IDXX vs ELAN vs CHWY Stock Comparison

Idexx Laboratories, Elanco Animal Health and Chewy Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CHWY Chewy, Inc.
$23.02 +26.8% 1M -30.4% 1Y
Market cap
$9.17B
P/E
33.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.07B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Idexx Laboratories leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Idexx Laboratories 6, Elanco Animal Health 3, Chewy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIDXXELANCHWYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $53.33B $12.80B $9.17B IDXX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 45.1x -64.3x 33.5x CHWY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 42.6x 21.7x 30.7x ELAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.9% +12.0% +5.9% ELAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.4% -4.0% 2.1% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 45.4% 6.1% — IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 2.5x 0.0x CHWY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.9% +9.6% -30.4% ELAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.0%/yr -7.0%/yr -20.9%/yr IDXX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.9% 42.8% 47.7% IDXX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 76/100 66/100 68/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

IDXXELANCHWY

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

AxisIDXXELANCHWY
Valuation 74 #164 of 634 94 #42 of 634 54 #21 of 44
Growth 70 #182 of 608 55 #272 of 608 93 #4 of 41
Profitability 97 #16 of 557 84 #92 of 557 58 #17 of 39
Financial Health 47 #349 of 654 31 #455 of 654 58 #20 of 46
Shareholder Returns 92 #32 of 403 – 81 #7 of 32
Overall 76 66 68
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ELAN ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • CHWY ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIDXXELANCHWYSPY
1 month +30.1%+5.2%+26.8% -5.9%
3 months +13.7%-2.1%-1.7% -4.6%
6 months +17.2%-1.4%-2.7% +0.2%
Year to date -0.9%+4.6%-30.3% +7.5%
1 year -6.9%+9.6%-30.4% +8.2%
3 years +58.6%+152.9%+11.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +16.6%+36.3%+3.7% +19.0%
5 years +5.2%-30.6%-69.1% +56.5%
5 years, per year +1.0%-7.0%-20.9% +9.4%
10 years +531.5%—— +251.5%
10 years, per year +20.2%—— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureIDXXELANCHWYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.9%42.8%47.7% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.5%43.7%48.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.801.310.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.190.22-0.64 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.9%-75.7%-80.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.5%-11.8%-34.9% -5.9%
52-week high $766.68$26.84$35.37 $779.14
52-week low $504.70$19.80$17.51 $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.

MultipleIDXXELANCHWY
P/E now vs peer median 44.7xmedian 17.8x -59.4xmedian 17.8x 34.2xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 11.3xmedian 8.1x 2.4xmedian 8.1x 0.7xmedian 0.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 32.1xmedian 15.7x 11.4xmedian 15.7x 19.5xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 40.5xmedian 21.0x 31.2xmedian 21.0x 16.3xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 28.3xmedian 2.0x 1.8xmedian 2.0x 24.9xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 2.95median 0.36 3.02median 0.36 0.45median 0.61

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 monthsIDXXELANCHWY
Revenue $4.66B $5.02B $13.07B
Gross profit $2.92B $2.78B $3.91B
Operating income $1.51B $637.00M $328.20M
Net income $1.18B -$199.00M $273.70M
Free cash flow $1.30B $379.00M $568.10M
R&D $266.87M $371.00M –
EPS (diluted) $14.96 $-0.39 $0.67
Cash & equivalents $197.54M $530.00M $611.00M
Total debt $848.88M $3.92B $591.70M
Shares (diluted) 79.05M 505.90M 410.10M
Enterprise value $52.56B $10.79B $6.46B

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
MetricIDXXELANCHWY
P/E 44.7x -59.4x 34.2x
P/FCF 40.5x 31.2x 16.3x
P/Operating cash flow 37.2x 19.2x 12.9x
P/S 11.3x 2.4x 0.7x
P/B 28.3x 1.8x 24.9x
P/Tangible book 30.2x 3.5x 41.8x
EV/EBITDA 32.1x 11.4x 19.5x
EV/EBIT 35.5x 23.9x 28.1x
EV/Revenue 11.5x 3.0x 0.7x
EV/FCF 41.0x 40.1x 16.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 37.7x 24.7x 12.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.95 3.02 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIDXXELANCHWY
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.9% 12.0% 5.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 5.1% 6.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.7% 13.2% 7.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 3.9% 8.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.3% 22.0% 102.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 59.8% 139.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.1% -145.9% 81.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% -20.8% 73.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.4% -145.3% 89.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.1% -19.7% 76.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 30.4% 7.9% 17.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 73.6% 10.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 35.3% 5.0% 22.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.2% 101.8% 18.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIDXXELANCHWY
Gross margin 62.7% 55.4% 29.9%
EBITDA margin 35.7% 26.5% 3.6%
Operating margin 32.3% 12.7% 2.5%
Pretax margin 31.7% -3.3% 2.7%
Net margin 25.4% -4.0% 2.1%
FCF margin 28.0% 7.5% 4.3%
Operating cash flow margin 30.4% 12.3% 5.5%
Return on equity 67.9% -3.0% 68.9%
Return on assets 33.1% -1.5% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 45.4% 6.1% –
Return on capital employed 65.2% 5.5% 24.9%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.4x 3.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x -3.1x 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 1.5% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIDXXELANCHWY
Debt / assets 22.9% 28.9% 15.8%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.6x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 2.5x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 10.3x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 49.6% 51.4% 90.1%
Equity / assets 50.4% 48.6% 9.9%
Interest coverage 43.5x 2.6x –
Current ratio 1.2x 2.1x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.9x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 22.69 1.50 4.87

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIDXXELANCHWY
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 1.8% – 5.5%
Shareholder yield 1.8% – 5.5%
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.

ConsensusIDXXELANCHWY
Forward P/E 42.6xFY2026 21.7xFY2026 30.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $15.74FY2026 $1.09FY2026 $0.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.3%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 +44.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.5% +23.9% +49.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.02BFY2026 $4.79BFY2026 $12.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.8%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% +19.5% +5.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIDXXELANCHWY
Held by institutions 93.6% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,291 526 513
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% +4.4% -0.4%
Institutions buying 589 246 278
Institutions selling 496 211 156
Buyers to sellers 1.19 1.17 1.78

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.

IDXXELANCHWY
IDXX 1.00 0.41 0.31
ELAN 0.41 1.00 0.25
CHWY 0.31 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IDXX, ELAN and CHWY?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $53.33B, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) $12.80B, Chewy (CHWY) $9.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, IDXX, ELAN and CHWY?

Chewy (CHWY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.1x, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -64.3x, Chewy (CHWY) 33.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 42.6x, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 21.7x, Chewy (CHWY) 30.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +11.9%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +12.0%, Chewy (CHWY) +5.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.4%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -4.0%, Chewy (CHWY) 2.1%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.4%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 6.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) returned the most: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -6.9%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +9.6%, Chewy (CHWY) -30.4%. Over five years, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) compounded fastest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +1.0%/yr, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -7.0%/yr, Chewy (CHWY) -20.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has been the steadiest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 35.9%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 42.8%, Chewy (CHWY) 47.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IDXX, ELAN and CHWY?

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