EVO vs ICLR vs LDOS Stock Comparison

Evotec SE, Icon and Leidos Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EVO Evotec SE
$1.52 -1.9% 1M -62.9% 1Y
Market cap
$555.82M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare
ICLR Icon Plc
$183.78 +6.6% 1M +3.2% 1Y
Market cap
$14.35B
P/E
43.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.33B
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare
2 wins
LDOS Leidos Holdings, Inc.
$139.91 +13.2% 1M -26.3% 1Y
Market cap
$17.59B
P/E
12.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.63B
Div. yield
0.01%
Defense Industrials
9 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Leidos Holdings leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Leidos Holdings 9, Icon 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEVOICLRLDOSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $555.82M $14.35B $17.59B LDOS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 43.6x 12.8x LDOS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.9x 11.0x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +3.7% +3.4% ICLR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 3.9% 7.8% LDOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 1.3% 13.9% LDOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.5x 2.3x LDOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -62.9% +3.2% -26.3% ICLR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -8.2%/yr +7.2%/yr LDOS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.0% 73.8% 35.6% LDOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 69/100 70/100 LDOS

Percentile Scorecard

EVOICLRLDOS

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

AxisEVOICLRLDOS
Valuation – 90 #2 of 11 98 #3 of 100
Growth – 30 #8 of 11 57 #42 of 97
Profitability – 80 #3 of 11 85 #15 of 96
Financial Health 92 #2 of 13 75 #4 of 13 34 #70 of 105
Shareholder Returns – – 75 #17 of 64
Overall – 69 70
  • EVO ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • ICLR ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • LDOS ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEVOICLRLDOSSPY
1 month -1.9%+6.6%+13.2% -0.8%
3 months -20.8%+8.9%+21.6% +3.5%
6 months -51.6%+78.1%-3.0% +7.0%
Year to date -50.6%+0.9%-22.4% +12.2%
1 year -62.9%+3.2%-26.3% +13.0%
3 years -81.8%-21.9%+54.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -43.4%-7.9%+15.6% +23.1%
5 years —-34.8%+41.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-8.2%+7.2% +11.0%
10 years —+125.7%+235.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+8.5%+12.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEVOICLRLDOSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.0%73.8%35.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.3%87.9%37.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.491.450.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.080.04-0.74 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.6%-76.9%-50.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.4%-9.4%-29.9% -1.8%
52-week high $4.15$202.92$199.55 $779.14
52-week low $1.35$80.08$100.00 $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.

MultipleEVOICLRLDOS
P/E now vs peer median —median 36.5x 43.8xmedian 36.5x 12.8xmedian 26.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.7x 1.7xmedian 2.7x 1.0xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 37.7x 23.5xmedian 37.7x 9.8xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 20.7x 15.9xmedian 20.7x 8.1xmedian 25.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.9x 1.5xmedian 2.9x 3.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.04 -3.55median 2.04 0.45median 0.94

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 monthsEVOICLRLDOS
Revenue – $8.33B $17.63B
Gross profit – $2.01B $3.14B
Operating income – $325.64M $2.03B
Net income – $69.55M $1.40B
Free cash flow – $883.82M $2.16B
EPS (diluted) – $4.16 $10.92
Cash & equivalents $397.89M $928.39M $748.00M
Total debt $1.96B $13.60B $21.66B
Shares (diluted) – 78.97M 126.00M
Enterprise value -$1.06B $11.46B $14.30B

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
MetricEVOICLRLDOS
P/E – 43.8x 12.8x
P/FCF – 15.9x 8.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.2x 7.6x
P/S – 1.7x 1.0x
P/B 0.7x 1.5x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 2.3x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA – 23.5x 9.8x
EV/EBIT – 50.8x 11.3x
EV/Revenue – 2.0x 1.3x
EV/FCF – 18.7x 10.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 15.5x 9.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -3.55 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEVOICLRLDOS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 3.7% 3.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.8% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -11.5% 4.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -4.7% 14.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -66.6% -0.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -28.0% 21.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -91.0% -0.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -48.5% 24.8%
EPS growth (1Y) – -59.0% 1.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -12.3% 28.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -7.4% 54.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 26.1% 35.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -10.7% 63.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 32.4% 41.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEVOICLRLDOS
Gross margin – 24.2% 17.8%
EBITDA margin – 8.4% 13.2%
Operating margin – 3.9% 11.5%
Pretax margin – 1.6% 10.2%
Net margin – 3.9% 7.8%
FCF margin – 10.6% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 12.8% 13.0%
Return on equity – 6.4% 26.8%
Return on assets – 3.7% 9.0%
Return on invested capital – 1.3% 13.9%
Return on capital employed – 2.6% 16.5%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 15.4x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.4% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEVOICLRLDOS
Debt / assets 30.2% 20.7% 38.6%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.4x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.5x 2.3x
Debt / FCF – 3.8x 2.8x
Liabilities / assets 57.7% 42.8% 65.9%
Equity / assets 42.3% 57.2% 34.1%
Interest coverage – 1.7x –
Current ratio 2.3x 1.0x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.6x 0.6x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.96 3.20

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEVOICLRLDOS
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – 1.7% 3.7%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.7% 5.0%
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.

ConsensusEVOICLRLDOS
Forward P/E – 17.9xFY2026 11.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.72FY2026 $10.25FY2026 $12.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -18.2%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.2% -9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $682.51MFY2026 $8.52BFY2026 $17.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -26.0%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.4% -3.2% +14.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEVOICLRLDOS
Held by institutions 0.9% 100.0% 79.3%
Institutions holding 35 422 773
Change in shares held, QoQ -60.2% +5.5% +4.1%
Institutions buying 18 233 380
Institutions selling 7 138 294
Buyers to sellers 2.57 1.69 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.

EVOICLRLDOS
EVO 1.00 0.21 0.11
ICLR 0.21 1.00 0.17
LDOS 0.11 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EVO, ICLR and LDOS?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Evotec SE (EVO) $555.82M, Icon (ICLR) $14.35B, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.59B.

Which stock is cheaper, EVO, ICLR and LDOS?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Icon (ICLR) 43.6x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 12.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) is cheapest (Icon (ICLR) 17.9x, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 11.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Icon (ICLR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Icon (ICLR) +3.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +3.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has the highest net margin (Icon (ICLR) 3.9%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads (Icon (ICLR) 1.3%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Icon (ICLR) returned the most: Evotec SE (EVO) -62.9%, Icon (ICLR) +3.2%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -26.3%. Over five years, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) compounded fastest (Icon (ICLR) -8.2%/yr, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +7.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Evotec SE (EVO) 0.00%, Icon (ICLR) 0.00%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 0.01%. Evotec SE (EVO) and Icon (ICLR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has been the steadiest (Evotec SE (EVO) 58.0%, Icon (ICLR) 73.8%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EVO, ICLR and LDOS?

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 9. 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.