IDXX vs FERG vs CHWY Stock Comparison

Idexx Laboratories, Ferguson Enterprises and Chewy Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CHWY Chewy, Inc.
$20.84 +14.1% 1M -37.9% 1Y
Market cap
$8.62B
P/E
31.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.07B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
1 win

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ferguson Enterprises leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Ferguson Enterprises 6, Idexx Laboratories 4, Chewy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIDXXFERGCHWYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $43.52B $46.35B $8.62B FERG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.2x 22.8x 31.5x FERG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 36.9x 22.5x 27.4x FERG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.8% +5.2% +5.9% IDXX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.0% 6.5% 2.1% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 45.6% 21.7% — IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 1.0x 0.0x CHWY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.2% -3.5% -37.9% FERG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.9%/yr +9.7%/yr -22.8%/yr FERG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.1% 30.1% 47.3% FERG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 66/100 68/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

IDXXFERGCHWY

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

AxisIDXXFERGCHWY
Valuation 75 #155 of 624 44 #26 of 46 57 #20 of 45
Growth 76 #148 of 601 79 #9 of 39 90 #5 of 42
Profitability 97 #17 of 541 87 #6 of 39 56 #18 of 40
Financial Health 46 #350 of 647 50 #24 of 47 59 #20 of 47
Shareholder Returns 93 #26 of 359 70 #10 of 31 80 #7 of 31
Overall 77 66 68
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • FERG ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • CHWY ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIDXXFERGCHWYSPY
1 month +8.0%+7.4%+14.1% +0.7%
3 months +3.1%+6.2%-8.8% +3.7%
6 months +2.7%-10.2%-18.0% +7.1%
Year to date -14.9%+8.0%-36.9% +12.8%
1 year -8.2%-3.5%-37.9% +11.9%
3 years +45.3%+56.4%+12.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +13.3%+16.1%+3.9% +22.8%
5 years -13.5%+59.0%-72.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -2.9%+9.7%-22.8% +10.9%
10 years +448.3%+353.7%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +18.6%+16.3%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIDXXFERGCHWYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.1%30.1%47.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.3%30.9%48.2% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.791.120.77 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.26-0.11-0.80 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.3%-43.6%-81.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.9%-10.2%-41.1% -1.2%
52-week high $766.68$267.71$35.37 $779.14
52-week low $504.70$214.24$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.

MultipleIDXXFERGCHWY
P/E now vs peer median 39.9xmedian 17.8x 23.1xmedian 26.2x 30.9xmedian 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 9.1x 1.5xmedian 1.1x 0.6xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.6xmedian 15.0x 15.6xmedian 13.5x 17.7xmedian 12.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.2xmedian 21.7x 20.6xmedian 23.0x 14.7xmedian 13.6x
P/B now vs peer median 28.2xmedian 2.2x 7.9xmedian 2.6x 22.6xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 2.64median 0.35 —median 2.55 0.40median 0.55

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 monthsIDXXFERGCHWY
Revenue $4.55B $31.35B $13.07B
Gross profit $2.84B $9.73B $3.91B
Operating income $1.46B $2.82B $328.20M
Net income $1.14B $2.03B $273.70M
Free cash flow $1.25B $2.26B $568.10M
R&D $261.47M – –
EPS (diluted) $14.37 $10.42 $0.67
Cash & equivalents $196.93M $820.00M $611.00M
Total debt $968.86M $4.13B $591.70M
Shares (diluted) 79.31M 194.80M 410.10M
Enterprise value $42.73B $43.56B $5.91B

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
MetricIDXXFERGCHWY
P/E 39.9x 23.1x 30.9x
P/FCF 36.2x 20.6x 14.7x
P/Operating cash flow 33.1x 17.8x 11.7x
P/S 10.0x 1.5x 0.6x
P/B 28.2x 7.9x 22.6x
P/Tangible book 30.0x 8.9x 37.9x
EV/EBITDA 28.6x 15.6x 17.7x
EV/EBIT 31.7x 17.8x 25.4x
EV/Revenue 10.1x 1.6x 0.6x
EV/FCF 36.8x 22.1x 14.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 33.7x 19.1x 11.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.64 – 0.40

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGCHWY
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.8% 5.2% 5.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.0% – 6.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.4% 7.5% 7.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.5% – 8.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% 17.6% 102.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.7% – 139.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.6% 31.6% 81.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.9% – 73.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.1% 34.4% 89.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.1% – 76.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 51.4% 35.9% 17.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.5% – 10.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.9% 42.8% 22.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.4% – 18.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGCHWY
Gross margin 62.4% 31.0% 29.9%
EBITDA margin 35.4% 10.2% 3.6%
Operating margin 32.0% 9.0% 2.5%
Pretax margin 31.3% 8.3% 2.7%
Net margin 25.0% 6.5% 2.1%
FCF margin 27.5% 7.2% 4.3%
Operating cash flow margin 30.1% 8.3% 5.5%
Return on equity 71.9% 34.0% 68.9%
Return on assets 33.4% 11.4% 7.8%
Return on invested capital 45.6% 21.7% –
Return on capital employed 68.6% 23.4% 24.9%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.8x 3.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.3x 2.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 0.3% 2.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGCHWY
Debt / assets 28.1% 23.2% 15.8%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.7x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 1.0x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 0.8x 1.8x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 53.2% 67.0% 90.1%
Equity / assets 46.8% 33.0% 9.9%
Interest coverage 38.6x – –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.8x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 20.55 5.52 4.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGCHWY
Dividend yield – 1.5% –
Net buyback yield 2.3% 1.8% 6.1%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 3.3% 6.1%
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.

ConsensusIDXXFERGCHWY
Forward P/E 36.9xFY2026 22.5xFY2026 27.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $15.63FY2026 $10.68FY2026 $0.76FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026 +46.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +20.5% +47.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.00BFY2026 $34.30BFY2026 $12.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% -0.7% +5.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIDXXFERGCHWY
Held by institutions 93.6% 96.3% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,290 938 512
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% +2.1% -0.4%
Institutions buying 588 477 278
Institutions selling 496 344 155
Buyers to sellers 1.19 1.39 1.79

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.

IDXXFERGCHWY
IDXX 1.00 0.39 0.31
FERG 0.39 1.00 0.11
CHWY 0.31 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IDXX, FERG and CHWY?

Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $43.52B, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) $46.35B, Chewy (CHWY) $8.62B.

Which stock is cheaper, IDXX, FERG and CHWY?

Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 38.2x, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 22.8x, Chewy (CHWY) 31.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 36.9x, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 22.5x, Chewy (CHWY) 27.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +12.8%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) +5.2%, Chewy (CHWY) +5.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.0%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 6.5%, Chewy (CHWY) 2.1%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.6%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 21.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) returned the most: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -8.2%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) -3.5%, Chewy (CHWY) -37.9%. Over five years, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) compounded fastest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -2.9%/yr, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) +9.7%/yr, Chewy (CHWY) -22.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) has been the steadiest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 32.1%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 30.1%, Chewy (CHWY) 47.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IDXX, FERG 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, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 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.