GRAL vs CAI vs LH Stock Comparison

Grail, Caris Life Sciences and Labcorp Holdings Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GRAL GRAIL, Inc.
$158.92 +16.4% 1M +86.5% 1Y
Market cap
$7.10B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$157.21M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
1 win
CAI Caris Life Sciences, Inc.
$36.14 +14.5% 1M +22.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.21B
P/E
97.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$989.61M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
3 wins
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc.
$368.15 +19.2% 1M +48.4% 1Y
Market cap
$29.78B
P/E
30.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.59B
Div. yield
0.78%
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Labcorp Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Labcorp Holdings 4, Caris Life Sciences 3, Grail 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGRALCAILHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.10B $10.21B $29.78B LH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -17.5x 97.2x 30.0x LH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 328.5x 21.6x LH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.1% +85.4% +6.0% CAI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -249.1% 10.6% — CAI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 15.6% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -2.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.78% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +86.5% +22.8% +48.4% GRAL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +8.4%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 111.4% 69.7% 24.3% LH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 43/100 71/100 57/100 CAI

Percentile Scorecard

GRALCAILH

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

AxisGRALCAILH
Valuation 8 #85 of 92 25 #69 of 92 58 #39 of 92
Growth 59 #36 of 87 99 #2 of 87 35 #57 of 87
Profitability 6 #81 of 86 89 #10 of 86 71 #26 of 86
Financial Health 99 #2 of 97 81 #19 of 97 56 #43 of 97
Shareholder Returns – 61 #22 of 55 65 #20 of 55
Overall 43 71 57
  • GRAL ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • CAI ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • LH ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGRALCAILHSPY
1 month +16.4%+14.5%+19.2% +0.7%
3 months +123.4%+124.6%+16.6% +3.7%
6 months +191.7%+90.2%+43.4% +7.1%
Year to date +85.7%+34.0%+46.7% +12.8%
1 year +86.5%+22.8%+48.4% +11.9%
3 years ——+85.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year ——+23.0% +22.8%
5 years ——+49.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year ——+8.4% +10.9%
10 years ——+245.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year ——+13.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGRALCAILHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 111.4%69.7%24.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 126.6%69.4%21.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.691.390.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.780.331.99 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.9%-63.0%-35.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0%0.0%0.0% -1.2%
52-week high $158.92$36.14$368.15 $779.14
52-week low $43.03$14.55$246.64 $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.

MultipleGRALCAILH
P/E now vs peer median -17.5xmedian 26.0x 97.2xmedian 26.0x 30.0xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 45.2xmedian 1.6x 10.3xmedian 1.6x 2.0xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -15.4xmedian 15.4x 54.5xmedian 15.4x —median 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -24.0xmedian 21.5x 82.4xmedian 21.5x 21.6xmedian 21.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 3.2x 17.3xmedian 3.2x 3.4xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.87 —median 0.87 1.74median 0.87

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 monthsGRALCAILH
Revenue $157.21M $989.61M $14.59B
Gross profit $75.51M $689.36M $4.23B
Operating income -$559.25M $153.26M $1.50B
Net income -$391.59M $105.14M $1.00B
Free cash flow -$296.16M $123.96M –
R&D $190.72M $117.14M –
EPS (diluted) $-9.08 $0.37 $12.24
Cash & equivalents $55.65M $690.92M $261.80M
Total debt – $393.15M –
Shares (diluted) 43.11M 282.89M 82.00M
Enterprise value $3.97B $7.04B $29.80B

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
MetricGRALCAILH
P/E -17.5x 97.2x 30.0x
P/FCF -24.0x 82.4x 21.6x
P/Operating cash flow -24.1x 60.6x 16.4x
P/S 45.2x 10.3x 2.0x
P/B 2.8x 17.3x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 9.3x 17.3x 5.8x
EV/EBITDA -15.4x 54.5x –
EV/EBIT -11.2x 64.0x –
EV/Revenue 39.7x 9.9x 2.0x
EV/FCF -21.1x 79.2x –
EV/Operating cash flow -21.2x 58.2x 16.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 1.74

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGRALCAILH
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.1% 85.4% 6.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 6.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.2% 141.2% 8.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 8.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.6% 188.2% 12.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 19.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.6% 137.7% 17.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – 14.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.6% 103.0% 19.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 17.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.3% 227.3% 0.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 9.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.3% 188.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGRALCAILH
Gross margin 48.0% 69.7% –
EBITDA margin -257.6% 18.2% –
Operating margin -355.7% 15.5% –
Pretax margin -336.8% 10.6% –
Net margin -249.1% 10.6% –
FCF margin -188.4% 12.5% –
Operating cash flow margin -187.5% 17.0% 12.4%
Return on equity -15.5% 17.7% 11.5%
Return on assets -13.9% 8.8% 5.4%
Return on invested capital – 15.6% –
Return on capital employed -20.4% 15.3% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.8x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 1.6x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 40.9% 6.6% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGRALCAILH
Debt / assets – 32.0% –
Debt / equity – 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -2.2x –
Debt / FCF – 3.2x –
Liabilities / assets 10.6% 51.9% 53.2%
Equity / assets 89.4% 48.1% 46.8%
Interest coverage – 3.3x –
Current ratio 10.9x 5.5x 1.4x
Quick ratio 10.6x 4.8x –
Cash ratio 10.3x 4.1x –
Altman Z-score 8.78 8.76 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGRALCAILH
Dividend yield – – 0.8%
Net buyback yield – 0.1% –
Shareholder yield – 0.1% 0.8%
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.

ConsensusGRALCAILH
Forward P/E – 328.5xFY2026 21.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-9.05FY2026 $0.11FY2026 $17.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +3.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +236.4% +9.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $169.78MFY2026 $1.06BFY2026 $14.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.4%FY2026 +30.1%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.2% +21.6% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGRALCAILH
Held by institutions 85.4% 52.0% 97.0%
Institutions holding 373 246 1,052
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.4% -6.3% +1.6%
Institutions buying 183 175 466
Institutions selling 100 47 393
Buyers to sellers 1.83 3.72 1.19

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.

GRALCAILH
GRAL 1.00 0.33 0.14
CAI 0.33 1.00 0.29
LH 0.14 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GRAL, CAI and LH?

Labcorp Holdings (LH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Grail (GRAL) $7.10B, Caris Life Sciences (CAI) $10.21B, Labcorp Holdings (LH) $29.78B.

Which stock is cheaper, GRAL, CAI and LH?

Labcorp Holdings (LH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Grail (GRAL) -17.5x, Caris Life Sciences (CAI) 97.2x, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 30.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Labcorp Holdings (LH) is cheapest (Caris Life Sciences (CAI) 328.5x, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 21.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Caris Life Sciences (CAI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Grail (GRAL) +17.1%, Caris Life Sciences (CAI) +85.4%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Caris Life Sciences (CAI) has the highest net margin (Grail (GRAL) -249.1%, Caris Life Sciences (CAI) 10.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Grail (GRAL) returned the most: Grail (GRAL) +86.5%, Caris Life Sciences (CAI) +22.8%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +48.4%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Caris Life Sciences (CAI) 0.00%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 0.78%. Grail (GRAL) and Caris Life Sciences (CAI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Labcorp Holdings (LH) has been the steadiest (Grail (GRAL) 111.4%, Caris Life Sciences (CAI) 69.7%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 24.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GRAL, CAI and LH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Labcorp Holdings (LH) leads on 4. 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.