FTRE vs GH vs LDOS Stock Comparison

Fortrea Holdings, Guardant Health and Leidos Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FTRE Fortrea Holdings Inc.
$23.83 +19.8% 1M +110.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.32B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.68B
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare
GH Guardant Health, Inc.
$173.25 -2.3% 1M +140.1% 1Y
Market cap
$23.68B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.18B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
4 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
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Leidos Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Leidos Holdings 6, Guardant Health 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFTREGHLDOSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.32B $23.68B $17.59B GH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -27.2x -52.2x 12.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.4x — 11.0x LDOS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -2.1% +42.7% +3.4% GH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -3.2% -38.3% 7.8% LDOS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.7% — 13.9% LDOS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 13.1x — 2.3x LDOS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +110.9% +140.1% -26.3% GH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +9.1%/yr +7.2%/yr GH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.4% 57.4% 35.6% LDOS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 28/100 70/100 LDOS

Percentile Scorecard

FTREGHLDOS

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

AxisFTREGHLDOS
Valuation 100 #1 of 11 17 #77 of 93 98 #3 of 100
Growth 70 #4 of 11 48 #46 of 88 57 #42 of 97
Profitability 50 #6 of 11 7 #81 of 87 85 #15 of 96
Financial Health 0 #13 of 13 51 #50 of 100 34 #70 of 105
Shareholder Returns – 15 #48 of 56 75 #17 of 64
Overall 55 28 70
  • FTRE ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • GH ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • 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

PeriodFTREGHLDOSSPY
1 month +19.8%-2.3%+13.2% -0.8%
3 months +24.1%+19.1%+21.6% +3.5%
6 months +124.8%+95.8%-3.0% +7.0%
Year to date +38.1%+69.6%-22.4% +12.2%
1 year +110.9%+140.1%-26.3% +13.0%
3 years -13.4%+594.1%+54.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -4.7%+90.8%+15.6% +23.1%
5 years —+54.3%+41.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+9.1%+7.2% +11.0%
10 years ——+235.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+12.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFTREGHLDOSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.4%57.4%35.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 63.6%48.7%37.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.001.020.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.572.44-0.74 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.9%-86.7%-50.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.0%-7.5%-29.9% -1.8%
52-week high $24.06$187.22$199.55 $779.14
52-week low $8.87$69.58$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.

MultipleFTREGHLDOS
P/E now vs peer median -26.5xmedian 36.5x -50.8xmedian 25.1x 12.8xmedian 26.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.7x 19.6xmedian 1.6x 1.0xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 46.7xmedian 37.7x -51.2xmedian 14.5x 9.8xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 20.7x -96.2xmedian 22.4x 8.1xmedian 25.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.9x -103.9xmedian 3.1x 3.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.56median 2.04 -5.11median 0.66 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 monthsFTREGHLDOS
Revenue $2.68B $1.18B $17.63B
Gross profit $516.60M $769.16M $3.14B
Operating income -$10.80M -$470.26M $2.03B
Net income -$85.20M -$453.44M $1.40B
Free cash flow $196.00M -$240.72M $2.16B
R&D – $375.79M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.90 $-3.41 $10.92
Cash & equivalents $168.60M $1.05B $748.00M
Total debt $1.05B – $21.66B
Shares (diluted) 94.80M 132.87M 126.00M
Enterprise value $1.69B $19.74B $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
MetricFTREGHLDOS
P/E -26.5x -50.8x 12.8x
P/FCF 11.6x -96.2x 8.1x
P/Operating cash flow 9.9x -125.0x 7.6x
P/S 0.8x 19.6x 1.0x
P/B 4.3x -103.9x 3.3x
P/Tangible book -36.2x -93.3x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA 46.7x -51.2x 9.8x
EV/EBIT -291.8x -47.0x 11.3x
EV/Revenue 1.2x 18.7x 1.3x
EV/FCF 16.1x -91.8x 10.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.8x -119.3x 9.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.56 -5.11 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFTREGHLDOS
Revenue growth (1Y) -2.1% 42.7% 3.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.1% 32.4% 5.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -4.2% 47.7% 4.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -10.2% – 14.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 98.8% -2.1% -0.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -27.7% 4.8% 21.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 91.7% -9.6% -0.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -38.4% 3.7% 24.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 92.1% -2.4% 1.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -47.7% 9.9% 28.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 359.7% 22.4% 54.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 18.1% 35.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 290.1% 11.4% 63.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.8% 14.4% 41.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFTREGHLDOS
Gross margin 19.3% 65.0% 17.8%
EBITDA margin 2.5% -36.5% 13.2%
Operating margin -0.4% -39.7% 11.5%
Pretax margin -2.9% -38.4% 10.2%
Net margin -3.2% -38.3% 7.8%
FCF margin 7.3% -20.3% 12.3%
Operating cash flow margin 8.5% -15.7% 13.0%
Return on equity -16.2% – 26.8%
Return on assets -3.2% -23.7% 9.0%
Return on invested capital -0.7% – 13.9%
Return on capital employed -0.6% -29.9% 16.5%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.6x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.7x 0.4x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 16.2% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFTREGHLDOS
Debt / assets 38.8% – 38.6%
Debt / equity 2.0x – 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 13.1x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 5.4x – 2.8x
Liabilities / assets 80.7% 111.7% 65.9%
Equity / assets 19.3% -11.7% 34.1%
Interest coverage – -97.6x –
Current ratio 1.0x 4.0x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.9x 3.5x 1.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 3.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 0.84 4.59 3.20

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFTREGHLDOS
Dividend yield – – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – -1.7% 3.7%
Shareholder yield – -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.

ConsensusFTREGHLDOS
Forward P/E 29.4xFY2026 – 11.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.81FY2026 $-3.33FY2026 $12.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +88.4%FY2026 – +6.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.2% – -9.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.77BFY2026 $1.42BFY2026 $17.52BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.7%FY2026 +44.5%FY2026 +2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.4% +27.0% +14.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFTREGHLDOS
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 79.3%
Institutions holding 329 594 773
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.2% -2.6% +4.1%
Institutions buying 139 353 380
Institutions selling 108 180 294
Buyers to sellers 1.29 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.

FTREGHLDOS
FTRE 1.00 0.22 0.10
GH 0.22 1.00 0.09
LDOS 0.10 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FTRE, GH and LDOS?

Guardant Health (GH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) $2.32B, Guardant Health (GH) $23.68B, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) $17.59B.

Which company is growing faster?

Guardant Health (GH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) -2.1%, Guardant Health (GH) +42.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) +3.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has the highest net margin (Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) -3.2%, Guardant Health (GH) -38.3%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) leads (Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) -0.7%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 13.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Guardant Health (GH) returned the most: Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) +110.9%, Guardant Health (GH) +140.1%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) -26.3%. Over five years, Guardant Health (GH) compounded fastest (Guardant Health (GH) +9.1%/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: Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) 0.00%, Guardant Health (GH) 0.00%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 0.01%. Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) and Guardant Health (GH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) has been the steadiest (Fortrea Holdings (FTRE) 70.4%, Guardant Health (GH) 57.4%, Leidos Holdings (LDOS) 35.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FTRE, GH 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 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.