GELS vs PFE vs STE Stock Comparison

Gelteq, Pfizer and Steris 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
PFE Pfizer Inc
$30.01 +6.5% 1M +21.6% 1Y
Market cap
$169.80B
P/E
39.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$63.70B
Div. yield
0.06%
Pharmaceuticals Healthcare
6 wins
STE STERIS plc
$232.25 +10.6% 1M -4.0% 1Y
Market cap
$22.41B
P/E
27.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.04B
Div. yield
0.01%
Medical Devices Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionGELSPFESTELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.26M $169.80B $22.41B PFE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 39.2x 27.8x STE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.5x 20.1x PFE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -0.2% +8.4% STE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 6.8% 13.3% STE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.4% 9.3% PFE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.9x 0.9x STE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.06% 0.01% PFE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -69.1% +21.6% -4.0% PFE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -7.0%/yr -0.3%/yr STE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 159.8% 21.6% 26.2% PFE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 65/100 76/100 STE

Percentile Scorecard

GELSPFESTE

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

AxisGELSPFESTE
Valuation – 94 #37 of 624 84 #38 of 228
Growth – 23 #465 of 603 72 #63 of 222
Profitability – 92 #45 of 555 89 #25 of 210
Financial Health 67 #5 of 13 24 #503 of 657 64 #88 of 241
Shareholder Returns – 91 #36 of 370 74 #37 of 138
Overall – 65 76
  • GELS ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • PFE ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • STE 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

PeriodGELSPFESTESPY
1 month -28.3%+6.5%+10.6% -1.0%
3 months -38.6%+22.2%+8.5% +2.9%
6 months -38.5%+11.1%+4.7% +6.4%
Year to date -46.3%+20.5%-8.4% +11.4%
1 year -69.1%+21.6%-4.0% +13.1%
3 years —-1.4%+6.9% +79.4%
3 years, per year —-0.5%+2.3% +21.5%
5 years —-30.5%-1.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year —-7.0%-0.3% +10.9%
10 years —-6.7%+239.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year —-0.7%+13.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureGELSPFESTESPY
Volatility, 1Y 159.8%21.6%26.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 122.1%21.1%25.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.960.240.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.431.00-0.15 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-64.8%-36.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -71.9%-1.3%-13.5% -2.5%
52-week high $1.53$30.41$268.65 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$23.67$199.40 $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.

MultipleGELSPFESTE
P/E now vs peer median —median 36.1x 39.5xmedian 17.2x 28.2xmedian 30.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.7x 2.7xmedian 8.8x 3.8xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 37.4x 8.2xmedian 16.0x 14.7xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.5xmedian 21.1x 15.6xmedian 17.8x 24.5xmedian 23.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.9x 2.0xmedian 2.1x 3.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.05 -0.96median 0.32 0.31median 0.96

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 monthsGELSPFESTE
Revenue – $63.70B $6.04B
Gross profit – $46.61B $2.68B
Operating income – $20.39B $1.14B
Net income – $4.36B $808.10M
Free cash flow – $10.99B $925.60M
R&D – $11.05B $115.10M
EPS (diluted) – $0.76 $8.22
Cash & equivalents $6.26K $976.00M $482.30M
Total debt $8.91M $63.19B $1.89B
Shares (diluted) 9.27M 5.70B 97.90M
Enterprise value $2.12M $116.45B $20.75B

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
MetricGELSPFESTE
P/E – 39.5x 28.2x
P/FCF -6.5x 15.6x 24.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 12.8x 17.6x
P/S – 2.7x 3.8x
P/B 0.5x 2.0x 3.1x
P/Tangible book -1.3x 4.4x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA – 8.2x 14.7x
EV/EBIT – 10.9x 21.1x
EV/Revenue – 3.5x 4.0x
EV/FCF – 20.3x 26.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.6x 18.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -0.96 0.31

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGELSPFESTE
Revenue growth (1Y) – -0.2% 8.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -7.0% 9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 1.2% 9.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.6% 9.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 1.5% 23.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -9.9% 11.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – -59.6% 24.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -41.3% 89.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – -59.7% 25.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -41.3% 89.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -11.8% 1.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -2.7% 16.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -11.7% 1.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 1.0% 23.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGELSPFESTE
Gross margin – 73.2% 44.4%
EBITDA margin – 42.4% 27.0%
Operating margin – 32.0% 18.9%
Pretax margin – 6.6% 18.0%
Net margin – 6.8% 13.3%
FCF margin – 17.2% 15.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 21.0% 21.3%
Return on equity – 5.0% 11.2%
Return on assets – 2.1% 7.5%
Return on invested capital – 13.4% 9.3%
Return on capital employed – 11.9% 12.1%
Asset turnover – 0.3x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.1x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.5% 1.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGELSPFESTE
Debt / assets 0.1% 31.4% 17.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.7x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.9x 0.9x
Debt / FCF – 5.8x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 29.4% 57.5% 32.7%
Equity / assets 70.6% 42.5% 67.3%
Interest coverage – – 18.8x
Current ratio 0.1x 1.3x 1.9x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.7x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.4x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – 2.37 5.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGELSPFESTE
Dividend yield – 5.7% 1.1%
Net buyback yield – – 1.5%
Shareholder yield – 5.7% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 224.5% 30.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 89.1% 26.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.5% 9.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 2.4% 9.7%

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.

ConsensusGELSPFESTE
Forward P/E – 10.5xFY2026 20.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.86FY2026 $11.56FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -11.2%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -4.5% +13.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $60.60BFY2026 $6.62BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -3.2%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.8% -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGELSPFESTE
Held by institutions – 66.9% 97.1%
Institutions holding – 2,835 829
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.0% +1.1%
Institutions buying – 1,324 405
Institutions selling – 1,204 300
Buyers to sellers – 1.10 1.35

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.

GELSPFESTE
GELS 1.00 0.19 -0.01
PFE 0.19 1.00 0.34
STE -0.01 0.34 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GELS, PFE and STE?

Pfizer (PFE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gelteq (GELS) $4.26M, Pfizer (PFE) $169.80B, Steris (STE) $22.41B.

Which stock is cheaper, GELS, PFE and STE?

Steris (STE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pfizer (PFE) 39.2x, Steris (STE) 27.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pfizer (PFE) is cheapest (Pfizer (PFE) 10.5x, Steris (STE) 20.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Steris (STE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Pfizer (PFE) -0.2%, Steris (STE) +8.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Steris (STE) has the highest net margin (Pfizer (PFE) 6.8%, Steris (STE) 13.3%). On return on invested capital, Pfizer (PFE) leads (Pfizer (PFE) 13.4%, Steris (STE) 9.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Pfizer (PFE) returned the most: Gelteq (GELS) -69.1%, Pfizer (PFE) +21.6%, Steris (STE) -4.0%. Over five years, Steris (STE) compounded fastest (Pfizer (PFE) -7.0%/yr, Steris (STE) -0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pfizer (PFE) has the highest dividend yield: Gelteq (GELS) 0.00%, Pfizer (PFE) 0.06%, Steris (STE) 0.01%. Gelteq (GELS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Pfizer (PFE) has been the steadiest (Gelteq (GELS) 159.8%, Pfizer (PFE) 21.6%, Steris (STE) 26.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GELS, PFE and STE?

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