BIO vs DHR vs JANL Stock Comparison

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Danaher and Janel Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DHR Danaher Corp /De/
$234.09 +2.9% 1M +7.9% 1Y
Market cap
$164.54B
P/E
41.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.11B
Div. yield
0.65%
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
4 wins
JANL Janel Corp
$48.00 0.0% 1M +33.3% 1Y
Market cap
$56.94M
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$237.21M
Div. yield
–
Logistics Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

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

QuestionBIODHRJANLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.31B $164.54B $56.94M DHR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 46.4x 41.2x 10.4x JANL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.8x 25.7x — DHR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.4% +4.6% +16.0% JANL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.6% 15.9% 2.3% DHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.4% 5.7% 10.2% JANL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.9x -0.6x JANL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.65% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +16.7% +7.9% +33.3% JANL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.5%/yr -5.6%/yr +16.9%/yr JANL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.0% 30.6% 77.9% DHR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 60/100 74/100 JANL

Percentile Scorecard

BIODHRJANL

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

AxisBIODHRJANL
Valuation 78 #51 of 227 69 #72 of 227 97 #5 of 136
Growth 21 #173 of 219 22 #172 of 219 91 #12 of 122
Profitability 72 #59 of 205 88 #26 of 205 66 #40 of 116
Financial Health 69 #75 of 237 46 #129 of 237 41 #85 of 143
Shareholder Returns 82 #25 of 135 75 #34 of 135 –
Overall 64 60 74
  • BIO ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • DHR ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • JANL ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBIODHRJANLSPY
1 month +2.1%+2.9%0.0% +0.9%
3 months +17.9%+19.1%-17.2% +5.9%
6 months +40.2%+30.9%-7.2% +8.5%
Year to date +27.3%+2.3%+20.0% +13.3%
1 year +16.7%+7.9%+33.3% +12.4%
3 years +42.5%+24.6%+88.2% +88.1%
3 years, per year +12.5%+7.6%+23.5% +23.5%
5 years -51.5%-24.9%+118.2% +68.2%
5 years, per year -13.5%-5.6%+16.9% +11.0%
10 years +144.6%+199.4%+710.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +9.4%+11.6%+23.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBIODHRJANLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.0%30.6%77.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.9%31.7%145.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.770.450.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.450.260.43 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -72.7%-50.8%-62.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.2%-3.3%-17.2% -0.9%
52-week high $390.34$242.05$58.00 $779.14
52-week low $241.71$161.91$30.50 $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.

MultipleBIODHRJANL
P/E now vs peer median 46.4xmedian 28.8x 41.2xmedian 28.8x 10.4xmedian 16.1x
P/S now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 3.0x 6.6xmedian 3.0x 0.2xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x 24.4xmedian 17.4x 4.2xmedian 8.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.2xmedian 25.7x 30.1xmedian 25.7x 1.3xmedian 11.6x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 2.4x 3.1xmedian 2.4x 1.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.26median 1.03 -3.29median 1.03 0.27median 0.80

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 monthsBIODHRJANL
Revenue $2.59B $25.11B $237.21M
Gross profit $1.34B $14.69B $75.34M
Operating income $53.10M $5.13B $7.29M
Net income $222.40M $4.00B $6.91M
Free cash flow $353.10M $5.47B $45.13M
R&D $265.70M $1.62B –
EPS (diluted) $8.29 $5.66 $4.49
Cash & equivalents $517.00M $4.35B $33.70M
Total debt $1.20B $26.56B $26.49M
Shares (diluted) 26.81M 707.60M 1.22M
Enterprise value $4.17B $148.36B $2.81M

