GELS vs ZTS vs CRL Stock Comparison

Gelteq, Zoetis and Charles River Laboratories International Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GELS Gelteq Ltd
$0.46 -19.3% 1M -57.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.07M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Contract Manufacturing Healthcare
ZTS Zoetis Inc.
$82.10 +15.1% 1M -31.9% 1Y
Market cap
$32.78B
P/E
13.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.49B
Div. yield
0.03%
Animal Health Healthcare
9 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Zoetis leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (Zoetis 9, Charles River Laboratories International 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGELSZTSCRLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $4.07M $32.78B $16.00B ZTS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 13.1x 398.0x ZTS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.0x 28.7x ZTS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +0.9% -1.2% ZTS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 26.4% 1.0% ZTS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 23.0% 0.0% ZTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.9x 5.1x ZTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.0% -31.9% +86.7% CRL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -17.7%/yr -3.6%/yr CRL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 159.7% 39.4% 47.0% ZTS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 70/100 55/100 ZTS

Percentile Scorecard

GELSZTSCRL

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

AxisGELSZTSCRL
Valuation – 87 #82 of 634 70 #4 of 11
Growth – 45 #333 of 608 20 #9 of 11
Profitability – 96 #23 of 557 70 #4 of 11
Financial Health 67 #5 of 13 32 #447 of 654 58 #6 of 13
Shareholder Returns – 88 #48 of 403 –
Overall – 70 55
  • GELS ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • ZTS 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

PeriodGELSZTSCRLSPY
1 month -19.3%+15.1%+2.6% -5.9%
3 months -19.3%+6.3%+17.9% -4.6%
6 months -1.3%-6.0%+72.4% +0.2%
Year to date -42.5%-34.7%+57.0% +7.5%
1 year -57.0%-31.9%+86.7% +8.2%
3 years —-49.7%+72.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year —-20.5%+20.0% +19.0%
5 years —-62.1%-16.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year —-17.7%-3.6% +9.4%
10 years —+64.4%+359.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year —+5.1%+16.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureGELSZTSCRLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 159.7%39.4%47.0% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 122.9%46.1%44.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.810.571.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.36-0.811.85 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-72.0%-74.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -69.9%-37.4%-16.7% -5.9%
52-week high $1.53$131.10$375.83 $779.14
52-week low $0.39$69.12$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.

MultipleGELSZTSCRL
P/E now vs peer median —median 34.8x 13.5xmedian 17.8x 372.5xmedian 34.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.5x 3.5xmedian 8.1x 3.8xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 28.8x 10.2xmedian 15.7x 38.8xmedian 28.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -6.9xmedian 21.0x 15.0xmedian 21.0x 37.5xmedian 21.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.7x 10.1xmedian 2.0x 4.6xmedian 2.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.96 1.87median 0.36 -6.75median 1.96

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 monthsGELSZTSCRL
Revenue – $9.49B $3.98B
Gross profit – $6.80B $1.33B
Operating income – $3.54B $158.98M
Net income – $2.51B $39.65M
Free cash flow – $2.24B $399.63M
R&D – $722.00M –
EPS (diluted) – $6.09 $0.83
Cash & equivalents $6.26K $1.33B $200.38M
Total debt $9.08K $9.05B $2.44B
Shares (diluted) 9.27M 411.60M 48.58M
Enterprise value $1.93M $25.18B $15.20B

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
MetricGELSZTSCRL
P/E – 13.5x 372.5x
P/FCF -6.9x 15.0x 37.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 12.3x 24.1x
P/S – 3.5x 3.8x
P/B 0.5x 10.1x 4.6x
P/Tangible book -1.4x 13.6x 5.0x
EV/EBITDA – 10.2x 38.8x
EV/EBIT – 11.6x 108.4x
EV/Revenue – 4.3x 4.3x
EV/FCF – 18.3x 43.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 15.0x 27.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.87 -6.75

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGELSZTSCRL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 0.9% -1.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.3% -1.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 1.0% 2.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 4.9% -4.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -1.7% 12.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 4.0% -37.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – -4.7% 149.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% -56.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – 2.6% 149.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 7.2% -55.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -7.9% -17.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 7.5% -3.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.1% -26.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.4% 2.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGELSZTSCRL
Gross margin – 71.6% 33.3%
EBITDA margin – 42.4% 11.2%
Operating margin – 37.3% 4.0%
Pretax margin – 33.1% -2.5%
Net margin – 26.4% 1.0%
FCF margin – 23.5% 10.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 28.7% 15.7%
Return on equity – 77.7% 1.4%
Return on assets – 16.6% 0.6%
Return on invested capital – 23.0% 0.0%
Return on capital employed – 28.6% 2.5%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.1x 15.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% 2.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGELSZTSCRL
Debt / assets 0.1% 60.0% 32.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x 2.7x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.9x 5.1x
Debt / FCF – 4.0x 6.1x
Liabilities / assets 29.4% 78.1% 56.6%
Equity / assets 70.6% 21.9% 43.4%
Interest coverage – 14.6x 1.5x
Current ratio 0.1x 2.3x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.1x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.6x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 4.81 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGELSZTSCRL
Dividend yield – 2.6% –
Net buyback yield – 11.2% 2.0%
Shareholder yield – 13.8% 2.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 35.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 39.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 2.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 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.

ConsensusGELSZTSCRL
Forward P/E – 14.0xFY2026 28.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.86FY2026 $10.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -8.6%FY2026 +6.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +12.5% +20.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $9.57BFY2026 $3.82BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +1.0%FY2026 -4.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -8.3% +0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGELSZTSCRL
Held by institutions – 94.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 1,419 571
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.6% -0.7%
Institutions buying – 674 271
Institutions selling – 584 204
Buyers to sellers – 1.15 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.

GELSZTSCRL
GELS 1.00 0.03 0.08
ZTS 0.03 1.00 0.15
CRL 0.08 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GELS, ZTS and CRL?

Zoetis (ZTS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Gelteq (GELS) $4.07M, Zoetis (ZTS) $32.78B, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) $16.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, GELS, ZTS and CRL?

Zoetis (ZTS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Zoetis (ZTS) 13.1x, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 398.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Zoetis (ZTS) is cheapest (Zoetis (ZTS) 14.0x, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 28.7x). 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: Zoetis (ZTS) +0.9%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -1.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoetis (ZTS) has the highest net margin (Zoetis (ZTS) 26.4%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 1.0%). On return on invested capital, Zoetis (ZTS) leads (Zoetis (ZTS) 23.0%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) returned the most: Gelteq (GELS) -57.0%, Zoetis (ZTS) -31.9%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) +86.7%. Over five years, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) compounded fastest (Zoetis (ZTS) -17.7%/yr, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) -3.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Gelteq (GELS) 0.00%, Zoetis (ZTS) 0.03%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 0.00%. Gelteq (GELS) and Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Zoetis (ZTS) has been the steadiest (Gelteq (GELS) 159.7%, Zoetis (ZTS) 39.4%, Charles River Laboratories International (CRL) 47.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GELS, ZTS 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, 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.