IDXX vs FERG vs PAHC Stock Comparison

Idexx Laboratories, Ferguson Enterprises and Phibro Animal Health Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

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Phibro Animal Health leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Phibro Animal Health 4, Idexx Laboratories 4, Ferguson Enterprises 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIDXXFERGPAHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $43.52B $46.35B $1.57B FERG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.2x 22.8x 15.8x PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 36.9x 22.5x 11.4x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.8% +5.2% +17.1% PAHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.0% 6.5% 6.6% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 45.6% 21.7% 14.2% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 1.0x 2.1x IDXX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.2% -3.5% -5.7% FERG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.9%/yr +9.7%/yr +12.1%/yr PAHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.1% 30.1% 55.6% FERG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 66/100 68/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

IDXXFERGPAHC

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

AxisIDXXFERGPAHC
Valuation 75 #155 of 624 44 #26 of 46 92 #51 of 624
Growth 76 #148 of 601 79 #9 of 39 85 #89 of 601
Profitability 97 #17 of 541 87 #6 of 39 85 #81 of 541
Financial Health 46 #350 of 647 50 #24 of 47 26 #481 of 647
Shareholder Returns 93 #26 of 359 70 #10 of 31 53 #169 of 359
Overall 77 66 68
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • FERG ranked among 49 companies in Distribution and Rental
  • PAHC ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIDXXFERGPAHCSPY
1 month +8.0%+7.4%+9.6% +0.7%
3 months +3.1%+6.2%+6.6% +3.7%
6 months +2.7%-10.2%-26.9% +7.1%
Year to date -14.9%+8.0%+4.0% +12.8%
1 year -8.2%-3.5%-5.7% +11.9%
3 years +45.3%+56.4%+255.2% +85.2%
3 years, per year +13.3%+16.1%+52.6% +22.8%
5 years -13.5%+59.0%+77.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year -2.9%+9.7%+12.1% +10.9%
10 years +448.3%+353.7%+49.2% +262.0%
10 years, per year +18.6%+16.3%+4.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIDXXFERGPAHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.1%30.1%55.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.3%30.9%60.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.791.120.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.26-0.11-0.10 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.3%-43.6%-57.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.9%-10.2%-34.8% -1.2%
52-week high $766.68$267.71$59.58 $779.14
52-week low $504.70$214.24$28.52 $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.

MultipleIDXXFERGPAHC
P/E now vs peer median 39.9xmedian 17.8x 23.1xmedian 26.2x 15.8xmedian 17.8x
P/S now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 9.1x 1.5xmedian 1.1x 1.0xmedian 9.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 28.6xmedian 15.0x 15.6xmedian 13.5x 8.3xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.2xmedian 21.7x 20.6xmedian 23.0x 159.7xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 28.2xmedian 2.2x 7.9xmedian 2.6x 4.1xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.64median 0.35 —median 2.55 0.35median 0.35

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 monthsIDXXFERGPAHC
Revenue $4.55B $31.35B $1.52B
Gross profit $2.84B $9.73B $512.52M
Operating income $1.46B $2.82B $194.40M
Net income $1.14B $2.03B $99.72M
Free cash flow $1.25B $2.26B $9.87M
R&D $261.47M – –
EPS (diluted) $14.37 $10.42 $2.43
Cash & equivalents $196.93M $820.00M $61.42M
Total debt $968.86M $4.13B $2.49B
Shares (diluted) 79.31M 194.80M 40.96M
Enterprise value $42.73B $43.56B $1.25B

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
MetricIDXXFERGPAHC
P/E 39.9x 23.1x 15.8x
P/FCF 36.2x 20.6x 159.7x
P/Operating cash flow 33.1x 17.8x 22.9x
P/S 10.0x 1.5x 1.0x
P/B 28.2x 7.9x 4.1x
P/Tangible book 30.0x 8.9x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 28.6x 15.6x 8.3x
EV/EBIT 31.7x 17.8x 10.9x
EV/Revenue 10.1x 1.6x 1.4x
EV/FCF 36.8x 22.1x 213.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 33.7x 19.1x 30.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.64 – 0.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGPAHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.8% 5.2% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.0% – 15.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.4% 7.5% 28.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.5% – 19.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% 17.6% 76.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.7% – 39.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.6% 31.6% 106.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.9% – 45.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.1% 34.4% 105.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.1% – 44.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 51.4% 35.9% -13.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.5% – 73.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.9% 42.8% -76.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.4% – 31.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGPAHC
Gross margin 62.4% 31.0% 33.8%
EBITDA margin 35.4% 10.2% 16.8%
Operating margin 32.0% 9.0% 12.8%
Pretax margin 31.3% 8.3% 9.0%
Net margin 25.0% 6.5% 6.6%
FCF margin 27.5% 7.2% 0.6%
Operating cash flow margin 30.1% 8.3% 4.5%
Return on equity 71.9% 34.0% 26.7%
Return on assets 33.4% 11.4% 6.8%
Return on invested capital 45.6% 21.7% 14.2%
Return on capital employed 68.6% 23.4% 16.8%
Asset turnover 1.3x 1.8x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.3x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 0.3% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGPAHC
Debt / assets 28.1% 23.2% 41.1%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.7x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 1.0x 2.1x
Debt / FCF 0.8x 1.8x 62.5x
Liabilities / assets 53.2% 67.0% 74.3%
Equity / assets 46.8% 33.0% 25.7%
Interest coverage 38.6x – 4.2x
Current ratio 1.2x 1.8x 3.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 20.55 5.52 3.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIDXXFERGPAHC
Dividend yield – 1.5% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 2.3% 1.8% –
Shareholder yield 2.3% 3.3% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 19.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 197.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 0.0%

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.

ConsensusIDXXFERGPAHC
Forward P/E 36.9xFY2026 22.5xFY2026 11.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $15.63FY2026 $10.68FY2026 $3.42FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +7.4%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +20.5% +9.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.00BFY2026 $34.30BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% -0.7% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIDXXFERGPAHC
Held by institutions 93.6% 96.3% 51.5%
Institutions holding 1,290 938 209
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% +2.1% +3.0%
Institutions buying 588 477 117
Institutions selling 496 344 74
Buyers to sellers 1.19 1.39 1.58

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.

IDXXFERGPAHC
IDXX 1.00 0.39 0.32
FERG 0.39 1.00 0.24
PAHC 0.32 0.24 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IDXX, FERG and PAHC?

Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $43.52B, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) $46.35B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.57B.

Which stock is cheaper, IDXX, FERG and PAHC?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 38.2x, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 22.8x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 36.9x, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 22.5x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 11.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +12.8%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) +5.2%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.0%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 6.5%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.6%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.6%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 21.7%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 14.2%).

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%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -5.7%. Over five years, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) compounded fastest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -2.9%/yr, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) +9.7%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +12.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 0.00%, Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) 0.00%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 0.01%. Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) and Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) pays no regular dividend.

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%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 55.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IDXX, FERG and PAHC?

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