CTKB vs TXG vs QGEN Stock Comparison

Cytek Biosciences, 10x Genomics and Qiagen Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CTKB Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
$6.14 +7.0% 1M +46.2% 1Y
Market cap
$790.80M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$206.71M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
1 win
TXG 10x Genomics, Inc.
$83.62 -5.5% 1M +526.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.45B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$616.91M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
1 win
QGEN Qiagen N.V.
$50.33 +11.8% 1M -0.3% 1Y
Market cap
$10.93B
P/E
26.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Qiagen leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Qiagen 5, Cytek Biosciences 1, 10x Genomics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCTKBTXGQGENLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $790.80M $10.45B $10.93B QGEN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -9.8x -139.1x 26.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 21.4x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.4% -4.3% +3.0% CTKB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -39.0% -12.2% 19.5% QGEN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 7.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +46.2% +526.8% -0.3% TXG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -23.1%/yr -12.3%/yr -4.2%/yr QGEN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 55.8% 74.2% 35.7% QGEN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 61/100 71/100 QGEN

Percentile Scorecard

CTKBTXGQGEN

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

AxisCTKBTXGQGEN
Valuation 54 #104 of 227 44 #128 of 227 76 #55 of 227
Growth 4 #211 of 219 66 #76 of 219 30 #153 of 219
Profitability 46 #112 of 205 62 #78 of 205 93 #16 of 205
Financial Health 53 #112 of 237 68 #77 of 237 63 #88 of 237
Shareholder Returns 47 #72 of 135 68 #44 of 135 94 #9 of 135
Overall 41 61 71
  • CTKB ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • TXG ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • QGEN 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

PeriodCTKBTXGQGENSPY
1 month +7.0%-5.5%+11.8% +0.9%
3 months +40.2%+80.5%+20.3% +5.9%
6 months +38.3%+314.0%+49.7% +8.5%
Year to date +21.6%+412.7%+6.3% +13.3%
1 year +46.2%+526.8%-0.3% +12.4%
3 years +41.8%+129.7%+24.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +12.4%+32.0%+7.7% +23.5%
5 years -73.1%-48.1%-19.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year -23.1%-12.3%-4.2% +11.0%
10 years ——+75.6% +263.4%
10 years, per year ——+5.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCTKBTXGQGENSPY
Volatility, 1Y 55.8%74.2%35.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 55.0%66.3%30.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.872.240.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.837.10-0.01 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -90.3%-96.1%-48.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%-14.4%-9.6% -0.9%
52-week high $6.14$97.74$55.66 $779.14
52-week low $3.36$12.44$32.63 $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.

MultipleCTKBTXGQGEN
P/E now vs peer median -9.9xmedian 28.8x -144.7xmedian 28.8x 26.7xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 3.0x 17.7xmedian 3.0x 5.2xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -19.6xmedian 17.4x -244.2xmedian 17.4x 18.1xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -66.1xmedian 25.7x 89.7xmedian 25.7x 11.0xmedian 25.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 2.4x 13.2xmedian 2.4x 3.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.07median 1.03 -5.39median 1.03 3.61median 1.03

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 monthsCTKBTXGQGEN
Revenue $206.71M $616.91M $2.10B
Gross profit $110.03M $432.03M $1.31B
Operating income -$44.65M -$88.38M $445.43M
Net income -$80.58M -$75.13M $409.32M
Free cash flow -$12.08M $121.44M $991.33M
R&D $37.26M $226.80M $194.67M
EPS (diluted) $-0.62 $-0.58 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $73.85M – $768.50M
Total debt – – $6.86B
Shares (diluted) 129.46M 129.98M 218.88M
Enterprise value $467.07M $10.25B $6.70B

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
MetricCTKBTXGQGEN
P/E -9.9x -144.7x 26.7x
P/FCF -66.1x 89.7x 11.0x
P/Operating cash flow -132.2x 85.7x 16.7x
P/S 3.9x 17.7x 5.2x
P/B 2.5x 13.2x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 14.3x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA -19.6x -244.2x 18.1x
EV/EBIT -16.2x -122.7x 26.4x
EV/Revenue 3.5x 17.6x 5.6x
EV/FCF -60.0x 89.3x 11.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -119.9x 85.3x 18.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.07 -5.39 3.61

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCTKBTXGQGEN
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.4% -4.3% 3.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 2.8% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 3.1% -3.5% 1.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.4% 1.1% 1.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -66.2% 12.1% -4.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -31.0% 20.9% 3.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -1,159% 11.2% 143.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -139.7% 24.2% 6.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -1,134% 14.9% 12.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -141.6% 26.8% 7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -139.7% 89.8% -3.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -66.7% 135.5% 8.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -211.1% 113.5% 2.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.9% 44.7% 10.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCTKBTXGQGEN
Gross margin 53.2% 70.0% 62.2%
EBITDA margin -17.9% -7.2% 31.0%
Operating margin -21.6% -14.3% 21.2%
Pretax margin -19.7% -12.1% 22.0%
Net margin -39.0% -12.2% 19.5%
FCF margin -5.8% 19.7% 47.2%
Operating cash flow margin -2.9% 20.6% 31.2%
Return on equity -24.8% -9.2% 12.2%
Return on assets -18.0% -7.3% 7.0%
Return on invested capital – – 7.9%
Return on capital employed -12.3% -9.8% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x -1.7x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 10.3% 16.0% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCTKBTXGQGEN
Debt / assets – – 27.9%
Debt / equity – – 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.3x
Debt / FCF – – 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 28.0% 19.9% 43.0%
Equity / assets 72.0% 80.1% 57.0%
Interest coverage -143.1x – 11.3x
Current ratio 4.5x 5.7x 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.5x 0.8x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.9x 0.4x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 4.34 30.83 4.08

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCTKBTXGQGEN
Dividend yield – – 5.2%
Net buyback yield -0.2% -0.1% 0.6%
Shareholder yield -0.2% -0.1% 5.8%
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.

ConsensusCTKBTXGQGEN
Forward P/E – – 21.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.32FY2026 $-0.79FY2026 $2.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -1.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +17.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $197.36MFY2026 $580.42MFY2026 $2.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.1%FY2026 -9.7%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.9% +24.6% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCTKBTXGQGEN
Held by institutions 62.8% 100.0% 0.0%
Institutions holding 156 389 1
Change in shares held, QoQ -4.1% +2.4% –
Institutions buying 75 197 0
Institutions selling 64 137 0
Buyers to sellers 1.17 1.44 –

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.

CTKBTXGQGEN
CTKB 1.00 0.40 0.22
TXG 0.40 1.00 0.45
QGEN 0.22 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CTKB, TXG and QGEN?

Qiagen (QGEN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) $790.80M, 10x Genomics (TXG) $10.45B, Qiagen (QGEN) $10.93B.

Which company is growing faster?

Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) +5.4%, 10x Genomics (TXG) -4.3%, Qiagen (QGEN) +3.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Qiagen (QGEN) has the highest net margin (Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -39.0%, 10x Genomics (TXG) -12.2%, Qiagen (QGEN) 19.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year 10x Genomics (TXG) returned the most: Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) +46.2%, 10x Genomics (TXG) +526.8%, Qiagen (QGEN) -0.3%. Over five years, Qiagen (QGEN) compounded fastest (Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -23.1%/yr, 10x Genomics (TXG) -12.3%/yr, Qiagen (QGEN) -4.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Qiagen (QGEN) has been the steadiest (Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) 55.8%, 10x Genomics (TXG) 74.2%, Qiagen (QGEN) 35.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CTKB, TXG and QGEN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Qiagen (QGEN) leads on 5. 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.