AIRJ vs IDXX vs XYL Stock Comparison

AirJoule Technologies, Idexx Laboratories and Xylem Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XYL Xylem Inc.
$100.02 -4.4% 1M -33.6% 1Y
Market cap
$22.80B
P/E
21.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.06B
Div. yield
0.02%
Water Treatment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Idexx Laboratories leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Idexx Laboratories 7, Xylem 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAIRJIDXXXYLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $159.41M $53.14B $22.80B IDXX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.9x 45.0x 21.1x XYL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 42.6x 19.7x XYL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +11.9% +1.9% IDXX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 25.4% 11.9% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 45.4% 8.3% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x 1.1x IDXX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.7% -6.9% -33.6% IDXX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +1.0%/yr -5.3%/yr IDXX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 86.6% 35.9% 31.4% XYL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 76/100 80/100 XYL

Percentile Scorecard

AIRJIDXXXYL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAIRJIDXXXYL
Valuation 53 #10 of 20 74 #164 of 634 95 #2 of 20
Growth 12 #16 of 18 70 #182 of 608 88 #3 of 18
Profitability 44 #10 of 17 97 #16 of 557 75 #5 of 17
Financial Health 100 #1 of 21 47 #349 of 654 50 #11 of 21
Shareholder Returns 27 #9 of 12 92 #32 of 403 91 #2 of 12
Overall 47 76 80
  • AIRJ ranked among 21 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • XYL ranked among 21 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAIRJIDXXXYLSPY
1 month -45.0%+30.1%-4.4% -5.9%
3 months -62.4%+13.7%-17.2% -4.6%
6 months -39.7%+17.2%-13.5% +0.2%
Year to date -46.7%-0.9%-26.6% +7.5%
1 year -57.7%-6.9%-33.6% +8.2%
3 years -80.3%+58.6%+4.0% +68.3%
3 years, per year -41.9%+16.6%+1.3% +19.0%
5 years —+5.2%-23.7% +56.5%
5 years, per year —+1.0%-5.3% +9.4%
10 years —+531.5%+111.0% +251.5%
10 years, per year —+20.2%+7.8% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAIRJIDXXXYLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 86.6%35.9%31.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 77.8%32.5%36.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.580.800.60 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.67-0.19-1.07 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.8%-50.9%-45.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -67.2%-12.5%-33.9% -5.9%
52-week high $6.40$766.68$151.31 $779.14
52-week low $2.10$504.70$88.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAIRJIDXXXYL
P/E now vs peer median -1.7xmedian 36.2x 44.7xmedian 17.8x 21.5xmedian 36.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.5x 11.3xmedian 8.1x 2.5xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -8.1xmedian 22.1x 32.1xmedian 15.7x 13.0xmedian 22.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -21.2xmedian 25.4x 40.5xmedian 21.0x 24.9xmedian 25.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.8x 28.3xmedian 2.0x 2.2xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 2.08 2.95median 0.36 0.68median 2.08

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAIRJIDXXXYL
Revenue – $4.66B $9.06B
Gross profit – $2.92B $3.61B
Operating income -$13.96M $1.51B $1.37B
Net income -$84.79M $1.18B $1.08B
Free cash flow -$7.26M $1.30B $921.00M
R&D $607.33K $266.87M $231.00M
EPS (diluted) $-1.22 $14.96 $4.64
Cash & equivalents $41.42M $197.54M $708.00M
Total debt – $848.88M $2.90B
Shares (diluted) 69.74M 79.05M 233.04M
Enterprise value $39.03M $52.37B $18.52B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAIRJIDXXXYL
P/E -1.7x 44.7x 21.5x
P/FCF -21.2x 40.5x 24.9x
P/Operating cash flow -21.3x 37.2x 18.0x
P/S – 11.3x 2.5x
P/B 0.6x 28.3x 2.2x
P/Tangible book -0.6x 30.2x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA -8.1x 32.1x 13.0x
EV/EBIT -8.1x 35.5x 18.3x
EV/Revenue – 11.5x 2.8x
EV/FCF -15.5x 41.0x 27.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -15.6x 37.7x 19.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 2.95 0.68

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAIRJIDXXXYL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 11.9% 1.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 9.1% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.7% 6.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 10.8% 12.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -11.3% 15.3% 20.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -46.4% 11.8% 29.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -322.5% 15.1% 14.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -288.6% 12.8% 30.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -292.0% 17.4% 19.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -176.6% 15.1% 31.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.3% 30.4% -0.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -47.2% 19.6% 19.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 18.2% 35.3% -0.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -47.4% 24.2% 21.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAIRJIDXXXYL
Gross margin – 62.7% 39.8%
EBITDA margin – 35.7% 21.3%
Operating margin – 32.3% 15.1%
Pretax margin – 31.7% 14.8%
Net margin – 25.4% 11.9%
FCF margin – 28.0% 10.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 30.4% 14.0%
Return on equity -34.6% 67.9% 10.3%
Return on assets -28.1% 33.1% 6.2%
Return on invested capital – 45.4% 8.3%
Return on capital employed -4.7% 65.2% 9.5%
Asset turnover – 1.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.2x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAIRJIDXXXYL
Debt / assets – 22.9% 16.7%
Debt / equity – 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x 1.1x
Debt / FCF – 0.7x 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 19.0% 49.6% 40.7%
Equity / assets 81.0% 50.4% 59.3%
Interest coverage – 43.5x 36.1x
Current ratio 19.7x 1.2x 1.4x
Quick ratio 18.9x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash ratio 18.9x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 22.69 3.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAIRJIDXXXYL
Dividend yield – – 1.7%
Net buyback yield -23.6% 1.8% 6.8%
Shareholder yield -23.6% 1.8% 8.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 37.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 44.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 6.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 14.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAIRJIDXXXYL
Forward P/E – 42.6xFY2026 19.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.05FY2026 $15.74FY2026 $5.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +20.3%FY2026 -0.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +12.5% +11.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $168.27KFY2026 $5.02BFY2026 $9.57BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +205.9%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026 +5.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3,073.8% +0.6% -0.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAIRJIDXXXYL
Held by institutions 24.6% 93.6% 92.0%
Institutions holding 119 1,291 1,094
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.4% +4.1% +0.2%
Institutions buying 84 589 489
Institutions selling 19 496 448
Buyers to sellers 4.42 1.19 1.09

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AIRJIDXXXYL
AIRJ 1.00 0.02 0.06
IDXX 0.02 1.00 0.38
XYL 0.06 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AIRJ, IDXX and XYL?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) is the largest by market capitalisation: AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ) $159.41M, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $53.14B, Xylem (XYL) $22.80B.

Which stock is cheaper, AIRJ, IDXX and XYL?

Xylem (XYL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ) -1.9x, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.0x, Xylem (XYL) 21.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Xylem (XYL) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 42.6x, Xylem (XYL) 19.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +11.9%, Xylem (XYL) +1.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.4%, Xylem (XYL) 11.9%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.4%, Xylem (XYL) 8.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) returned the most: AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ) -57.7%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -6.9%, Xylem (XYL) -33.6%. Over five years, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) compounded fastest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +1.0%/yr, Xylem (XYL) -5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ) 0.00%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 0.00%, Xylem (XYL) 0.02%. AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ) and Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Xylem (XYL) has been the steadiest (AirJoule Technologies (AIRJ) 86.6%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 35.9%, Xylem (XYL) 31.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AIRJ, IDXX and XYL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.