Best Recession-Proof Stocks to Buy in 2026

Defensive companies with stable earnings, low debt, and proven resilience — ranked by quality score.

Updated April 6, 2026 · 50 stocks · Data from Antitrend Labs AI
#TickerCompanyPrice1DQualityValuationMarket Cap
1 ORNBV.HE Orion Oyj $71.70 -0.1% 100 $10.1B
2 ZTS Zoetis Inc. $117.94 +0.6% 100 Undervalued $52.0B
3 RMD ResMed Inc. $224.09 +0.6% 100 Undervalued $32.7B
4 PRX.AS Prosus N.V. $40.02 -1.3% 100 $86.5B
5 CPRX Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $24.69 -0.5% 100 Undervalued $3.0B
6 TGTX TG Therapeutics, Inc. $33.53 -0.1% 100 Undervalued $5.4B
7 DOCS Doximity, Inc. $22.77 -0.7% 100 Deeply Undervalued $4.3B
8 EXEL Exelixis, Inc. $43.88 -0.4% 100 Undervalued $11.8B
9 INCY Incyte Corporation $95.93 +1.7% 100 Undervalued $19.1B
10 NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $131.60 -0.7% 100 Undervalued $13.2B
11 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $438.71 -1.9% 100 Undervalued $111.4B
12 UTHR United Therapeutics Corporation $564.81 -1.0% 100 Undervalued $24.8B
13 HALO Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. $64.49 -1.4% 100 Deeply Undervalued $7.6B
14 LOPE Grand Canyon Education, Inc. $171.36 +0.1% 100 Undervalued $4.8B
15 VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. $173.98 +0.7% 100 Undervalued $28.6B
16 CALM Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. $78.10 -6.3% 95 Deeply Undervalued $3.7B
17 MRK Merck & Co., Inc. $120.87 +0.0% 95 Undervalued $298.8B
18 NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. $93.15 +0.3% 95 Undervalued $194.1B
19 OTTR Otter Tail Corporation $88.59 +0.4% 95 Overvalued $3.7B
20 AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. $138.14 +1.0% 95 Undervalued $27.0B
21 GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. $139.71 -0.4% 95 Undervalued $173.4B
22 LLY Eli Lilly and Company $935.58 -2.0% 95 Deeply Overvalued $837.4B
23 REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $761.85 -2.0% 95 Undervalued $80.5B
24 GMED Globus Medical, Inc. $87.92 +0.2% 95 Undervalued $11.9B
25 ILMN Illumina, Inc. $127.38 +0.6% 95 Undervalued $19.5B
26 LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated $199.59 -0.0% 95 Undervalued $4.0B
27 BIO Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. $279.99 +0.6% 95 Undervalued $7.6B
28 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $81.05 -0.3% 95 Undervalued $47.1B
29 NOVO-B.CO Novo Nordisk A/S $236.90 +2.6% 90 $1.1T
30 EIX Edison International $73.46 -0.2% 90 Undervalued $28.3B
31 WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. $41.08 +1.1% 90 Undervalued $11.6B
32 NOVN.SW Novartis AG $123.20 +0.2% 90 $235.1B
33 AMGN Amgen Inc. $347.94 -1.5% 90 Undervalued $187.6B
34 SWX Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. $89.24 +2.0% 90 Undervalued $6.5B
35 KO The Coca-Cola Company $76.72 +0.8% 90 Fair Value $330.2B
36 ATO Atmos Energy Corporation $188.97 +1.9% 90 Undervalued $31.3B
37 JNJ Johnson & Johnson $243.04 -0.4% 90 Undervalued $585.7B
38 RPRX Royalty Pharma plc $48.57 +0.2% 90 Undervalued $28.1B
39 IRDM Iridium Communications Inc. $32.86 +15.2% 90 Undervalued $3.4B
40 ROG.SW Roche Holding AG $318.00 -0.1% 90 $256.4B
41 DXCM DexCom, Inc. $62.22 -0.2% 90 Undervalued $24.3B
42 BIIB Biogen Inc. $177.34 -3.5% 90 Undervalued $26.0B
43 HQY HealthEquity, Inc. $84.67 +1.6% 90 Undervalued $7.2B
44 BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. $55.50 -3.0% 90 Undervalued $10.7B
45 HOLX Hologic, Inc. $75.65 +0.1% 90 Undervalued $16.9B
46 LNTH Lantheus Holdings, Inc. $76.10 +0.5% 90 Undervalued $5.0B
47 FIZZ National Beverage Corp. $33.75 -0.3% 90 Undervalued $3.2B
48 MEDP Medpace Holdings, Inc. $498.34 +1.8% 90 Undervalued $14.1B
49 WAT Waters Corporation $304.24 +1.4% 90 Fair Value $29.8B
50 BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company $59.60 -2.5% 85 Undervalued $121.7B
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