EVO vs IQV vs TMO Stock Comparison

Evotec SE, Iqvia Holdings and Thermo Fisher Scientific 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
–
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IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc.
$274.30 +1.7% 1M +24.4% 1Y
Market cap
$45.24B
P/E
32.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.98B
Div. yield
–
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4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Thermo Fisher Scientific leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Thermo Fisher Scientific 4, Iqvia Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEVOIQVTMOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $555.82M $45.24B $257.69B TMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 32.9x 36.4x IQV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 22.6x 26.4x IQV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +8.2% +8.3% TMO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 8.1% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 8.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.1x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -62.9% +24.4% +19.6% IQV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +1.5%/yr +2.3%/yr TMO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.0% 40.4% 29.9% TMO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 65/100 51/100 IQV

Percentile Scorecard

EVOIQVTMO

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

AxisEVOIQVTMO
Valuation – 80 #3 of 11 49 #116 of 228
Growth – 80 #3 of 11 40 #133 of 221
Profitability – 90 #2 of 11 70 #63 of 208
Financial Health 92 #2 of 13 8 #12 of 13 –
Shareholder Returns – – 44 #77 of 137
Overall – 65 51
  • EVO ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • IQV ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • 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

PeriodEVOIQVTMOSPY
1 month -1.9%+1.7%+1.7% -0.8%
3 months -20.8%+28.5%+22.4% +3.5%
6 months -51.6%+67.4%+46.3% +7.0%
Year to date -50.6%+21.7%+18.2% +12.2%
1 year -62.9%+24.4%+19.6% +13.0%
3 years -81.8%+52.4%+58.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -43.4%+15.1%+16.7% +23.1%
5 years —+7.9%+11.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+1.5%+2.3% +11.0%
10 years —+275.1%+362.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+14.1%+16.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEVOIQVTMOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.0%40.4%29.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.3%39.4%28.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.490.740.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.080.600.66 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.6%-51.5%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -63.4%-1.8%-1.7% -1.8%
52-week high $4.15$279.38$696.55 $779.14
52-week low $1.35$156.66$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.

MultipleEVOIQVTMO
P/E now vs peer median —median 36.5x 33.1xmedian 36.5x 35.9xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.7x 2.7xmedian 2.7x 5.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 37.7x 17.3xmedian 37.7x —median 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 20.7x 20.7xmedian 20.7x 34.0xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 2.9x 7.2xmedian 2.9x 4.6xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.04 2.79median 2.04 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 monthsEVOIQVTMO
Revenue – $16.98B $47.35B
Gross profit – $5.60B –
Operating income – $2.20B $8.47B
Net income – $1.38B $7.09B
Free cash flow – $2.18B –
R&D – – $1.40B
EPS (diluted) – $8.22 $19.06
Cash & equivalents $397.89M $1.91B $5.46B
Total debt $1.96B $16.00B –
Shares (diluted) – 167.30M 371.00M
Enterprise value -$1.06B $36.95B $257.69B

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
MetricEVOIQVTMO
P/E – 33.1x 35.9x
P/FCF – 20.7x 34.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 16.0x 27.2x
P/S – 2.7x 5.3x
P/B 0.7x 7.2x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 29.1x 6.9x
EV/EBITDA – 17.3x –
EV/EBIT – 26.8x –
EV/Revenue – 3.5x 5.3x
EV/FCF – 27.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow – 21.0x 27.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.79 4.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEVOIQVTMO
Revenue growth (1Y) – 8.2% 8.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% 2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 1.0% 12.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.0% 7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 11.5% 7.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 7.8% 6.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 15.1% 9.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 11.9% 7.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 7.7% 21.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.9% 4.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 8.7% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.3% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEVOIQVTMO
Gross margin – 33.0% –
EBITDA margin – 20.1% –
Operating margin – 13.0% –
Pretax margin – 9.3% –
Net margin – 8.1% –
FCF margin – 12.9% –
Operating cash flow margin – 16.6% 19.7%
Return on equity – 21.8% 13.2%
Return on assets – 4.6% 6.2%
Return on invested capital – 8.3% –
Return on capital employed – 10.5% –
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.0x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEVOIQVTMO
Debt / assets 30.2% 53.5% –
Debt / equity 0.7x 2.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.1x –
Debt / FCF – 7.3x –
Liabilities / assets 57.7% 78.9% –
Equity / assets 42.3% 21.1% 47.9%
Interest coverage – 2.9x –
Current ratio 2.3x 0.7x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.6x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score – 2.23 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEVOIQVTMO
Dividend yield – – 0.3%
Net buyback yield – 2.6% –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 2.6% 0.3%
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.

ConsensusEVOIQVTMO
Forward P/E – 22.6xFY2026 26.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.72FY2026 $12.14FY2026 $25.91FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +1.8%FY2026 +13.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +13.3% +2.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $682.51MFY2026 $18.58BFY2026 $50.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -26.0%FY2026 +13.9%FY2026 +12.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +23.4% -3.5% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEVOIQVTMO
Held by institutions 0.9% 94.1% 90.2%
Institutions holding 35 1,083 2,621
Change in shares held, QoQ -60.2% +0.3% +0.8%
Institutions buying 18 530 1,141
Institutions selling 7 424 1,144
Buyers to sellers 2.57 1.25 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.

EVOIQVTMO
EVO 1.00 0.26 0.27
IQV 0.26 1.00 0.67
TMO 0.27 0.67 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EVO, IQV and TMO?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Evotec SE (EVO) $555.82M, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) $45.24B, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $257.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, EVO, IQV and TMO?

Iqvia Holdings (IQV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 32.9x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 36.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) is cheapest (Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 22.6x, 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: Iqvia Holdings (IQV) +8.2%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +8.3%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Iqvia Holdings (IQV) returned the most: Evotec SE (EVO) -62.9%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) +24.4%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +19.6%. Over five years, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) compounded fastest (Iqvia Holdings (IQV) +1.5%/yr, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has been the steadiest (Evotec SE (EVO) 58.0%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 40.4%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 29.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EVO, IQV 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, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) leads on 4. 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.