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Viatris Inc. (VTRS)

Healthcare | Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic | Canonsburg, United States | NasdaqGS
18.66 USD +0.44 (2.387%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 18.60 -0.05 (-0.051%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 7:45 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:13 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Viatris is currently bifurcated between a distressed dividend yield and a deteriorating business trajectory. While the 2.75% yield is attractive on the surface, the company is generating negative earnings (-$0.36 trailing EPS) and has posted a 14% decline in the most recent fiscal year, capping the long-term outlook as weak due to this persistent lack of profitability and recent price weakness. The balance sheet carries significant debt relative to equity, further constraining flexibility. However, the short-term picture is not hopeless; the stock has recovered roughly 80% from its 2022 lows, and the forward P/E of 6.6 suggests the market has priced in a complete failure of growth. Technicals show the price holding above the 200-day average, and the statistical forecast indicates a neutral 45-day outlook. The options market confirms this tension: traders are buying cheap insurance against a drop while waiting for a catalyst to push the price toward the $20 analyst consensus. This is a hold for income seekers who can stomach the earnings drag, but a poor entry for growth investors until profitability is restored.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.054408
AutoETS0.058841
AutoARIMA0.058922
AutoTheta0.068473

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 0.41
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.181
Excess Kurtosis -0.81
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-20
Debt to Equity Ratio 95.535
Revenue per Share 12.715
Market Cap 21,426,962,432
Forward P/E 6.95
Beta 0.86
Profit Margins -2.79%
Previous Name Mylan, Inc.
Website https://www.viatris.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:13 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in deep-in-the-money puts (strikes 10 and 15) expiring in early 2027, suggesting a belief that the stock could trade significantly lower. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in out-of-the-money strikes (19 and 20), indicating a speculative hope for a rebound to the analyst mean rather than a conviction in a major rally. Implied volatility is elevated on near-term contracts, reflecting uncertainty around the current consolidation.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.74% 3.44% 4.20% 4.22%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-21 0.120000 0.735294
2026-05-22 0.120000 0.720721
2026-03-09 0.120000 0.843882
2025-11-24 0.120000 1.135289
2025-08-22 0.120000 1.126761
2025-05-23 0.120000 1.447527
2025-03-10 0.120000 1.263158
2024-11-22 0.120000 0.897532
2024-08-23 0.120000 1.020408
2024-05-23 0.120000 1.139601
2024-03-08 0.120000 0.978793
2023-11-22 0.120000 1.280683
2023-08-23 0.120000 1.090909
2023-05-23 0.120000 1.298701
2023-03-08 0.120000 1.136364
2022-11-22 0.120000 1.084011
2022-08-23 0.120000 1.182266
2022-05-23 0.120000 1.031814
2022-02-23 0.120000 0.837989
2021-11-22 0.110000 0.838415
2021-08-23 0.110000 0.745257
2021-05-21 0.110000 0.718485
2007-06-27 0.060000 0.324851
2007-03-28 0.060000 0.284225
2006-12-27 0.060000 0.301356
2006-09-27 0.060000 0.298954
2006-06-28 0.060000 0.291404
2006-03-29 0.060000 0.250313
2005-12-28 0.060000 0.298507
2005-09-28 0.060000 0.318471
2005-06-28 0.060000 0.310398
2005-03-29 0.030000 0.169972
2004-12-29 0.030000 0.170455
2004-09-28 0.030000 0.166482
2004-06-28 0.030000 0.148883
2004-03-29 0.030000 0.130152
2003-12-29 0.030000 0.118765
2003-09-26 0.022000 0.087836
2003-06-26 0.022000 0.094340
2003-03-27 0.022000 0.114583
2002-12-27 0.022222 0.148720
2002-09-26 0.017778 0.121104
2002-06-26 0.017778 0.133960
2002-03-26 0.017778 0.133468
2001-12-27 0.017778 0.106982
2001-09-26 0.017778 0.126704
2001-06-27 0.017778 0.141295
2001-03-28 0.017778 0.160130
2000-12-27 0.017778 0.156865
2000-09-27 0.017778 0.143500
2000-06-28 0.017778 0.230219
2000-03-29 0.017778 0.153112
1999-12-29 0.017778 0.158811
1999-09-28 0.017778 0.225355
1999-06-28 0.017778 0.158027
1999-03-29 0.017778 0.144798
1998-12-29 0.017778 0.138231
1998-09-28 0.017778 0.138530
1998-06-26 0.017778 0.125738
1998-03-30 0.017778 0.168868
1997-12-29 0.017778 0.195124
1997-09-26 0.017778 0.177780
1997-06-26 0.017778 0.267786
1997-03-26 0.017778 0.262298
1996-12-30 0.017778 0.237040
1996-09-26 0.017778 0.233580
1996-06-26 0.017778 0.233580
1996-03-27 0.017778 0.197533
1995-12-27 0.017778 0.170215
1995-09-27 0.017778 0.195124
1995-06-29 0.014815 0.160002
1995-03-27 0.014815 0.149815
1994-12-23 0.017778 0.224302
1994-09-26 0.014815 0.204084
1994-06-24 0.011852 0.188238
1994-03-25 0.011852 0.219181
1993-12-27 0.011852 0.164951
1993-09-24 0.011852 0.146791
1993-06-24 0.008889 0.105728
1993-03-25 0.008889 0.108109
1992-12-24 0.008889 0.100420
1992-09-24 0.008889 0.110600
1992-06-24 0.007407 0.136511
1992-03-25 0.007407 0.132006
1991-12-24 0.007407 0.131140
1991-09-24 0.007407 0.152083
1991-06-24 0.007407 0.198009
1991-03-22 0.007407 0.186906
1990-12-24 0.007407 0.253151
1990-09-24 0.007407 0.275847
1990-06-25 0.007407 0.220982
1989-12-22 0.007407 0.206174
1989-06-26 0.007407 0.476164
1988-12-23 0.003704 0.294141
1988-06-29 0.007407 0.384594
1987-12-24 0.007407 0.563349
1987-06-24 0.007407 0.317443
1986-12-24 0.007407 0.444420
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.48
dividendYield 2.57
exDividendDate 2026-08-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.48
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.026344677
lastDividendValue 0.12
lastDividendDate 2026-08-21
dividendDate 2026-09-16

