ALRTF vs IDXX vs PAHC Stock Comparison

ALR Technologies SG, Idexx Laboratories and Phibro Animal Health Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Idexx Laboratories leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Idexx Laboratories 6, Phibro Animal Health 4, ALR Technologies SG 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALRTFIDXXPAHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $12.91M $43.52B $1.57B IDXX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.6x 38.2x 15.8x PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 36.9x 11.4x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +12.8% +17.1% PAHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 25.0% 6.6% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 45.6% 14.2% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.5x 2.1x IDXX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months 0.0% -8.2% -5.7% ALRTF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -16.8%/yr -2.9%/yr +12.1%/yr PAHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 420.1% 32.1% 55.6% IDXX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 77/100 68/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

ALRTFIDXXPAHC

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

AxisALRTFIDXXPAHC
Valuation 47 #121 of 227 75 #155 of 624 92 #51 of 624
Growth – 76 #148 of 601 85 #89 of 601
Profitability – 97 #17 of 541 85 #81 of 541
Financial Health 0 #233 of 233 46 #350 of 647 26 #481 of 647
Shareholder Returns – 93 #26 of 359 53 #169 of 359
Overall – 77 68
  • ALRTF ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • PAHC ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodALRTFIDXXPAHCSPY
1 month 0.0%+8.0%+9.6% +0.7%
3 months 0.0%+3.1%+6.6% +3.7%
6 months 0.0%+2.7%-26.9% +7.1%
Year to date 0.0%-14.9%+4.0% +12.8%
1 year 0.0%-8.2%-5.7% +11.9%
3 years -50.0%+45.3%+255.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year -20.6%+13.3%+52.6% +22.8%
5 years -60.0%-13.5%+77.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year -16.8%-2.9%+12.1% +10.9%
10 years —+448.3%+49.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+18.6%+4.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureALRTFIDXXPAHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 420.1%32.1%55.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 1,100.3%31.3%60.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -2.610.790.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.00-0.26-0.10 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -93.3%-51.3%-57.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-24.9%-34.8% -1.2%
52-week high $0.02$766.68$59.58 $779.14
52-week low $0.01$504.70$28.52 $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.

MultipleALRTFIDXXPAHC
P/E now vs peer median -0.6xmedian 28.7x 39.9xmedian 17.8x 15.8xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 3.0x 10.0xmedian 9.1x 1.0xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.8x 28.6xmedian 15.0x 8.3xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 26.4x 36.2xmedian 21.7x 159.7xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median -0.3xmedian 2.4x 28.2xmedian 2.2x 4.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.99 2.64median 0.35 0.35median 0.35

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 monthsALRTFIDXXPAHC
Revenue – $4.55B $1.52B
Gross profit – $2.84B $512.52M
Operating income – $1.46B $194.40M
Net income – $1.14B $99.72M
Free cash flow – $1.25B $9.87M
R&D – $261.47M –
EPS (diluted) – $14.37 $2.43
Cash & equivalents $20.31K $196.93M $61.42M
Total debt $111.80M $968.86M $2.49B
Shares (diluted) 606.99M 79.31M 40.96M
Enterprise value $12.84M $42.73B $1.25B

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
MetricALRTFIDXXPAHC
P/E -0.6x 39.9x 15.8x
P/FCF -6.9x 36.2x 159.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 33.1x 22.9x
P/S 0.7x 10.0x 1.0x
P/B -0.3x 28.2x 4.1x
P/Tangible book -0.3x 30.0x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA – 28.6x 8.3x
EV/EBIT – 31.7x 10.9x
EV/Revenue – 10.1x 1.4x
EV/FCF – 36.8x 213.9x
EV/Operating cash flow – 33.7x 30.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.64 0.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALRTFIDXXPAHC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 12.8% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 9.0% 15.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.4% 28.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 10.5% 19.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 16.2% 76.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 11.7% 39.3%
Net income growth (1Y) – 15.6% 106.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 12.9% 45.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 18.1% 105.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 15.1% 44.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 51.4% -13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 22.5% 73.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 59.9% -76.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 28.4% 31.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALRTFIDXXPAHC
Gross margin – 62.4% 33.8%
EBITDA margin – 35.4% 16.8%
Operating margin – 32.0% 12.8%
Pretax margin – 31.3% 9.0%
Net margin – 25.0% 6.6%
FCF margin – 27.5% 0.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 30.1% 4.5%
Return on equity – 71.9% 26.7%
Return on assets – 33.4% 6.8%
Return on invested capital – 45.6% 14.2%
Return on capital employed – 68.6% 16.8%
Asset turnover – 1.3x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.2x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALRTFIDXXPAHC
Debt / assets 68,140% 28.1% 41.1%
Debt / equity -0.8x 0.6x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.5x 2.1x
Debt / FCF – 0.8x 62.5x
Liabilities / assets 84,236% 53.2% 74.3%
Equity / assets -84,136% 46.8% 25.7%
Interest coverage – 38.6x 4.2x
Current ratio – 1.2x 3.0x
Quick ratio – 0.7x 1.1x
Cash ratio – 0.2x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 20.55 3.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALRTFIDXXPAHC
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 2.3% –
Shareholder yield – 2.3% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 197.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 0.0%

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.

ConsensusALRTFIDXXPAHC
Forward P/E – 36.9xFY2026 11.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year – $15.63FY2026 $3.42FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +19.5%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +12.9% +9.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $5.00BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY – +16.3%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.6% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALRTFIDXXPAHC
Held by institutions – 93.6% 51.5%
Institutions holding – 1,290 209
Change in shares held, QoQ – +4.1% +3.0%
Institutions buying – 588 117
Institutions selling – 496 74
Buyers to sellers – 1.19 1.58

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.

ALRTFIDXXPAHC
ALRTF 1.00 0.03 0.03
IDXX 0.03 1.00 0.31
PAHC 0.03 0.31 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALRTF, IDXX and PAHC?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) is the largest by market capitalisation: ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) $12.91M, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $43.52B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.57B.

Which stock is cheaper, ALRTF, IDXX and PAHC?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) -0.6x, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 38.2x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 36.9x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 11.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +12.8%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.0%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.6%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.6%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 14.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) returned the most: ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) 0.0%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -8.2%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -5.7%. Over five years, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) compounded fastest (ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) -16.8%/yr, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -2.9%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +12.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 0.00%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 0.01%. ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) and Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has been the steadiest (ALR Technologies SG (ALRTF) 420.1%, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 32.1%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 55.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALRTF, IDXX and PAHC?

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 6. 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.