Best Healthcare Stocks in the United Kingdom for 2026
Pharma, biotech, managed care, and devices, screened with Health and Quality pillars weighted above headline growth to filter out cash-burning outliers.
Healthcare ranges from pharma and biotech to managed care and devices. Pre-revenue biotechs distort sector averages on growth and quality factors, so the composite score weights Health (balance-sheet runway) and Quality (margin durability) higher than headline growth. The "growing fast while burning cash" pattern gets filtered down by the Health pillar.
United Kingdom listings on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) report under IFRS, which makes their Quality and Health pillar inputs (interest coverage, current ratio) directly comparable to other developed markets. Universe filters apply a minimum 5p share price and £200M market cap.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Healthcare in United Kingdom by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TSTL.LSE | Tristel | 66.2 |
| 2 | SN.LSE | Smith & Nephew PLC | 62.5 |
| 3 | KNB.LSE | Kanabo Group PLC | 61.5 |
| 4 | CRW.LSE | Craneware Plc | 61.3 |
| 5 | TRLS.LSE | Trellus Health plc | 61.1 |
| 6 | AOTI.LSE | AOTI Inc | 61.0 |
| 7 | UPR.LSE | Uniphar Group PLC | 60.0 |
| 8 | KOO.LSE | Kooth plc | 59.6 |
| 9 | IDHC.LSE | Integrated Diagnostics Holdings PLC | 58.8 |
| 10 | HVO.LSE | hVIVO plc | 56.5 |
| 11 | GSK.LSE | GSK plc | 56.4 |
| 12 | HIK.LSE | Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 56.3 |
| 13 | OPT.LSE | Optima Health plc | 56.2 |
| 14 | RUA.LSE | Rua Life Sciences PLC | 55.5 |
| 15 | PYC.LSE | Physiomics Plc | 55.4 |
| 16 | BVXP.LSE | Bioventix | 55.0 |
| 17 | NFX.LSE | Nuformix plc | 54.8 |
| 18 | 4BB.LSE | 4BASEBIO UK SOCIETAS | 54.0 |
| 19 | AZN.LSE | AstraZeneca PLC | 53.9 |
| 20 | OXB.LSE | Oxford BioMedica PLC | 53.8 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score within the Healthcare sector listed in the United Kingdom; use the screener for the full ranked list.