7×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 2% a year, against analyst forecasts of 2%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
60
2026

All-time high

73

Feb 2026

All-time low

54

Mar 2026

Average rank

62

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
89
Price/Earnings
20
Price/Book
69
Dividend Yield
1
Value (overall)
66

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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