Pharma vs PPH
4 of 5 pharma headliners beat PPH over the last year (4 of 5 over six months, 3 of 5 over three). Every line is measured against the benchmark itself, so the zero line is PPH.
Weekly closes through 2026-10-29. The zero line is the benchmark: a name "beats" when its total return over the window is higher than PPH's. Rebuilt every morning.
Total return
| Name | 6M | vs bench | 1Y | vs bench | 3Y | vs bench | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPH benchmark | +16.7% | 0 | +24.1% | 0 | +52.2% | 0 | — |
| LLY | +44.3% | +27.6 | +48.1% | +24.0 | +141.0% | +88.8 | 2021-10 |
| JNJ | +24.1% | +7.4 | +47.3% | +23.2 | +81.5% | +29.3 | 2021-10 |
| PFE | +16.0% | -0.7 | +22.0% | -2.1 | -4.7% | -56.9 | 2021-10 |
| MRK | +31.8% | +15.1 | +70.2% | +46.1 | +42.0% | -10.2 | 2021-10 |
| ABBV | +43.5% | +26.8 | +32.0% | +7.9 | +104.5% | +52.3 | 2021-10 |
A name whose history starts inside a window is measured from its first bar, not the window start — the "Since" column says where. Its "vs bench" (marked *) compares it with PPH over that same shorter span.
Headliners
Benchmarks available on the dashboard: PPH, XLV.
The wider pharma universe
The dashboard's Sleepers view screens these 23 lesser-covered names for the ones beating PPH on a trailing basis, with liquidity, price and coverage floors so nothing untradeable or already crowded gets through.
Other baskets
Interactive chart with 6M–5Y windows, relative / indexed / drawdown modes and the sleeper screen: Baskets tab.
How calls are checked
Every call is checked on the firm's own terms. A price target is followed until its own deadline (12 months unless the firm publishes a different horizon) and ends as reached (the stock closed at or beyond it while it stood), replaced (the same firm set a new target first) or short at deadline. A rating is compared with the stock's sector SPDR ETF on total return over the rating's life, because most big-firm ratings are relative: Overweight means "beat its peers", not "go up". Hold-type ratings are tracked, not graded. A firm is numbered only with 30+ resolved targets, and a letter prints only for a firm's whole record where an exact test separates it from a coin flip. None of this is a verdict on anyone's skill, and one day is never a grade. The full method →
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