GELS vs IFF vs VTRS Stock Comparison

Gelteq, International Flavors & Fragrances and Viatris Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GELS Gelteq Ltd
$0.43 -28.3% 1M -69.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.26M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Contract Manufacturing Healthcare
VTRS Viatris Inc
$18.00 +5.1% 1M +74.6% 1Y
Market cap
$21.28B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.74B
Div. yield
–
Generic Drugs Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Viatris leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Viatris 6, International Flavors & Fragrances 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGELSIFFVTRSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.26M $23.88B $21.28B IFF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 34.3x -51.8x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 29.0x 6.9x VTRS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -4.6% +4.4% VTRS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.0% -2.8% IFF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.0% -0.2% IFF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x 4.6x IFF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -69.1% +43.1% +74.6% VTRS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -8.3%/yr +5.2%/yr VTRS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 159.8% 35.0% 32.3% VTRS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 50/100 66/100 VTRS

Percentile Scorecard

GELSIFFVTRS

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

AxisGELSIFFVTRS
Valuation – 43 #54 of 94 94 #40 of 624
Growth – 80 #19 of 92 47 #319 of 603
Profitability – 57 #39 of 89 81 #105 of 555
Financial Health 67 #5 of 13 44 #55 of 97 23 #509 of 657
Shareholder Returns – 26 #52 of 70 87 #50 of 370
Overall – 50 66
  • GELS ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • IFF ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • VTRS ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGELSIFFVTRSSPY
1 month -28.3%+9.8%+5.1% -1.0%
3 months -38.6%+23.9%+4.4% +2.9%
6 months -38.5%+32.3%+23.4% +6.4%
Year to date -46.3%+39.7%+44.6% +11.4%
1 year -69.1%+43.1%+74.6% +13.1%
3 years —+42.4%+97.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year —+12.5%+25.5% +21.5%
5 years —-35.2%+29.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year —-8.3%+5.2% +10.9%
10 years —-27.5%-51.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year —-3.2%-7.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureGELSIFFVTRSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 159.8%35.0%32.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 122.1%28.7%29.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.960.670.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.431.232.31 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-61.1%-52.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -71.9%0.0%-3.5% -2.5%
52-week high $1.53$94.13$18.66 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$61.49$10.11 $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.

MultipleGELSIFFVTRS
P/E now vs peer median —median 36.1x 34.5xmedian 21.5x -51.0xmedian 17.2x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.7x 2.4xmedian 1.4x 1.4xmedian 8.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 37.4x 17.1xmedian 12.4x 12.2xmedian 16.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.5xmedian 21.1x 44.5xmedian 15.5x 10.6xmedian 17.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.9x 1.7xmedian 1.6x 1.4xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.05 1.07median 1.70 1.66median 0.32

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 monthsGELSIFFVTRS
Revenue – $9.98B $14.74B
Gross profit – $3.74B $5.13B
Operating income – $754.00M -$87.30M
Net income – $295.00M -$410.70M
Free cash flow – $540.00M $1.95B
R&D – $684.00M $1.02B
EPS (diluted) – $2.71 $-0.35
Cash & equivalents $6.26K $569.00M $886.50M
Total debt $8.91M $23.75B $13.35B
Shares (diluted) 9.27M 257.00M 1.16B
Enterprise value $2.12M $21.54B $16.29B

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
MetricGELSIFFVTRS
P/E – 34.5x -51.0x
P/FCF -6.5x 44.5x 10.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 20.7x 8.9x
P/S – 2.4x 1.4x
P/B 0.5x 1.7x 1.4x
P/Tangible book -1.3x 2.3x 35.4x
EV/EBITDA – 17.1x 12.2x
EV/EBIT – 38.7x -379.6x
EV/Revenue – 2.9x 2.2x
EV/FCF – 54.0x 17.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 25.1x 14.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.07 1.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGELSIFFVTRS
Revenue growth (1Y) – -4.6% 4.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% -1.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -3.8% -0.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -0.2% -6.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 295.8% 96.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 35.2% -27.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – 170.2% 88.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% -30.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 900.0% 88.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 32.3% -30.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 5.4% 12.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% -3.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -4.4% 11.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 26.8% -3.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGELSIFFVTRS
Gross margin – 37.5% 34.8%
EBITDA margin – 17.1% 18.4%
Operating margin – 7.6% -0.6%
Pretax margin – 3.5% -4.5%
Net margin – 7.0% -2.8%
FCF margin – 5.4% 13.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.6% 15.8%
Return on equity – 2.1% -2.8%
Return on assets – 1.2% -1.1%
Return on invested capital – 3.0% -0.2%
Return on capital employed – 3.6% -0.3%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.9x -5.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGELSIFFVTRS
Debt / assets 0.1% 22.7% 38.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x 4.6x
Debt / FCF – 10.6x 6.8x
Liabilities / assets 29.4% 44.3% 59.3%
Equity / assets 70.6% 55.7% 40.7%
Interest coverage – 4.0x -0.2x
Current ratio 0.1x 2.1x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 1.82 1.12

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGELSIFFVTRS
Dividend yield – 1.7% 2.7%
Net buyback yield – 0.3% 1.5%
Shareholder yield – 2.0% 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 138.6% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 75.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -20.7% –

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.

ConsensusGELSIFFVTRS
Forward P/E – 29.0xFY2026 6.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.25FY2026 $2.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -22.6%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.5% -2.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $8.11BFY2026 $15.32BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -25.6%FY2026 +7.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -8.3% -6.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGELSIFFVTRS
Held by institutions – 100.0% 89.9%
Institutions holding – 753 1,028
Change in shares held, QoQ – +6.0% +5.6%
Institutions buying – 410 486
Institutions selling – 226 318
Buyers to sellers – 1.81 1.53

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.

GELSIFFVTRS
GELS 1.00 0.03 0.06
IFF 0.03 1.00 0.28
VTRS 0.06 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GELS, IFF and VTRS?

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gelteq (GELS) $4.26M, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) $23.88B, Viatris (VTRS) $21.28B.

Which company is growing faster?

Viatris (VTRS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) -4.6%, Viatris (VTRS) +4.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has the highest net margin (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 7.0%, Viatris (VTRS) -2.8%). On return on invested capital, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) leads (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 3.0%, Viatris (VTRS) -0.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Viatris (VTRS) returned the most: Gelteq (GELS) -69.1%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) +43.1%, Viatris (VTRS) +74.6%. Over five years, Viatris (VTRS) compounded fastest (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) -8.3%/yr, Viatris (VTRS) +5.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Gelteq (GELS) 0.00%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 0.02%, Viatris (VTRS) 0.00%. Gelteq (GELS) and Viatris (VTRS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Viatris (VTRS) has been the steadiest (Gelteq (GELS) 159.8%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 35.0%, Viatris (VTRS) 32.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GELS, IFF and VTRS?

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