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
MetricBIODHRJANL
P/E 46.4x 41.2x 10.4x
P/FCF 29.2x 30.1x 1.3x
P/Operating cash flow 20.9x 24.8x 1.2x
P/S 4.0x 6.6x 0.2x
P/B 1.4x 3.1x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 5.3x -13.8x
EV/EBITDA – 24.4x 4.2x
EV/EBIT 186.4x 36.4x 6.8x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 7.4x 0.2x
EV/FCF 28.0x 34.2x 1.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.1x 28.1x 1.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.26 -3.29 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBIODHRJANL
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.4% 4.6% 16.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.2% -0.5% 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.4% 2.6% 19.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.5% -0.9% 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -76.3% 16.1% 15.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -47.4% -7.1% 22.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -30.3% 17.3% 114.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.1% -14.3% 43.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -29.3% 19.2% 106.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 36.9% -12.5% 39.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.8% 7.6% 151.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.8% -7.6% 46.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -4.8% 12.4% 159.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.9% -9.0% 47.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBIODHRJANL
Gross margin 51.9% 58.5% 31.8%
EBITDA margin – 30.5% 4.9%
Operating margin 2.1% 20.4% 3.1%
Pretax margin 13.5% 19.0% 3.5%
Net margin 8.6% 15.9% 2.3%
FCF margin 13.6% 21.8% 19.0%
Operating cash flow margin 19.0% 26.4% 19.2%
Return on equity 3.2% 7.6% 21.6%
Return on assets 2.2% 4.5% 4.0%
Return on invested capital 0.4% 5.7% 10.2%
Return on capital employed 0.6% 6.4% 17.7%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.7x 6.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBIODHRJANL
Debt / assets 11.7% 28.8% 13.8%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.5x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.9x -0.6x
Debt / FCF 3.4x 4.9x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 30.0% 43.1% 82.7%
Equity / assets 70.0% 56.9% 17.3%
Interest coverage 1.1x 17.6x –
Current ratio 3.1x 1.7x 0.8x
Quick ratio 2.1x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.7x 0.5x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.62 3.74 1.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBIODHRJANL
Dividend yield – 0.6% –
Net buyback yield 1.1% 1.8% –
Shareholder yield 1.1% 2.4% –
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.

ConsensusBIODHRJANL
Forward P/E 38.8xFY2026 25.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $9.95FY2026 $9.11FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -0.2% +8.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.69BFY2026 $27.01BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +4.2%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -6.3% -1.9% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBIODHRJANL
Held by institutions 89.5% 81.9% –
Institutions holding 403 2,117 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.9% +1.1% –
Institutions buying 177 839 –
Institutions selling 155 1,015 –
Buyers to sellers 1.14 0.83 –

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.

BIODHRJANL
BIO 1.00 0.50 -0.01
DHR 0.50 1.00 -0.04
JANL -0.01 -0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BIO, DHR and JANL?

Danaher (DHR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) $10.31B, Danaher (DHR) $164.54B, Janel (JANL) $56.94M.

Which stock is cheaper, BIO, DHR and JANL?

Janel (JANL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) 46.4x, Danaher (DHR) 41.2x, Janel (JANL) 10.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Danaher (DHR) is cheapest (Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) 38.8x, Danaher (DHR) 25.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Janel (JANL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) +1.4%, Danaher (DHR) +4.6%, Janel (JANL) +16.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Danaher (DHR) has the highest net margin (Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) 8.6%, Danaher (DHR) 15.9%, Janel (JANL) 2.3%). On return on invested capital, Janel (JANL) leads (Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) 0.4%, Danaher (DHR) 5.7%, Janel (JANL) 10.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Janel (JANL) returned the most: Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) +16.7%, Danaher (DHR) +7.9%, Janel (JANL) +33.3%. Over five years, Janel (JANL) compounded fastest (Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) -13.5%/yr, Danaher (DHR) -5.6%/yr, Janel (JANL) +16.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Danaher (DHR) 0.65%. Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) and Janel (JANL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Danaher (DHR) has been the steadiest (Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO) 37.0%, Danaher (DHR) 30.6%, Janel (JANL) 77.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BIO, DHR and JANL?

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