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.80989325
Address1 Robert J. Coury Global Center
Address2 1,000 Mylan Boulevard
All Time High 76.69
All Time Low 1.0
Ask 19.75
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 2.0 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 8,510,290
Average Daily Volume3 Month 9,259,762
Average Volume 9,259,762
Average Volume10Days 8,510,290
Beta 0.858
Bid 18.54
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 1
Book Value 12.344
City Canonsburg
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 18.655
Current Ratio 1.585
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 18.665
Day Low 18.17
Debt To Equity 95.535
Display Name Viatris
Dividend Date 1,789,516,800
Dividend Rate 0.48
Dividend Yield 2.57
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,908,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,908,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,881,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,881,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,881,800
Ebitda 4,292,499,968
Ebitda Margins 0.29127002
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.814
Enterprise To Revenue 2.276
Enterprise Value 33,540,163,584
Eps Current Year 2.51879
Eps Forward 2.68227
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.36
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 16.9782
Fifty Day Average Change 1.6767998
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.09876192
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 80.98933
Fifty Two Week High 18.67
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.01499939
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0008033953
Fifty Two Week Low 9.92
Fifty Two Week Low Change 8.735001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.8805444
Fifty Two Week Range 9.92 - 18.67
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.9
Float Shares 1,141,791,206
Forward Eps 2.68227
Forward P E 6.9549303
Free Cashflow 2,677,337,600
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 30,000
Fullday Change 0.38440132
Fullday Change Percent 2.1097767
Fullday Price 18.655
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.40307
Gross Profits 5,940,199,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00318
Held Percent Institutions 0.94134
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,148,590,864
Industry Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Industry Disp Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Industry Key drug-manufacturers-specialty-generic
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,270,400
Last Dividend Value 0.12
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,065,657,600
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Viatris Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare company in North America, Europe, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, rest of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. It operates in four segments: Developed Markets, Greater China, JANZ, and Emerging Markets. The company offers prescription brand drugs, generic drugs, complex generic drugs, and biosimilars. It also provides drugs in various therapeutic areas covering various noncommunicable and infectious diseases, including cardiovascular, CNS and anesthesia, dermatology, diabetes and metabolism, eye care, gastroenterology, immunology, oncology, and respiratory and allergy, as well as support services, such as diagnostic clinics, educational seminars, and digital tools to help patients better manage their health. In addition, the company offers medicines in the form of oral solid doses, injectables, and complex dosage forms to retail and pharmacy establishments, wholesalers and distributors, payers, insurers and governments, and institutions. It distributes its products through pharmaceutical wholesalers/distributors, pharmaceutical retailers, institutional pharmacies, mail-order and e-commerce pharmacies, and specialty pharmacies under the Lyrica, Lipitor, Celebrex, Viagra, Creon, Influvac, Wixela Inhub, EpiPen Auto-Injector, Fraxiparine, Yupelri, Norvasc, Amitiza, Effexor, Lipacreon, Zoloft, Xalabrands, Dymista, Xanax, and Breyna brands. The company has collaboration agreements with Mapi Pharma Ltd. to develop and commercialize long-acting glatiramer acetate depot products and additional products; Revance Therapeutics, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a biosimilar to the branded biologic product, BOTOX; and Theravance Biopharma, Inc. to develop and commercialize revefenacin. Viatris Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Long Name Viatris Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 21,426,962,432
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_290203
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Name Change Date 2,026-10-17
Net Income To Common -410,700,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 19,686,847,408
Number Of Analyst Opinions 10
Open 18.32
Operating Cashflow 2,330,800,128
Operating Margins 0.12550999
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 9.6
Peg Ratio 3.39
Phone 724 514 1800
Post Market Change -0.050600052
Post Market Change Percent -0.27124122
Post Market Price 18.6044
Post Market Time 1,792,194,306
Prev Name Mylan, Inc.
Previous Close 18.22
Price Eps Current Year 7.4063344
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5112606
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.4539273
Profit Margins -0.02787
Quick Ratio 0.816
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.435001
Regular Market Change Percent 2.38749
Regular Market Day High 18.665
Regular Market Day Low 18.17
Regular Market Day Range 18.17 - 18.665
Regular Market Open 18.32
Regular Market Previous Close 18.22
Regular Market Price 18.655
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,800
Regular Market Volume 9,415,660
Return On Assets 0.02668
Return On Equity -0.02754
Revenue Growth 0.049
Revenue Per Share 12.715
Sand P52 Week Change 0.13723719
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 1,148,590,864
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0366
Shares Short 42,038,581
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 38,610,690
Short Name Viatris Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0367
Short Ratio 4.65
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol VTRS
Target High Price 26.0
Target Low Price 13.0
Target Mean Price 19.7
Target Median Price 20.0
Total Cash 1,510,499,968
Total Cash Per Share 1.315
Total Debt 13,623,700,480
Total Revenue 14,737,300,480
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.48
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.026344677
Trailing Eps -0.36
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0487
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 15.59945
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.0555506
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.19587553
Type Disp Equity
Volume 9,415,660
Website https://www.viatris.com
Zip 15,317