BVS vs ABT vs ALC Stock Comparison

Bioventus, Abbott Laboratories and Alcon Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BVS Bioventus Inc.
$14.42 +4.4% 1M +114.9% 1Y
Market cap
$996.32M
P/E
18.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$581.85M
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
6 wins
ABT Abbott Laboratories
$103.13 +1.8% 1M -18.9% 1Y
Market cap
$180.22B
P/E
38.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$48.23B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare
4 wins
ALC Alcon Inc
$69.42 +7.7% 1M -8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$34.41B
P/E
53.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.80B
Div. yield
–
Medical Devices Healthcare

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Bioventus leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Bioventus 6, Abbott Laboratories 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBVSABTALCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $996.32M $180.22B $34.41B ABT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.3x 38.3x 53.5x BVS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.2x 18.1x 21.6x ABT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.1% +10.0% +8.5% ABT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.4% — 6.0% BVS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.3% — 3.6% BVS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.1x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +114.9% -18.9% -8.8% BVS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.7%/yr -4.2%/yr -3.5%/yr BVS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.7% 27.4% 28.6% ABT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 60/100 68/100 BVS

Percentile Scorecard

BVSABTALC

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

AxisBVSABTALC
Valuation 94 #14 of 227 74 #60 of 227 79 #48 of 227
Growth 93 #17 of 219 17 #181 of 219 48 #114 of 219
Profitability 90 #22 of 206 – 76 #50 of 206
Financial Health 28 #171 of 238 – 60 #96 of 238
Shareholder Returns 55 #61 of 134 90 #15 of 134 74 #35 of 134
Overall 72 60 68
  • BVS ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ABT ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • ALC ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBVSABTALCSPY
1 month +4.4%+1.8%+7.7% -0.2%
3 months +9.2%-3.9%+0.4% +3.9%
6 months +44.8%+9.9%-7.9% +8.2%
Year to date +93.8%-17.7%-11.9% +12.9%
1 year +114.9%-18.9%-8.8% +12.3%
3 years +338.3%+11.1%-0.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +63.7%+3.6%-0.3% +23.3%
5 years -3.7%-19.2%-16.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year -0.7%-4.2%-3.5% +10.9%
10 years —+156.0%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+9.9%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBVSABTALCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.7%27.4%28.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.4%27.5%28.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.62-0.010.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.27-0.69-0.31 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.5%-41.6%-38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.5%-21.0%-20.4% -1.2%
52-week high $15.26$130.59$87.18 $779.14
52-week low $6.53$82.56$62.02 $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.

MultipleBVSABTALC
P/E now vs peer median 18.0xmedian 29.6x 38.2xmedian 29.6x 53.2xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.9x 3.7xmedian 2.9x 3.1xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 17.4x —median 17.4x —median 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.8xmedian 22.3x 22.3xmedian 22.3x 19.4xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 2.3x —median 2.3x 1.6xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.61median 1.04 -12.85median 1.04 2.54median 1.04

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 monthsBVSABTALC
Revenue $581.85M $48.23B $10.80B
Gross profit $399.45M – $6.17B
Operating income $58.28M $6.65B $948.00M
Net income $61.48M – $643.00M
Free cash flow $94.29M – $1.74B
R&D $11.57M $3.31B $1.43B
EPS (diluted) $0.77 $2.70 $1.30
Cash & equivalents $29.46M – $1.36B
Total debt $248.45M – $4.72B
Shares (diluted) 70.84M 1.74B 496.20M
Enterprise value $837.61M $180.22B $25.37B

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
MetricBVSABTALC
P/E 18.0x 38.2x 53.2x
P/FCF 12.8x 22.3x 19.4x
P/Operating cash flow 12.5x – 14.6x
P/S 2.1x 3.7x 3.1x
P/B 4.4x – 1.6x
P/Tangible book -16.4x – 2.5x
EV/EBITDA 13.8x – –
EV/EBIT 24.5x – 38.4x
EV/Revenue 2.5x 3.7x 3.4x
EV/FCF 15.2x – 20.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.8x – 15.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.61 -12.85 2.54

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBVSABTALC
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.1% 10.0% 8.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 6.5% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 4.7% – 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.5% – 7.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 68.5% -13.8% -34.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 31.2% 3.5% 7.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 12,370% – -40.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 29.4% – 21.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 7,309% -66.2% -40.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 29.5% -3.0% 21.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 167.3% – 10.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 69.2% – 25.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 176.5% – 7.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.9% – 48.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBVSABTALC
Gross margin 68.7% – 57.2%
EBITDA margin 17.8% – –
Operating margin 10.0% – 8.8%
Pretax margin 6.6% – 6.9%
Net margin 9.4% – 6.0%
FCF margin 16.2% – 16.1%
Operating cash flow margin 16.6% – 21.4%
Return on equity 24.0% – 2.9%
Return on assets 9.3% – 2.1%
Return on invested capital 11.3% – 3.6%
Return on capital employed 11.4% – 3.4%
Asset turnover 0.9x – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x – 3.6x
Stock comp / revenue 2.6% – 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBVSABTALC
Debt / assets 36.9% – 15.2%
Debt / equity 0.9x – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.1x – –
Debt / FCF 2.6x – 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 58.8% – 30.6%
Equity / assets 41.2% – 69.4%
Interest coverage – – 9.2x
Current ratio 1.7x – 2.1x
Quick ratio 1.1x – 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.7x
Altman Z-score 2.55 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBVSABTALC
Dividend yield – 2.4% 0.4%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – 2.7%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 2.4% 3.1%
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.

ConsensusBVSABTALC
Forward P/E 19.2xFY2026 18.1xFY2026 21.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.75FY2026 $5.69FY2026 $3.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.3%FY2026 +10.5%FY2026 +7.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +30.7% +10.4% +15.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $632.22MFY2026 $53.00BFY2026 $10.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.3%FY2026 +19.5%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.6% -2.2% +8.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBVSABTALC
Held by institutions 64.1% 79.2% 48.8%
Institutions holding 156 2,979 629
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8% +0.3% +5.3%
Institutions buying 101 1,259 225
Institutions selling 37 1,377 274
Buyers to sellers 2.73 0.91 0.82

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.

BVSABTALC
BVS 1.00 0.28 0.27
ABT 0.28 1.00 0.43
ALC 0.27 0.43 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BVS, ABT and ALC?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bioventus (BVS) $996.32M, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) $180.22B, Alcon (ALC) $34.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, BVS, ABT and ALC?

Bioventus (BVS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bioventus (BVS) 18.3x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 38.3x, Alcon (ALC) 53.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is cheapest (Bioventus (BVS) 19.2x, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 18.1x, Alcon (ALC) 21.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bioventus (BVS) +3.1%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +10.0%, Alcon (ALC) +8.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bioventus (BVS) has the highest net margin (Bioventus (BVS) 9.4%, Alcon (ALC) 6.0%). On return on invested capital, Bioventus (BVS) leads (Bioventus (BVS) 11.3%, Alcon (ALC) 3.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bioventus (BVS) returned the most: Bioventus (BVS) +114.9%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -18.9%, Alcon (ALC) -8.8%. Over five years, Bioventus (BVS) compounded fastest (Bioventus (BVS) -0.7%/yr, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) -4.2%/yr, Alcon (ALC) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) has been the steadiest (Bioventus (BVS) 50.7%, Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 27.4%, Alcon (ALC) 28.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BVS, ABT and ALC?

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