GELS vs IFF vs ZTS Stock Comparison

Gelteq, International Flavors & Fragrances and Zoetis Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GELS Gelteq Ltd
$0.48 -12.7% 1M -60.7% 1Y
Market cap
$5.14M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Contract Manufacturing Healthcare
ZTS Zoetis Inc.
$77.79 +8.9% 1M -46.5% 1Y
Market cap
$32.22B
P/E
12.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.52B
Div. yield
2.69%
Animal Health Healthcare
9 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Zoetis leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Zoetis 9, International Flavors & Fragrances 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGELSIFFZTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.14M $23.15B $32.22B ZTS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 33.2x 12.4x ZTS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.6x 13.3x ZTS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -4.6% +1.5% ZTS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 7.0% 27.5% ZTS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.0% 23.4% ZTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.0x 1.8x ZTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 1.76% 2.69% ZTS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -60.7% +39.7% -46.5% IFF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -9.3%/yr -18.5%/yr IFF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 159.6% 35.1% 40.6% IFF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 53/100 72/100 ZTS

Percentile Scorecard

GELSIFFZTS

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

AxisGELSIFFZTS
Valuation – 50 #48 of 94 88 #76 of 625
Growth – 81 #18 of 91 52 #290 of 602
Profitability – 63 #32 of 84 96 #23 of 549
Financial Health 67 #5 of 13 45 #52 of 94 34 #435 of 654
Shareholder Returns – 27 #51 of 69 90 #39 of 367
Overall – 53 72
  • GELS ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • IFF ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • ZTS ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGELSIFFZTSSPY
1 month -12.7%+5.7%+8.9% +0.9%
3 months -12.7%+13.8%-0.2% +5.9%
6 months -26.1%+31.6%-31.7% +8.5%
Year to date -40.0%+34.5%-38.2% +13.3%
1 year -60.7%+39.7%-46.5% +12.4%
3 years —+33.6%-50.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year —+10.1%-20.7% +23.5%
5 years —-38.5%-64.0% +68.2%
5 years, per year —-9.3%-18.5% +11.0%
10 years —-32.6%+60.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year —-3.9%+4.8% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureGELSIFFZTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 159.6%35.1%40.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 122.0%28.8%49.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.070.670.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.381.13-1.14 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-61.1%-72.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -68.6%-3.7%-46.5% -0.9%
52-week high $1.53$94.13$145.41 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$61.49$69.12 $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.

MultipleGELSIFFZTS
P/E now vs peer median —median 37.4x 33.2xmedian 22.0x 12.4xmedian 17.4x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.7x 2.3xmedian 1.4x 3.4xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 39.5x 16.6xmedian 12.4x 9.7xmedian 17.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -7.2xmedian 22.1x 42.9xmedian 15.5x 13.9xmedian 19.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 3.4x 1.7xmedian 1.7x 10.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.08 1.03median 1.84 1.32median 0.34

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 monthsGELSIFFZTS
Revenue – $9.98B $9.52B
Gross profit – $3.74B $6.81B
Operating income – $754.00M $3.59B
Net income – $295.00M $2.62B
Free cash flow – $540.00M $2.32B
R&D – $684.00M $722.00M
EPS (diluted) – $2.71 $6.26
Cash & equivalents $6.26K $569.00M $1.48B
Total debt $8.91M $5.70B $9.05B
Shares (diluted) 9.27M 257.00M 417.70M
Enterprise value $3.00M $20.84B $24.07B

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
MetricGELSIFFZTS
P/E – 33.2x 12.4x
P/FCF -7.2x 42.9x 13.9x
P/Operating cash flow – 19.9x 11.3x
P/S – 2.3x 3.4x
P/B 0.5x 1.7x 10.2x
P/Tangible book -1.5x 2.3x 14.4x
EV/EBITDA – 16.6x 9.7x
EV/EBIT – 37.5x 11.0x
EV/Revenue – 2.8x 4.2x
EV/FCF – 52.4x 17.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 24.4x 13.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.03 1.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGELSIFFZTS
Revenue growth (1Y) – -4.6% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% 5.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -3.8% 1.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -0.2% 5.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 295.8% -0.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 35.2% 5.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 170.2% 0.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 28.8% 5.7%
EPS growth (1Y) – 900.0% 7.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 32.3% 9.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 5.4% -4.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% 12.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -4.4% 2.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 26.8% 21.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGELSIFFZTS
Gross margin – 37.5% 71.5%
EBITDA margin – 17.1% 42.8%
Operating margin – 7.6% 37.7%
Pretax margin – 3.5% 34.4%
Net margin – 7.0% 27.5%
FCF margin – 5.4% 24.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.6% 29.8%
Return on equity – 2.1% 82.0%
Return on assets – 1.2% 17.3%
Return on invested capital – 3.0% 23.4%
Return on capital employed – 3.6% 27.5%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.9% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGELSIFFZTS
Debt / assets 0.1% 22.7% 60.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.4x 2.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.0x 1.8x
Debt / FCF – 10.6x 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 29.4% 44.3% 79.1%
Equity / assets 70.6% 55.7% 20.9%
Interest coverage – 4.0x 15.1x
Current ratio 0.1x 2.1x 3.1x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.5x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.8x
Altman Z-score – 1.78 4.74

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGELSIFFZTS
Dividend yield – 1.8% 2.7%
Net buyback yield – 0.3% 11.3%
Shareholder yield – 2.1% 14.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 138.6% 34.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 75.7% 38.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.0% 6.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -20.7% 10.9%

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.

ConsensusGELSIFFZTS
Forward P/E – 27.6xFY2026 13.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.28FY2026 $5.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -21.9%FY2026 -8.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +23.5% +13.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $8.10BFY2026 $9.57BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -25.7%FY2026 +1.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -8.1% -7.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGELSIFFZTS
Held by institutions – 100.0% 94.7%
Institutions holding – 753 1,417
Change in shares held, QoQ – +6.0% -2.6%
Institutions buying – 410 674
Institutions selling – 226 582
Buyers to sellers – 1.81 1.16

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.

GELSIFFZTS
GELS 1.00 0.03 0.04
IFF 0.03 1.00 0.27
ZTS 0.04 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GELS, IFF and ZTS?

Zoetis (ZTS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gelteq (GELS) $5.14M, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) $23.15B, Zoetis (ZTS) $32.22B.

Which stock is cheaper, GELS, IFF and ZTS?

Zoetis (ZTS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 33.2x, Zoetis (ZTS) 12.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Zoetis (ZTS) is cheapest (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 27.6x, Zoetis (ZTS) 13.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Zoetis (ZTS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) -4.6%, Zoetis (ZTS) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoetis (ZTS) has the highest net margin (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 7.0%, Zoetis (ZTS) 27.5%). On return on invested capital, Zoetis (ZTS) leads (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 3.0%, Zoetis (ZTS) 23.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) returned the most: Gelteq (GELS) -60.7%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) +39.7%, Zoetis (ZTS) -46.5%. Over five years, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) compounded fastest (International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) -9.3%/yr, Zoetis (ZTS) -18.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Zoetis (ZTS) has the highest dividend yield: International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 1.76%, Zoetis (ZTS) 2.69%. Gelteq (GELS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has been the steadiest (Gelteq (GELS) 159.6%, International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) 35.1%, Zoetis (ZTS) 40.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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