CRL vs LDOS vs TMO Stock Comparison

Charles River Laboratories International, Leidos Holdings and Thermo Fisher Scientific Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$139.91 +13.2% 1M -26.3% 1Y
Market cap
$17.52B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.63B
Div. yield
0.01%
Defense Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Leidos Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Leidos Holdings 7, Thermo Fisher Scientific 3, Charles River Laboratories International 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCRLLDOSTMOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.15B $17.52B $257.37B TMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -71.9x 12.7x 36.4x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 32.8x 11.0x 26.4x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.7% +3.4% +8.3% TMO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.0% 7.8% — LDOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 1.6% 13.9% — LDOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 6.3x 2.3x — LDOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +81.4% -26.3% +19.6% CRL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.6%/yr +7.2%/yr +2.3%/yr LDOS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 46.0% 35.6% 29.9% TMO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 70/100 51/100 LDOS

Percentile Scorecard

CRLLDOSTMO

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

AxisCRLLDOSTMO
Valuation 60 #5 of 11 98 #3 of 100 49 #116 of 228
Growth 10 #10 of 11 57 #42 of 97 40 #133 of 221
Profitability 70 #4 of 11 85 #15 of 96 70 #63 of 208
Financial Health 42 #8 of 13 34 #70 of 105 –
Shareholder Returns – 75 #17 of 64 44 #77 of 137
Overall 45 70 51
  • CRL ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • LDOS ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • TMO ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCRLLDOSTMOSPY
1 month +21.9%+13.2%+1.7% -0.8%
3 months +59.4%+21.6%+22.4% +3.5%
6 months +108.7%-3.0%+46.3% +7.0%
Year to date +79.1%-22.4%+18.2% +12.2%
1 year +81.4%-26.3%+19.6% +13.0%
3 years +107.1%+54.6%+58.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +27.5%+15.6%+16.7% +23.1%
5 years -16.9%+41.4%+11.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -3.6%+7.2%+2.3% +11.0%
10 years +358.2%+235.6%+362.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.4%+12.9%+16.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCRLLDOSTMOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 46.0%35.6%29.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.0%37.3%28.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.270.260.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.77-0.740.66 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -77.8%-50.3%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-29.9%-1.7% -1.8%
52-week high $357.35$199.55$696.55 $779.14
52-week low $149.93$100.00$438.34 $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.

MultipleCRLLDOSTMO
P/E now vs peer median -72.0xmedian 36.5x 12.8xmedian 26.8x 35.9xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.7x 1.0xmedian 2.9x 5.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 50.2xmedian 37.7x 9.8xmedian 15.2x —median 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 46.0xmedian 20.7x 8.1xmedian 25.5x 34.0xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 2.9x 3.3xmedian 2.5x 4.6xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.99median 2.04 0.45median 0.94 4.74median 0.87

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 monthsCRLLDOSTMO
Revenue $4.00B $17.63B $47.35B
Gross profit $1.31B $3.14B –
Operating income $90.14M $2.03B $8.47B
Net income -$239.23M $1.40B $7.09B
Free cash flow $370.61M $2.16B –
R&D – – $1.40B
EPS (diluted) $-4.97 $10.92 $19.06
Cash & equivalents $192.03M $748.00M $5.46B
Total debt $2.62B $21.66B –
Shares (diluted) 48.02M 126.00M 371.00M
Enterprise value $16.34B $14.23B $257.37B

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
MetricCRLLDOSTMO
P/E -72.0x 12.8x 35.9x
P/FCF 46.0x 8.1x 34.0x
P/Operating cash flow 29.3x 7.6x 27.2x
P/S 4.3x 1.0x 5.3x
P/B 6.0x 3.3x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 4.0x 6.9x
EV/EBITDA 50.2x 9.8x –
EV/EBIT 216.1x 11.3x –
EV/Revenue 4.9x 1.3x 5.3x
EV/FCF 52.6x 10.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 33.5x 9.9x 27.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.99 0.45 4.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCRLLDOSTMO
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.7% 3.4% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 5.9% 2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.1% 4.8% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -5.5% 14.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -27.6% -0.4% 12.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -48.2% 21.1% 7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -268.7% -0.8% 7.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -35.5% 24.8% 6.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -253.8% 1.3% 9.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -36.2% 28.6% 7.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -26.1% 54.9% 21.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.3% 35.7% 4.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -35.9% 63.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 41.7% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCRLLDOSTMO
Gross margin 32.7% 17.8% –
EBITDA margin 9.7% 13.2% –
Operating margin 2.3% 11.5% –
Pretax margin -4.6% 10.2% –
Net margin -6.0% 7.8% –
FCF margin 9.3% 12.3% –
Operating cash flow margin 14.6% 13.0% 19.7%
Return on equity -8.2% 26.8% 13.2%
Return on assets -3.1% 9.0% 6.2%
Return on invested capital 1.6% 13.9% –
Return on capital employed 1.4% 16.5% –
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.1x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.4x 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 2.1% 0.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCRLLDOSTMO
Debt / assets 34.8% 38.6% –
Debt / equity 0.9x 1.1x –
Net debt / EBITDA 6.3x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 7.1x 2.8x –
Liabilities / assets 62.2% 65.9% –
Equity / assets 37.8% 34.1% 47.9%
Interest coverage 0.8x – –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.6x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.4x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 3.07 3.20 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCRLLDOSTMO
Dividend yield – 1.2% 0.3%
Net buyback yield 1.9% 3.7% –
Shareholder yield 1.9% 5.0% 0.3%
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.

ConsensusCRLLDOSTMO
Forward P/E 32.8xFY2026 11.0xFY2026 26.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.90FY2026 $12.75FY2026 $25.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +6.0%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +20.5% -9.0% +2.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.82BFY2026 $17.52BFY2026 $50.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.9%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.7% +14.9% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCRLLDOSTMO
Held by institutions 100.0% 79.3% 90.2%
Institutions holding 570 773 2,621
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.7% +4.1% +0.8%
Institutions buying 270 380 1,141
Institutions selling 204 294 1,144
Buyers to sellers 1.32 1.29 1.00

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.

CRLLDOSTMO
CRL 1.00 0.19 0.64
LDOS 0.19 1.00 0.19
TMO 0.64 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CRL, LDOS and TMO?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) $17.15B, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.52B, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $257.37B.

Which stock is cheaper, CRL, LDOS and TMO?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -71.9x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 12.7x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 36.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is cheapest (Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 32.8x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.0x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 26.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -0.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +3.4%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +8.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has the highest net margin (Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -6.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads (Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 1.6%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) returned the most: Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) +81.4%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -26.3%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +19.6%. Over five years, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) compounded fastest (Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -3.6%/yr, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +7.2%/yr, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 0.00%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 0.01%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 0.00%. Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has been the steadiest (Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 46.0%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 29.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CRL, LDOS and TMO?

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 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.