CHWY vs PAHC vs LW Stock Comparison

Chewy, Phibro Animal Health and Lamb Weston Holdings Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CHWY Chewy, Inc.
$23.02 +26.8% 1M -30.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.19B
P/E
33.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.07B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
2 wins
LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
$55.09 +14.9% 1M -12.2% 1Y
Market cap
$7.51B
P/E
29.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.62B
Div. yield
0.03%
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Phibro Animal Health leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Phibro Animal Health 7, Lamb Weston Holdings 3, Chewy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHWYPAHCLWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.19B $1.39B $7.51B CHWY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.6x 13.5x 29.5x PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.7x 10.4x 17.9x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.9% +10.1% +2.6% PAHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.1% 6.7% 3.8% PAHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.9% 6.4% PAHC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 2.1x 4.1x CHWY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.03% LW
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -30.4% -14.0% -12.2% LW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -20.9%/yr +9.6%/yr -0.9%/yr PAHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.7% 56.6% 45.8% LW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 68/100 70/100 47/100 PAHC

Percentile Scorecard

CHWYPAHCLW

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

AxisCHWYPAHCLW
Valuation 54 #21 of 44 94 #38 of 634 51 #22 of 44
Growth 93 #4 of 41 85 #90 of 608 33 #28 of 41
Profitability 58 #17 of 39 85 #86 of 557 68 #13 of 39
Financial Health 58 #20 of 46 27 #476 of 654 38 #29 of 46
Shareholder Returns 81 #7 of 32 57 #175 of 403 45 #18 of 32
Overall 68 70 47
  • CHWY ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods
  • PAHC ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • LW ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCHWYPAHCLWSPY
1 month +26.8%-3.3%+14.9% -5.9%
3 months -1.7%-0.3%+5.8% -4.6%
6 months -2.7%-18.0%+28.0% +0.2%
Year to date -30.3%-5.2%+31.5% +7.5%
1 year -30.4%-14.0%-12.2% +8.2%
3 years +11.5%+189.5%-41.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +3.7%+42.5%-16.4% +19.0%
5 years -69.1%+58.2%-4.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year -20.9%+9.6%-0.9% +9.4%
10 years —+35.1%— +251.5%
10 years, per year —+3.1%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCHWYPAHCLWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.7%56.6%45.8% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.2%61.6%54.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.770.940.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.64-0.25-0.27 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -80.5%-57.9%-66.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.9%-40.6%-12.2% -5.9%
52-week high $35.37$59.58$62.76 $779.14
52-week low $17.51$28.52$38.48 $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.

MultipleCHWYPAHCLW
P/E now vs peer median 34.2xmedian 20.9x 14.0xmedian 17.8x 29.8xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.8x 0.9xmedian 8.1x 1.1xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 12.4x 7.7xmedian 15.7x 12.4xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 16.3xmedian 15.2x 66.3xmedian 21.0x 18.8xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 24.9xmedian 1.6x 3.4xmedian 2.0x 4.2xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.45median 0.61 0.20median 0.36 -0.84median 0.61

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 monthsCHWYPAHCLW
Revenue $13.07B $1.54B $6.62B
Gross profit $3.91B $521.27M $1.28B
Operating income $328.20M $192.78M $516.80M
Net income $273.70M $102.71M $254.80M
Free cash flow $568.10M $21.67M $403.80M
EPS (diluted) $0.67 $2.51 $1.85
Cash & equivalents $611.00M $75.55M $166.30M
Total debt $591.70M $610.88M $3.93B
Shares (diluted) 410.10M 40.96M 138.10M
Enterprise value $6.48B $1.07B $7.14B

