GELS vs VTRS vs CRL Stock Comparison

Gelteq, Viatris and Charles River Laboratories International Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GELS Gelteq Ltd
$0.51 -3.8% 1M -57.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.45M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Contract Manufacturing Healthcare
VTRS Viatris Inc
$19.20 +6.0% 1M +87.0% 1Y
Market cap
$22.24B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.74B
Div. yield
–
Generic Drugs Healthcare
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Viatris leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Viatris 8, Charles River Laboratories International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGELSVTRSCRLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.45M $22.24B $17.08B VTRS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -54.2x -71.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.3x 34.5x VTRS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +4.4% -0.7% VTRS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -2.8% -6.0% VTRS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -0.2% 1.6% CRL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 4.6x 6.3x VTRS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.5% +87.0% +108.6% CRL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +7.5%/yr -3.5%/yr VTRS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 159.7% 32.4% 45.7% VTRS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 66/100 43/100 VTRS

Percentile Scorecard

GELSVTRSCRL

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

AxisGELSVTRSCRL
Valuation – 93 #42 of 624 50 #6 of 11
Growth – 49 #308 of 601 10 #10 of 11
Profitability – 82 #100 of 541 70 #4 of 11
Financial Health 67 #5 of 13 22 #502 of 647 42 #8 of 13
Shareholder Returns – 85 #54 of 359 –
Overall – 66 43
  • GELS ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • VTRS ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • CRL ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGELSVTRSCRLSPY
1 month -3.8%+6.0%+26.8% +0.7%
3 months -7.3%+8.1%+60.2% +3.7%
6 months -20.9%+28.5%+125.1% +7.1%
Year to date -36.3%+54.2%+88.4% +12.8%
1 year -57.5%+87.0%+108.6% +11.9%
3 years —+117.2%+128.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year —+29.5%+31.7% +22.8%
5 years —+43.8%-16.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+7.5%-3.5% +10.9%
10 years —-48.4%+394.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year —-6.4%+17.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGELSVTRSCRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 159.7%32.4%45.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 122.5%29.8%42.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.050.701.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.362.692.38 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-52.9%-77.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -66.7%0.0%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $1.53$19.20$375.83 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$10.11$149.93 $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.

MultipleGELSVTRSCRL
P/E now vs peer median —median 36.6x -54.4xmedian 17.8x -75.7xmedian 36.6x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.6x 1.5xmedian 9.1x 4.5xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 31.1x 12.7xmedian 15.0x 52.5xmedian 31.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median -7.7xmedian 21.8x 11.3xmedian 21.7x 48.4xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 3.1x 1.5xmedian 2.2x 6.3xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.05 1.78median 0.35 2.09median 2.05

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 monthsGELSVTRSCRL
Revenue – $14.74B $4.00B
Gross profit – $5.13B $1.31B
Operating income – -$87.30M $90.14M
Net income – -$410.70M -$239.23M
Free cash flow – $1.95B $370.61M
R&D – $1.02B –
EPS (diluted) – $-0.35 $-4.97
Cash & equivalents $6.26K $886.50M $192.03M
Total debt $8.91M $13.35B $2.62B
Shares (diluted) 9.27M 1.16B 48.02M
Enterprise value $2.31M $17.25B $16.27B

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
MetricGELSVTRSCRL
P/E – -54.4x -75.7x
P/FCF -7.7x 11.3x 48.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 9.5x 30.8x
P/S – 1.5x 4.5x
P/B 0.6x 1.5x 6.3x
P/Tangible book -1.6x 37.8x 6.9x
EV/EBITDA – 12.7x 52.5x
EV/EBIT – -395.4x 225.9x
EV/Revenue – 2.3x 5.1x
EV/FCF – 17.7x 55.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 14.8x 35.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.78 2.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGELSVTRSCRL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 4.4% -0.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -1.9% -1.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -0.7% -0.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -6.0% -5.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 96.6% -27.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -27.6% -48.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 88.2% -268.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -30.5% -35.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 88.1% -253.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -30.6% -36.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 12.9% -26.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.0% -2.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 11.6% -35.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -3.6% 8.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGELSVTRSCRL
Gross margin – 34.8% 32.7%
EBITDA margin – 18.4% 9.7%
Operating margin – -0.6% 2.3%
Pretax margin – -4.5% -4.6%
Net margin – -2.8% -6.0%
FCF margin – 13.3% 9.3%
Operating cash flow margin – 15.8% 14.6%
Return on equity – -2.8% -8.2%
Return on assets – -1.1% -3.1%
Return on invested capital – -0.2% 1.6%
Return on capital employed – -0.3% 1.4%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -5.7x -2.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.2% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGELSVTRSCRL
Debt / assets 0.1% 38.1% 34.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.9x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 4.6x 6.3x
Debt / FCF – 6.8x 7.1x
Liabilities / assets 29.4% 59.3% 62.2%
Equity / assets 70.6% 40.7% 37.8%
Interest coverage – -0.2x 0.8x
Current ratio 0.1x 1.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.16 3.18

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGELSVTRSCRL
Dividend yield – 2.5% –
Net buyback yield – 1.4% 1.8%
Shareholder yield – 3.9% 1.8%
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.

ConsensusGELSVTRSCRL
Forward P/E – 7.3xFY2026 34.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.62FY2026 $10.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +11.5%FY2026 +6.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -1.5% +20.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $15.31BFY2026 $3.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +7.0%FY2026 -4.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -4.8% +0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGELSVTRSCRL
Held by institutions – 89.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 1,030 571
Change in shares held, QoQ – +5.6% -0.7%
Institutions buying – 488 271
Institutions selling – 318 204
Buyers to sellers – 1.53 1.33

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.

GELSVTRSCRL
GELS 1.00 0.06 0.07
VTRS 0.06 1.00 0.16
CRL 0.07 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GELS, VTRS and CRL?

Viatris (VTRS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gelteq (GELS) $4.45M, Viatris (VTRS) $22.24B, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) $17.08B.

Which company is growing faster?

Viatris (VTRS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Viatris (VTRS) +4.4%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -0.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Viatris (VTRS) has the highest net margin (Viatris (VTRS) -2.8%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -6.0%). On return on invested capital, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) leads (Viatris (VTRS) -0.2%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 1.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) returned the most: Gelteq (GELS) -57.5%, Viatris (VTRS) +87.0%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) +108.6%. Over five years, Viatris (VTRS) compounded fastest (Viatris (VTRS) +7.5%/yr, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -3.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Viatris (VTRS) has been the steadiest (Gelteq (GELS) 159.7%, Viatris (VTRS) 32.4%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 45.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 8. 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.