DHR vs CTKB vs JANL Stock Comparison

Danaher, Cytek Biosciences and Janel Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DHR Danaher Corp /De/
$232.08 +3.3% 1M +5.0% 1Y
Market cap
$165.23B
P/E
41.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.11B
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
3 wins
CTKB Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
$5.98 +5.8% 1M +44.1% 1Y
Market cap
$788.41M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$206.71M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
1 win
JANL Janel Corp
$48.00 0.0% 1M +33.3% 1Y
Market cap
$56.94M
P/E
10.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$237.21M
Div. yield
–
Logistics Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Janel leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Janel 6, Danaher 3, Cytek Biosciences 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDHRCTKBJANLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $165.23B $788.41M $56.94M DHR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.3x -9.8x 10.4x JANL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.5x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.6% +5.4% +16.0% JANL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.9% -39.0% 2.3% DHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.7% — 10.2% JANL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x — -0.6x JANL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.0% +44.1% +33.3% CTKB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -5.3%/yr -23.4%/yr +16.9%/yr JANL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.6% 55.8% 78.1% DHR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 41/100 73/100 JANL

Percentile Scorecard

DHRCTKBJANL

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

AxisDHRCTKBJANL
Valuation 67 #76 of 227 54 #104 of 227 97 #5 of 136
Growth 21 #174 of 219 3 #212 of 219 91 #12 of 121
Profitability 88 #25 of 206 45 #114 of 206 65 #41 of 115
Financial Health 46 #129 of 238 53 #112 of 238 41 #85 of 143
Shareholder Returns 75 #34 of 134 47 #71 of 134 –
Overall 59 41 73
  • DHR ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • CTKB ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • JANL ranked among 150 companies in Transportation

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDHRCTKBJANLSPY
1 month +3.3%+5.8%0.0% -0.2%
3 months +16.6%+34.1%-17.2% +3.9%
6 months +29.7%+30.9%-7.2% +8.2%
Year to date +1.4%+18.4%+20.0% +12.9%
1 year +5.0%+44.1%+33.3% +12.3%
3 years +23.5%+38.1%+88.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +7.3%+11.4%+23.5% +23.3%
5 years -23.8%-73.7%+118.2% +67.9%
5 years, per year -5.3%-23.4%+16.9% +10.9%
10 years +196.3%—+713.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year +11.5%—+23.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDHRCTKBJANLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.6%55.8%78.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.6%55.0%145.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.450.870.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.160.790.43 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.8%-90.3%-62.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.1%-1.8%-17.2% -1.2%
52-week high $242.05$6.09$58.00 $779.14
52-week low $161.91$3.36$30.50 $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.

MultipleDHRCTKBJANL
P/E now vs peer median 40.9xmedian 29.6x -9.6xmedian 29.6x 10.4xmedian 16.3x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 2.9x 3.8xmedian 2.9x 0.2xmedian 1.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 24.2xmedian 17.4x -19.0xmedian 17.4x 4.2xmedian 8.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 29.8xmedian 22.3x -64.3xmedian 22.3x 1.3xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.3x 1.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median -3.26median 1.04 0.07median 1.04 0.27median 0.82

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 monthsDHRCTKBJANL
Revenue $25.11B $206.71M $237.21M
Gross profit $14.69B $110.03M $75.34M
Operating income $5.13B -$44.65M $7.29M
Net income $4.00B -$80.58M $6.91M
Free cash flow $5.47B -$12.08M $45.13M
R&D $1.62B $37.26M –
EPS (diluted) $5.66 $-0.62 $4.49
Cash & equivalents $4.35B $73.85M $33.70M
Total debt $26.56B – $26.49M
Shares (diluted) 707.60M 129.46M 1.22M
Enterprise value $149.04B $464.69M $2.81M

