GH vs ICLR vs WDH Stock Comparison

Guardant Health, Icon and Waterdrop Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GH Guardant Health, Inc.
$178.06 +0.5% 1M +151.3% 1Y
Market cap
$24.31B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.18B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
3 wins
ICLR Icon Plc
$182.98 +6.2% 1M +0.5% 1Y
Market cap
$16.37B
P/E
36.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.23B
Div. yield
–
Contract Research Healthcare
1 win
WDH Waterdrop Inc.
$1.00 -4.8% 1M -44.4% 1Y
Market cap
$364.79M
P/E
6.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$732.27M
Div. yield
–
Insurance Brokers Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Waterdrop leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Waterdrop 6, Guardant Health 3, Icon 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGHICLRWDHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $24.31B $16.37B $364.79M GH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -53.6x 36.5x 6.4x WDH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.9x 11.1x WDH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +42.7% +1.8% +76.3% WDH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -38.3% 5.4% 7.8% WDH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 4.7% 6.8% WDH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +151.3% +0.5% -44.4% GH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.5%/yr -8.6%/yr -13.8%/yr GH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 57.4% 73.7% 37.3% WDH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 28/100 81/100 78/100 ICLR

Percentile Scorecard

GHICLRWDH

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

AxisGHICLRWDH
Valuation 18 #76 of 92 100 #1 of 11 92 #10 of 119
Growth 49 #45 of 87 70 #4 of 11 72 #33 of 114
Profitability 7 #80 of 86 80 #3 of 11 50 #56 of 110
Financial Health 52 #47 of 97 75 #4 of 13 84 #18 of 110
Shareholder Returns 15 #48 of 56 – 93 #8 of 106
Overall 28 81 78
  • GH ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • ICLR ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services
  • WDH ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGHICLRWDHSPY
1 month +0.5%+6.2%-4.8% -0.2%
3 months +24.0%+1.5%-13.0% +3.9%
6 months +114.3%+78.5%-40.8% +8.2%
Year to date +74.3%+0.4%-47.4% +12.9%
1 year +151.3%+0.5%-44.4% +12.3%
3 years +613.4%-22.2%-4.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +92.6%-8.0%-1.6% +23.3%
5 years +50.7%-36.1%-52.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +8.5%-8.6%-13.8% +10.9%
10 years —+127.4%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —+8.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGHICLRWDHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.4%73.7%37.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.7%87.6%42.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.031.440.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.640.01-1.19 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -86.7%-76.9%-71.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -4.9%-9.8%-48.7% -1.2%
52-week high $187.22$202.92$1.95 $779.14
52-week low $69.58$80.08$0.97 $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.

MultipleGHICLRWDH
P/E now vs peer median -52.2xmedian 24.6x 32.0xmedian 32.1x 6.3xmedian 10.5x
P/S now vs peer median 20.1xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 2.6x 0.5xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -52.7xmedian 14.6x 15.2xmedian 38.1x —median 7.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median -98.8xmedian 21.6x 16.3xmedian 21.5x —median 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median -106.8xmedian 3.2x 1.5xmedian 3.1x 0.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -5.25median 0.66 -13.47median 2.03 1.08median 0.53

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 monthsGHICLRWDH
Revenue $1.18B $8.23B $732.27M
Gross profit $769.16M $1.93B –
Operating income -$470.26M $718.25M $55.97M
Net income -$453.44M $448.66M $78.34M
Free cash flow -$240.72M $857.06M –
R&D $375.79M – $36.89M
EPS (diluted) $-3.41 $5.68 $0.15
Cash & equivalents $1.05B $808.98M $154.67M
Total debt – $3.38B $125.58M
Shares (diluted) 132.87M 78.97M 371.35M
Enterprise value $20.37B $13.14B -$297.07M

