BNR vs ICLR vs LDOS Stock Comparison

Burning Rock Biotech, Icon and Leidos Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BNR Burning Rock Biotech Ltd
$11.87 -36.2% 1M +1.5% 1Y
Market cap
$108.24M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$72.00M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
2 wins
ICLR Icon Plc
$182.98 +6.2% 1M +0.5% 1Y
Market cap
$16.37B
P/E
36.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.23B
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare
1 win
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$139.65 +12.9% 1M -26.2% 1Y
Market cap
$17.52B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.63B
Div. yield
0.01%
Defense Industrials
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Leidos Holdings leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Leidos Holdings 8, Burning Rock Biotech 2, Icon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBNRICLRLDOSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $108.24M $16.37B $17.52B LDOS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -11.1x 36.5x 12.7x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 3.5x 17.9x 11.0x BNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.9% +1.8% +3.4% LDOS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -13.6% 5.4% 7.8% LDOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -12.3% 4.7% 13.9% LDOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.3x 2.3x LDOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.5% +0.5% -26.2% BNR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -39.3%/yr -8.6%/yr +7.2%/yr LDOS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 127.8% 73.7% 35.6% LDOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 81/100 70/100 ICLR

Percentile Scorecard

BNRICLRLDOS

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

AxisBNRICLRLDOS
Valuation 39 #57 of 92 100 #1 of 11 98 #3 of 100
Growth 72 #25 of 87 70 #4 of 11 58 #41 of 97
Profitability 28 #62 of 86 80 #3 of 11 86 #14 of 96
Financial Health 82 #18 of 97 75 #4 of 13 33 #71 of 105
Shareholder Returns – – 75 #17 of 65
Overall 55 81 70
  • BNR ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • ICLR ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • LDOS ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBNRICLRLDOSSPY
1 month -36.2%+6.2%+12.9% -0.2%
3 months +30.6%+1.5%+18.0% +3.9%
6 months -28.7%+78.5%-4.4% +8.2%
Year to date -41.1%+0.4%-22.6% +12.9%
1 year +1.5%+0.5%-26.2% +12.3%
3 years +12.5%-22.2%+54.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +4.0%-8.0%+15.6% +23.3%
5 years -91.8%-36.1%+41.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -39.3%-8.6%+7.2% +10.9%
10 years —+127.4%+239.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+8.6%+13.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBNRICLRLDOSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 127.8%73.7%35.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 125.5%87.6%37.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.991.440.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.010.01-0.74 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.6%-76.9%-50.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -71.1%-9.8%-30.0% -1.2%
52-week high $41.06$202.92$199.55 $779.14
52-week low $7.04$80.08$100.00 $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.

MultipleBNRICLRLDOS
P/E now vs peer median -10.8xmedian 24.6x 32.0xmedian 32.1x 12.8xmedian 26.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 2.6x 1.0xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 15.2xmedian 38.1x 9.8xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -64.5xmedian 21.6x 16.3xmedian 21.5x 8.1xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 3.2x 1.5xmedian 3.1x 3.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.19median 0.66 -13.47median 2.03 0.45median 0.90

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 monthsBNRICLRLDOS
Revenue $72.00M $8.23B $17.63B
Gross profit $53.66M $1.93B $3.14B
Operating income -$9.36M $718.25M $2.03B
Net income -$11.22M $448.66M $1.40B
Free cash flow -$1.93M $857.06M $2.16B
R&D $19.39M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.92 $5.68 $10.92
Cash & equivalents $61.43M $808.98M $748.00M
Total debt $1.09M $3.38B $21.66B
Shares (diluted) 10.63M 78.97M 126.00M
Enterprise value -$151.40M $13.14B $14.24B

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
MetricBNRICLRLDOS
P/E -10.8x 32.0x 12.8x
P/FCF -64.5x 16.3x 8.1x
P/Operating cash flow -64.5x 13.6x 7.6x
P/S 1.7x 1.7x 1.0x
P/B 1.7x 1.5x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 2.3x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA – 15.2x 9.8x
EV/EBIT -6.8x 23.1x 11.2x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 2.0x 1.3x
EV/FCF -32.9x 19.3x 10.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -32.9x 16.1x 9.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.19 -13.47 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBNRICLRLDOS
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.9% 1.8% 3.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.7% 0.9% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.7% -13.4% 4.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -2.7% -6.5% 14.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 54.6% 53.9% -0.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 56.1% -7.0% 21.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 43.6% 55.9% -0.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 52.7% -4.4% 24.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 51.7% 30.1% 1.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 55.6% -2.4% 28.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 92.5% -9.9% 54.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 67.4% 15.8% 35.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 86.5% -11.1% 63.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 67.4% 18.4% 41.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBNRICLRLDOS
Gross margin 74.5% 23.4% 17.8%
EBITDA margin – 13.3% 13.2%
Operating margin -13.0% 8.7% 11.5%
Pretax margin -13.3% 6.3% 10.2%
Net margin -13.6% 5.4% 7.8%
FCF margin -2.7% 10.4% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin -2.7% 12.5% 13.0%
Return on equity -15.1% 7.6% 26.8%
Return on assets -10.0% 4.3% 9.0%
Return on invested capital -12.3% 4.7% 13.9%
Return on capital employed -11.7% 5.3% 16.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.2x 2.3x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBNRICLRLDOS
Debt / assets 0.2% 20.8% 38.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.4x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.3x 2.3x
Debt / FCF -0.1x 3.9x 2.8x
Liabilities / assets 33.8% 43.8% 65.9%
Equity / assets 66.2% 56.2% 34.1%
Interest coverage – 3.4x –
Current ratio 3.1x 1.3x 1.6x
Quick ratio 2.8x 0.9x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.9x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -4.91 2.07 3.20

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBNRICLRLDOS
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 2.7% 3.8%
Shareholder yield – 2.7% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 15.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 10.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 2.8%

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.

ConsensusBNRICLRLDOS
Forward P/E 3.5xFY2026 17.9xFY2026 11.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.38FY2026 $10.25FY2026 $12.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -18.2%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.2% -9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $171.24MFY2026 $8.52BFY2026 $17.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +121.9%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -3.2% +14.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBNRICLRLDOS
Held by institutions 16.5% 100.0% 79.3%
Institutions holding 17 422 773
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% +5.5% +4.1%
Institutions buying 9 233 380
Institutions selling 4 138 294
Buyers to sellers 2.25 1.69 1.29

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.

BNRICLRLDOS
BNR 1.00 0.04 0.06
ICLR 0.04 1.00 0.17
LDOS 0.06 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BNR, ICLR and LDOS?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) $108.24M, Icon (ICLR) $16.37B, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.52B.

Which stock is cheaper, BNR, ICLR and LDOS?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) -11.1x, Icon (ICLR) 36.5x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 12.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) is cheapest (Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) 3.5x, Icon (ICLR) 17.9x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) -3.9%, Icon (ICLR) +1.8%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +3.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has the highest net margin (Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) -13.6%, Icon (ICLR) 5.4%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads (Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) -12.3%, Icon (ICLR) 4.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) returned the most: Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) +1.5%, Icon (ICLR) +0.5%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -26.2%. Over five years, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) compounded fastest (Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) -39.3%/yr, Icon (ICLR) -8.6%/yr, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +7.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) 0.00%, Icon (ICLR) 0.00%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 0.01%. Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) and Icon (ICLR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has been the steadiest (Burning Rock Biotech (BNR) 127.8%, Icon (ICLR) 73.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BNR, ICLR and LDOS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads on 8. 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.