BHC vs ELTP vs RDY Stock Comparison

Bausch Health Companies, Elite Pharmaceuticals and Dr Reddys Laboratories Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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Head to Head

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Elite Pharmaceuticals leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Elite Pharmaceuticals 7, Dr Reddys Laboratories 2, Bausch Health Companies 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBHCELTPRDYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.09B $247.66M $11.80B RDY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.7x 4.4x 32.5x ELTP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 1.8x — 29.4x BHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +33.7% -10.5% ELTP
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 40.2% 10.2% ELTP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 29.2% 5.6% ELTP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.0x 1.2x ELTP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +50.7% -61.7% +5.2% BHC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -20.6%/yr +41.9%/yr +2.8%/yr ELTP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.6% 57.5% 26.3% RDY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 89/100 58/100 ELTP

Percentile Scorecard

BHCELTPRDY

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

AxisBHCELTPRDY
Valuation 97 #19 of 624 99 #10 of 624 91 #59 of 624
Growth 34 #399 of 601 92 #52 of 601 10 #541 of 601
Profitability – 91 #48 of 541 83 #93 of 541
Financial Health – 76 #157 of 647 43 #368 of 647
Shareholder Returns – 86 #53 of 359 62 #139 of 359
Overall – 89 58
  • BHC ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ELTP ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • RDY 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

PeriodBHCELTPRDYSPY
1 month +53.3%0.0%+9.8% +0.7%
3 months +47.4%-37.8%+19.2% +3.7%
6 months +55.4%-32.4%+3.4% +7.1%
Year to date +27.9%-53.1%+0.5% +12.8%
1 year +50.7%-61.7%+5.2% +11.9%
3 years +32.9%+91.7%+8.9% +85.2%
3 years, per year +9.9%+24.2%+2.9% +22.8%
5 years -68.3%+475.0%+14.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year -20.6%+41.9%+2.8% +10.9%
10 years -56.3%+35.3%+42.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year -7.9%+3.1%+3.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBHCELTPRDYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.6%57.5%26.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.7%72.3%27.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.830.710.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.84-1.070.20 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.9%-71.4%-32.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-66.2%-8.3% -1.2%
52-week high $8.89$0.68$15.38 $779.14
52-week low $4.43$0.22$11.40 $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.

MultipleBHCELTPRDY
P/E now vs peer median -4.0xmedian 17.8x 4.4xmedian 17.8x 32.3xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 9.1x 1.8xmedian 9.1x 3.3xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 15.0x 5.8xmedian 15.0x 23.4xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 21.7x 14.1xmedian 21.7x 843.8xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.2x 2.4xmedian 2.2x 2.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -0.72median 0.35 0.04median 0.35 -1.52median 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 monthsBHCELTPRDY
Revenue – $141.01M $3.56B
Gross profit – $61.31M $1.76B
Operating income $1.25B $34.94M $347.04M
Net income – $56.67M $299.19M
Free cash flow – $17.53M $13.96M
R&D $638.00M $6.10M $244.48M
EPS (diluted) $-2.22 $0.05 $0.44
Cash & equivalents – $39.42M $138.41M
Total debt – $9.58M $752.59M
Shares (diluted) 378.10M 1.13B 833.33M
Enterprise value $3.09B $129.33M $11.14B

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
MetricBHCELTPRDY
P/E -4.0x 4.4x 32.3x
P/FCF 1.5x 14.1x 843.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.0x 34.6x
P/S 0.2x 1.8x 3.3x
P/B – 2.4x 2.9x
P/Tangible book – 2.5x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA – 5.8x 23.4x
EV/EBIT – 6.0x 35.7x
EV/Revenue – 1.5x 3.5x
EV/FCF – 12.0x 887.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 11.1x 36.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.72 0.04 -1.52

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBHCELTPRDY
Revenue growth (1Y) – 33.7% -10.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 58.4% 3.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.2% -21.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 53.5% -2.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -34.3% -6.7% -58.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 50.6% 101.7% -24.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 624.0% -55.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 134.4% -21.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -330.7% 596.0% -54.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 5.5% 118.3% -21.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -0.2% -39.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 152.2% -27.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.8% -98.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 81.0% -73.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBHCELTPRDY
Gross margin – 43.5% 49.5%
EBITDA margin – 25.9% 14.9%
Operating margin – 24.8% 9.7%
Pretax margin – 46.2% 10.7%
Net margin – 40.2% 10.2%
FCF margin – 12.4% 0.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 13.5% 9.5%
Return on equity – 55.6% 7.4%
Return on assets – 40.8% 5.0%
Return on invested capital – 29.2% 5.6%
Return on capital employed – 32.2% 7.9%
Asset turnover – 1.0x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBHCELTPRDY
Debt / assets – 1.7% 12.6%
Debt / equity – 0.0x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.0x 1.2x
Debt / FCF – 0.1x 53.9x
Liabilities / assets – 24.9% 32.2%
Equity / assets – 75.1% 67.8%
Interest coverage – 69.4x 7.2x
Current ratio – 3.8x 1.9x
Quick ratio – 3.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio – 1.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 6.12 5.63

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBHCELTPRDY
Dividend yield – – 0.6%
Net buyback yield – -0.1% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -0.1% 0.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusBHCELTPRDY
Forward P/E 1.8xFY2026 – 29.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.86FY2026 – $0.48FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +26.9%FY2026 – -11.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -13.4% – +20.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.45BFY2026 – $3.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.9%FY2026 – +8.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.5% – +3.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBHCELTPRDY
Held by institutions 63.3% 0.0% 15.1%
Institutions holding 221 1 239
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% – +4.3%
Institutions buying 99 1 108
Institutions selling 63 0 97
Buyers to sellers 1.57 – 1.11

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.

BHCELTPRDY
BHC 1.00 -0.02 0.11
ELTP -0.02 1.00 0.00
RDY 0.11 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BHC, ELTP and RDY?

Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bausch Health Companies (BHC) $3.09B, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) $247.66M, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) $11.80B.

Which stock is cheaper, BHC, ELTP and RDY?

Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bausch Health Companies (BHC) -3.7x, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) 4.4x, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) 32.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Bausch Health Companies (BHC) is cheapest (Bausch Health Companies (BHC) 1.8x, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) 29.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) +33.7%, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) -10.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) has the highest net margin (Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) 40.2%, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) 10.2%). On return on invested capital, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) leads (Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) 29.2%, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) 5.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bausch Health Companies (BHC) returned the most: Bausch Health Companies (BHC) +50.7%, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) -61.7%, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) +5.2%. Over five years, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) compounded fastest (Bausch Health Companies (BHC) -20.6%/yr, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) +41.9%/yr, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) +2.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) has been the steadiest (Bausch Health Companies (BHC) 60.6%, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) 57.5%, Dr Reddys Laboratories (RDY) 26.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BHC, ELTP and RDY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Elite Pharmaceuticals (ELTP) 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.