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Amphastar Pharmaceuticals

NSQ:AMPH · US03209R1032
PharmaceuticalsMedium

360

63
EV / EBIT90
Price / Owner Earnings49
Owner Earnings Yield79
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales96
EV / Gross Profit49
Price/Book67
Return on Capital71
Cash Return on Capital73
Return on Equity73
EBIT Margin83
Gross Profitability39
Cash Conversion65
Accruals43
Owner Earnings Margin82
Sales growth38
Profit Growth77
Long-Term EPS Growth66
Owner Earnings Growth41
Reinvestment32
Price momentum20
Debt load30
Refinancing98
Debt Payback32
Liquidity77
Analyst ratings7
Opinion Changes17
Price Target Upside8
Market mood65
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

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

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryPharmaceuticals
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1996
Employees272
ISINUS03209R1032
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
OsteoporosisPulmonologyUrologyAllergyDiabetesRespiratoryHealth DiagnosticsCardiovascularPain ManagementBiotechnologyMedical

Description

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a bio-pharmaceutical company. The company is focusing on developing, manufacturing, and commercializing technically challenging generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products, as w…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 8.8×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around -5% 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 adequate. 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
67
2023202420252026

All-time high

96

Jan 2024

All-time low

56

Nov 2025

Average rank

76

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

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

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
96
49
28
56
Price/Earnings
36
83
37
57
Price/Book
67
46
13
44
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
85
86
31
4

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

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
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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