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Viatris

VTRS
17
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · Healthcare
Price
$17.29
-0.04 (-0.23%)
Market Cap
$20.14B
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
17
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

3.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.21B (2021) → 1.17B (2025)

Viatris Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Developed Markets, Greater China, JANZ, and Emerging Markets. It offers prescription brand drugs, generic drugs, complex generic drugs, biosimilars, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The company offers drugs in various therapeutic areas, including noncommunicable and infectious diseases; biosimilars in the areas of oncology, immunology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, and dermatology; and AP

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+30.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$966M/ year

Rising (+19% vs prior year)

6.8% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

1.3%ownership

Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Viatris is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
30.6%
Modest — 30.6% gross margin
Operating Margin
-7.2%
Losing money on operations — -7.2%
ROCE
-0.9%
Weak — -0.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
-3.0%
Shrinking sales (-3.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
12.7%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.7%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.99
Moderate — manageable debt (0.99)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
2.87%
Moderate income — 2.87% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+0.0%
Dividend flat

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