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
MetricDHRCTKBJANL
P/E 40.9x -9.6x 10.4x
P/FCF 29.8x -64.3x 1.3x
P/Operating cash flow 24.6x -128.7x 1.2x
P/S 6.5x 3.8x 0.2x
P/B 3.1x 2.4x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 5.2x 2.5x -13.8x
EV/EBITDA 24.2x -19.0x 4.2x
EV/EBIT 36.1x -15.8x 6.8x
EV/Revenue 7.4x 3.4x 0.2x
EV/FCF 33.9x -58.2x 1.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.9x -116.5x 1.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -3.26 0.07 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDHRCTKBJANL
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.6% 5.4% 16.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.5% 5.6% 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.6% 3.1% 19.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -0.9% 1.4% 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.1% -66.2% 15.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.1% -31.0% 22.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 17.3% -1,159% 114.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -14.3% -139.7% 43.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.2% -1,134% 106.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -12.5% -141.6% 39.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 7.6% -139.7% 151.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.6% -66.7% 46.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 12.4% -211.1% 159.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.0% -3.9% 47.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDHRCTKBJANL
Gross margin 58.5% 53.2% 31.8%
EBITDA margin 30.5% -17.9% 4.9%
Operating margin 20.4% -21.6% 3.1%
Pretax margin 19.0% -19.7% 3.5%
Net margin 15.9% -39.0% 2.3%
FCF margin 21.8% -5.8% 19.0%
Operating cash flow margin 26.4% -2.9% 19.2%
Return on equity 7.6% -24.8% 21.6%
Return on assets 4.5% -18.0% 4.0%
Return on invested capital 5.7% – 10.2%
Return on capital employed 6.4% -12.3% 17.7%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.5x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 0.1x 6.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 10.3% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDHRCTKBJANL
Debt / assets 28.8% – 13.8%
Debt / equity 0.5x – 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x – -0.6x
Debt / FCF 4.9x – 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 43.1% 28.0% 82.7%
Equity / assets 56.9% 72.0% 17.3%
Interest coverage 17.6x -143.1x –
Current ratio 1.7x 4.5x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.5x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.9x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.72 4.24 1.49

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDHRCTKBJANL
Dividend yield 0.7% – –
Net buyback yield 1.8% -0.2% –
Shareholder yield 2.4% -0.2% –
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.

ConsensusDHRCTKBJANL
Forward P/E 25.5xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $9.11FY2026 $-0.32FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +16.8%FY2026 – –
EPS growth, the year after +8.0% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $27.01BFY2026 $197.36MFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +9.9%FY2026 -2.1%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% +9.9% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDHRCTKBJANL
Held by institutions 81.9% 62.8% –
Institutions holding 2,116 156 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.1% -4.1% –
Institutions buying 838 75 –
Institutions selling 1,015 64 –
Buyers to sellers 0.83 1.17 –

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.

DHRCTKBJANL
DHR 1.00 0.41 -0.04
CTKB 0.41 1.00 0.03
JANL -0.04 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DHR, CTKB and JANL?

Danaher (DHR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Danaher (DHR) $165.23B, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) $788.41M, Janel (JANL) $56.94M.

Which stock is cheaper, DHR, CTKB and JANL?

Janel (JANL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Danaher (DHR) 41.3x, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -9.8x, Janel (JANL) 10.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Janel (JANL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Danaher (DHR) +4.6%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) +5.4%, Janel (JANL) +16.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Danaher (DHR) has the highest net margin (Danaher (DHR) 15.9%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -39.0%, Janel (JANL) 2.3%). On return on invested capital, Janel (JANL) leads (Danaher (DHR) 5.7%, Janel (JANL) 10.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) returned the most: Danaher (DHR) +5.0%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) +44.1%, Janel (JANL) +33.3%. Over five years, Janel (JANL) compounded fastest (Danaher (DHR) -5.3%/yr, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -23.4%/yr, Janel (JANL) +16.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Danaher (DHR) has been the steadiest (Danaher (DHR) 30.6%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) 55.8%, Janel (JANL) 78.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DHR, CTKB and JANL?

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