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
MetricGHICLRWDH
P/E -52.2x 32.0x 6.3x
P/FCF -98.8x 16.3x –
P/Operating cash flow -128.5x 13.6x –
P/S 20.1x 1.7x 0.5x
P/B -106.8x 1.5x 0.5x
P/Tangible book -95.9x 2.3x 0.5x
EV/EBITDA -52.7x 15.2x –
EV/EBIT -48.4x 23.1x 4.4x
EV/Revenue 19.2x 2.0x 0.3x
EV/FCF -94.5x 19.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow -122.8x 16.1x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.25 -13.47 1.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGHICLRWDH
Revenue growth (1Y) 42.7% 1.8% 76.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 32.4% 0.9% 23.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 47.7% -13.4% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -6.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -2.1% 53.9% 59.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.8% -7.0% 30.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -9.6% 55.9% 30.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.7% -4.4% 14.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.4% 30.1% 14.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.9% -2.4% 5.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.4% -9.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.1% 15.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 11.4% -11.1% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 18.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGHICLRWDH
Gross margin 65.0% 23.4% –
EBITDA margin -36.5% 13.3% –
Operating margin -39.7% 8.7% 7.6%
Pretax margin -38.4% 6.3% 10.5%
Net margin -38.3% 5.4% 7.8%
FCF margin -20.3% 10.4% –
Operating cash flow margin -15.7% 12.5% –
Return on equity – 7.6% 10.2%
Return on assets -23.7% 4.3% 6.9%
Return on invested capital – 4.7% 6.8%
Return on capital employed -29.9% 5.3% 7.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.3x –
Stock comp / revenue 16.2% 1.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGHICLRWDH
Debt / assets – 20.8% 6.0%
Debt / equity – 0.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.3x –
Debt / FCF – 3.9x –
Liabilities / assets 111.7% 43.8% 32.6%
Equity / assets -11.7% 56.2% 67.4%
Interest coverage -97.6x 3.4x –
Current ratio 4.0x 1.3x 2.2x
Quick ratio 3.5x 0.9x 1.4x
Cash ratio 3.1x 0.3x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 4.77 2.07 1.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGHICLRWDH
Dividend yield – – 6.0%
Net buyback yield -1.7% 2.7% –
Shareholder yield -1.7% 2.7% 6.0%
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.

ConsensusGHICLRWDH
Forward P/E – 17.9xFY2026 11.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.33FY2026 $10.25FY2026 $0.09FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -18.2%FY2026 +350.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +22.2% +44.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.42BFY2026 $8.52BFY2026 $798.56MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +44.5%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026 +40.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +27.0% -3.2% +32.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGHICLRWDH
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 6.9%
Institutions holding 594 422 40
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.6% +5.5% +1.8%
Institutions buying 353 233 18
Institutions selling 180 138 8
Buyers to sellers 1.96 1.69 2.25

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.

GHICLRWDH
GH 1.00 0.21 0.05
ICLR 0.21 1.00 0.02
WDH 0.05 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GH, ICLR and WDH?

Guardant Health (GH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Guardant Health (GH) $24.31B, Icon (ICLR) $16.37B, Waterdrop (WDH) $364.79M.

Which stock is cheaper, GH, ICLR and WDH?

Waterdrop (WDH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Guardant Health (GH) -53.6x, Icon (ICLR) 36.5x, Waterdrop (WDH) 6.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Waterdrop (WDH) is cheapest (Icon (ICLR) 17.9x, Waterdrop (WDH) 11.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Waterdrop (WDH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Guardant Health (GH) +42.7%, Icon (ICLR) +1.8%, Waterdrop (WDH) +76.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Waterdrop (WDH) has the highest net margin (Guardant Health (GH) -38.3%, Icon (ICLR) 5.4%, Waterdrop (WDH) 7.8%). On return on invested capital, Waterdrop (WDH) leads (Icon (ICLR) 4.7%, Waterdrop (WDH) 6.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Guardant Health (GH) returned the most: Guardant Health (GH) +151.3%, Icon (ICLR) +0.5%, Waterdrop (WDH) -44.4%. Over five years, Guardant Health (GH) compounded fastest (Guardant Health (GH) +8.5%/yr, Icon (ICLR) -8.6%/yr, Waterdrop (WDH) -13.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waterdrop (WDH) has been the steadiest (Guardant Health (GH) 57.4%, Icon (ICLR) 73.7%, Waterdrop (WDH) 37.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GH, ICLR and WDH?

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