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
MetricCHWYPAHCLW
P/E 34.2x 14.0x 29.8x
P/FCF 16.3x 66.3x 18.8x
P/Operating cash flow 12.9x 16.8x 9.2x
P/S 0.7x 0.9x 1.1x
P/B 24.9x 3.4x 4.2x
P/Tangible book 41.8x 3.7x 4.5x
EV/EBITDA 19.5x 7.7x 12.4x
EV/EBIT 28.1x 10.2x 22.0x
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.3x 1.7x
EV/FCF 16.2x 90.7x 28.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.9x 22.9x 13.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.45 0.20 -0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCLW
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.9% 10.1% 2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 16.4% 4.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.6% 19.5% -7.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 20.6% -8.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 102.0% 33.8% -15.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 139.1% 49.7% -21.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 81.1% 51.5% -13.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 73.8% 70.5% -36.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 89.2% 51.2% -12.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 76.8% 69.8% -35.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.3% 11.6% -7.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 28.7% -3.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 22.7% -36.8% -17.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 74.0% 205.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCLW
Gross margin 29.9% 33.8% 19.4%
EBITDA margin 3.6% 16.5% 13.9%
Operating margin 2.5% 12.5% 7.8%
Pretax margin 2.7% 9.1% 5.1%
Net margin 2.1% 6.7% 3.8%
FCF margin 4.3% 1.4% 6.1%
Operating cash flow margin 5.5% 5.6% 12.5%
Return on equity 68.9% 25.6% 13.2%
Return on assets 7.8% 6.8% 3.3%
Return on invested capital – 13.9% 6.4%
Return on capital employed 24.9% 15.9% 8.7%
Asset turnover 3.7x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x 0.8x 3.2x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 0.1% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCLW
Debt / assets 15.8% 40.3% 53.6%
Debt / equity 1.6x 1.5x 2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 2.1x 4.1x
Debt / FCF 1.0x 28.2x 9.7x
Liabilities / assets 90.1% 72.4% 75.3%
Equity / assets 9.9% 27.6% 24.7%
Interest coverage – 4.2x –
Current ratio 0.8x 3.2x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.0x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.87 3.09 2.62

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCLW
Dividend yield – 1.4% 2.1%
Net buyback yield 5.5% – 1.5%
Shareholder yield 5.5% 1.4% 3.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.0% 81.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 89.9% 51.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.1% 0.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.0% 11.1%

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.

ConsensusCHWYPAHCLW
Forward P/E 30.7xFY2026 10.4xFY2027 17.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.75FY2026 $3.42FY2027 $3.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +44.2%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027 +2.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +49.3% +9.6% +13.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.87BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027 $6.42BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027 -2.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% -0.2% -1.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHWYPAHCLW
Held by institutions 100.0% 99.1% 93.7%
Institutions holding 513 210 559
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +3.0% +1.0%
Institutions buying 278 117 266
Institutions selling 156 75 191
Buyers to sellers 1.78 1.56 1.39

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.

CHWYPAHCLW
CHWY 1.00 0.21 0.25
PAHC 0.21 1.00 0.23
LW 0.25 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHWY, PAHC and LW?

Chewy (CHWY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chewy (CHWY) $9.19B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.39B, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) $7.51B.

Which stock is cheaper, CHWY, PAHC and LW?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chewy (CHWY) 33.6x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 13.5x, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) 29.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Chewy (CHWY) 30.7x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 10.4x, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) 17.9x). 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: Chewy (CHWY) +5.9%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +10.1%, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) +2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) has the highest net margin (Chewy (CHWY) 2.1%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.7%, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) 3.8%). On return on invested capital, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) leads (Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 13.9%, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) 6.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) returned the most: Chewy (CHWY) -30.4%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -14.0%, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) -12.2%. Over five years, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) compounded fastest (Chewy (CHWY) -20.9%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +9.6%/yr, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) -0.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) has the highest dividend yield: Chewy (CHWY) 0.00%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 0.01%, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) 0.03%. Chewy (CHWY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) has been the steadiest (Chewy (CHWY) 47.7%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 56.6%, Lamb Weston Holdings (LW) 45.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHWY, PAHC and LW?

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