DNA vs GH vs FTRE Stock Comparison

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Guardant Health and Fortrea Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GH Guardant Health, Inc.
$178.06 +0.5% 1M +151.3% 1Y
Market cap
$23.79B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.18B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
5 wins
FTRE Fortrea Holdings Inc.
$24.43 +22.8% 1M +135.1% 1Y
Market cap
$2.32B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.68B
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Guardant Health leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Guardant Health 5, Fortrea Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDNAGHFTRELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $718.02M $23.79B $2.32B GH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.4x -52.2x -27.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 30.2x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -46.8% +42.7% -2.1% GH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -260.0% -38.3% -3.2% FTRE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -0.7% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 13.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -15.8% +151.3% +135.1% GH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -54.4%/yr +8.5%/yr — GH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 101.5% 57.4% 70.3% GH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 28/100 50/100 FTRE

Percentile Scorecard

DNAGHFTRE

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

AxisDNAGHFTRE
Valuation 10 #10 of 11 18 #76 of 92 90 #2 of 11
Growth 50 #6 of 11 49 #45 of 87 60 #5 of 11
Profitability 10 #10 of 11 7 #80 of 86 50 #6 of 11
Financial Health 100 #1 of 13 52 #47 of 97 0 #13 of 13
Shareholder Returns – 15 #48 of 56 –
Overall 43 28 50
  • DNA ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • GH ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • FTRE ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDNAGHFTRESPY
1 month +5.7%+0.5%+22.8% -0.2%
3 months +46.4%+24.0%+18.0% +3.9%
6 months +43.6%+114.3%+127.0% +8.2%
Year to date +35.6%+74.3%+41.6% +12.9%
1 year -15.8%+151.3%+135.1% +12.3%
3 years -79.1%+613.4%-11.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -40.7%+92.6%-3.9% +23.3%
5 years -98.0%+50.7%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -54.4%+8.5%— +10.9%

Risk

MeasureDNAGHFTRESPY
Volatility, 1Y 101.5%57.4%70.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 103.1%48.7%63.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.031.032.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.162.641.92 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.1%-86.7%-89.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.8%-4.9%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $14.98$187.22$24.43 $779.14
52-week low $5.48$69.58$8.87 $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.

MultipleDNAGHFTRE
P/E now vs peer median -2.4xmedian 32.1x -52.2xmedian 24.6x -27.2xmedian 32.1x
P/S now vs peer median 6.4xmedian 2.6x 20.1xmedian 1.6x 0.9xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -2.7xmedian 38.1x -52.7xmedian 14.6x 47.5xmedian 38.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.1xmedian 21.5x -98.8xmedian 21.6x 11.9xmedian 21.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 3.1x -106.8xmedian 3.2x 4.4xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.02median 2.03 -5.25median 0.66 0.57median 2.03

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 monthsDNAGHFTRE
Revenue $111.86M $1.18B $2.68B
Gross profit $92.92M $769.16M $516.60M
Operating income -$290.69M -$470.26M -$10.80M
Net income -$290.80M -$453.44M -$85.20M
Free cash flow -$174.80M -$240.72M $196.00M
R&D $215.61M $375.79M –
EPS (diluted) $-5.24 $-3.41 $-0.90
Cash & equivalents $84.54M $1.05B $168.60M
Total debt – – $1.05B
Shares (diluted) 55.46M 132.87M 94.80M
Enterprise value -$44.06M $19.85B $1.70B

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
MetricDNAGHFTRE
P/E -2.4x -52.2x -27.2x
P/FCF -4.1x -98.8x 11.9x
P/Operating cash flow -4.2x -128.5x 10.2x
P/S 6.4x 20.1x 0.9x
P/B 1.7x -106.8x 4.4x
P/Tangible book 1.9x -95.9x -37.1x
EV/EBITDA -2.7x -52.7x 47.5x
EV/EBIT -2.2x -48.4x -297.1x
EV/Revenue 5.7x 19.2x 1.2x
EV/FCF -3.6x -94.5x 16.4x
EV/Operating cash flow -3.7x -122.8x 14.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.02 -5.25 0.57

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDNAGHFTRE
Revenue growth (1Y) -46.8% 42.7% -2.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -30.0% 32.4% -0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -49.3% 47.7% -4.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -28.2% – -10.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 2.4% -2.1% 98.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 39.1% 4.8% -27.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.7% -9.6% 91.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 38.0% 3.7% -38.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 8.7% -2.4% 92.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -102.3% 9.9% -47.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.4% 22.4% 359.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 18.1% -3.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 36.2% 11.4% 290.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.1% 14.4% 0.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDNAGHFTRE
Gross margin 83.1% 65.0% 19.3%
EBITDA margin -211.6% -36.5% 2.5%
Operating margin -259.9% -39.7% -0.4%
Pretax margin -264.1% -38.4% -2.9%
Net margin -260.0% -38.3% -3.2%
FCF margin -156.3% -20.3% 7.3%
Operating cash flow margin -152.2% -15.7% 8.5%
Return on equity -67.4% – -16.2%
Return on assets -28.7% -23.7% -3.2%
Return on invested capital – – -0.7%
Return on capital employed -31.0% -29.9% -0.6%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.6x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.6x 0.4x -2.7x
Stock comp / revenue 61.5% 16.2% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDNAGHFTRE
Debt / assets – – 38.8%
Debt / equity – – 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 13.1x
Debt / FCF – – 5.4x
Liabilities / assets 57.5% 111.7% 80.7%
Equity / assets 42.5% -11.7% 19.3%
Interest coverage – -97.6x –
Current ratio 4.6x 4.0x 1.0x
Quick ratio 1.4x 3.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.2x 3.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -8.66 4.77 0.86

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDNAGHFTRE
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -1.7% –
Shareholder yield – -1.7% –
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.

ConsensusDNAGHFTRE
Forward P/E – – 30.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-4.06FY2026 $-3.33FY2026 $0.81FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +88.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +22.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $88.21MFY2026 $1.42BFY2026 $2.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -48.2%FY2026 +44.5%FY2026 +1.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.8% +27.0% -3.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDNAGHFTRE
Held by institutions 55.2% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 182 594 329
Change in shares held, QoQ +12.3% -2.6% -0.2%
Institutions buying 100 353 139
Institutions selling 39 180 108
Buyers to sellers 2.56 1.96 1.29

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.

DNAGHFTRE
DNA 1.00 0.34 0.31
GH 0.34 1.00 0.22
FTRE 0.31 0.22 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DNA, GH and FTRE?

Guardant Health (GH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) $718.02M, Guardant Health (GH) $23.79B, Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) $2.32B.

Which company is growing faster?

Guardant Health (GH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) -46.8%, Guardant Health (GH) +42.7%, Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) -2.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) has the highest net margin (Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) -260.0%, Guardant Health (GH) -38.3%, Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) -3.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Guardant Health (GH) returned the most: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) -15.8%, Guardant Health (GH) +151.3%, Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) +135.1%. Over five years, Guardant Health (GH) compounded fastest (Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) -54.4%/yr, Guardant Health (GH) +8.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Guardant Health (GH) has been the steadiest (Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings (DNA) 101.5%, Guardant Health (GH) 57.4%, Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) 70.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DNA, GH and FTRE?

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