IDXX vs NWPX vs XYL Stock Comparison

Idexx Laboratories, NWPX Infrastructure and Xylem Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XYL Xylem Inc.
$97.34 -4.4% 1M -35.5% 1Y
Market cap
$22.32B
P/E
20.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.06B
Div. yield
1.74%
Water Treatment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

NWPX Infrastructure leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (NWPX Infrastructure 5, Idexx Laboratories 3, Xylem 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIDXXNWPXXYLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $52.97B $954.87M $22.32B IDXX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 46.5x 17.9x 20.9x NWPX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 43.0x 19.1x 18.5x XYL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +12.8% +15.9% +1.9% NWPX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.0% 8.9% 11.9% IDXX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 45.6% 12.5% 8.3% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 0.2x 1.1x NWPX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 1.74% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +6.7% +64.8% -35.5% NWPX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.4%/yr +31.9%/yr -5.0%/yr NWPX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.5% 39.1% 31.1% XYL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 77/100 77/100 XYL

Percentile Scorecard

IDXXNWPXXYL

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

AxisIDXXNWPXXYL
Valuation 74 #164 of 623 100 #1 of 20 90 #3 of 20
Growth 75 #149 of 601 94 #2 of 18 88 #3 of 18
Profitability 97 #17 of 553 75 #5 of 17 69 #6 of 17
Financial Health 46 #356 of 654 70 #7 of 21 50 #11 of 21
Shareholder Returns 93 #26 of 367 44 #6 of 10 89 #2 of 10
Overall 77 77 77
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • NWPX ranked among 21 companies in Environmental Equipment
  • XYL ranked among 21 companies in Environmental Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIDXXNWPXXYLSPY
1 month +29.6%-6.5%-4.4% -2.3%
3 months +18.3%-22.2%-18.3% -0.7%
6 months +19.3%-7.0%-15.2% +4.8%
Year to date -0.7%+58.7%-28.5% +10.3%
1 year +6.7%+64.8%-35.5% +10.3%
3 years +56.5%+248.1%+0.4% +73.0%
3 years, per year +16.1%+51.6%+0.1% +20.1%
5 years +7.3%+298.2%-22.5% +61.9%
5 years, per year +1.4%+31.9%-5.0% +10.1%
10 years +537.0%+610.8%+107.3% +258.6%
10 years, per year +20.3%+21.7%+7.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIDXXNWPXXYLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.5%39.1%31.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.8%34.3%36.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.751.280.61 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.191.66-1.14 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.9%-35.8%-45.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.4%-33.9%-35.7% -3.5%
52-week high $766.68$149.94$151.31 $779.14
52-week low $504.70$53.85$88.24 $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.

MultipleIDXXNWPXXYL
P/E now vs peer median 46.5xmedian 17.4x 17.9xmedian 28.7x 20.9xmedian 28.7x
P/S now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 8.9x 1.6xmedian 2.5x 2.5xmedian 2.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.3xmedian 17.0x 10.5xmedian 21.3x 12.7xmedian 21.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 42.2xmedian 21.4x 11.0xmedian 25.6x 24.2xmedian 25.6x
P/B now vs peer median 32.9xmedian 2.1x 2.2xmedian 2.1x 2.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 3.08median 0.35 0.55median 1.77 0.66median 1.77

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 monthsIDXXNWPXXYL
Revenue $4.55B $602.76M $9.06B
Gross profit $2.84B $125.97M $3.61B
Operating income $1.46B $71.15M $1.37B
Net income $1.14B $53.48M $1.08B
Free cash flow $1.25B $86.83M $921.00M
R&D $261.47M – $231.00M
EPS (diluted) $14.37 $5.45 $4.64
Cash & equivalents $196.93M $6.06M $708.00M
Total debt $968.86M $21.50M $2.90B
Shares (diluted) 79.31M 9.81M 233.04M
Enterprise value $52.19B $912.96M $18.29B

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
MetricIDXXNWPXXYL
P/E 46.5x 17.9x 20.9x
P/FCF 42.2x 11.0x 24.2x
P/Operating cash flow 38.6x 8.9x 17.5x
P/S 11.6x 1.6x 2.5x
P/B 32.9x 2.2x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 35.0x 2.4x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 33.3x 10.5x 12.7x
EV/EBIT 36.8x 13.6x 17.9x
EV/Revenue 11.8x 1.6x 2.7x
EV/FCF 42.8x 11.2x 26.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.2x 9.1x 19.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.08 0.55 0.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIDXXNWPXXYL
Revenue growth (1Y) 12.8% 15.9% 1.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 11.0% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 14.4% 26.8% 6.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.5% 16.2% 12.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.2% 47.2% 20.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.7% 25.2% 29.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.6% 46.0% 14.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 31.4% 30.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.1% 46.1% 19.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 32.7% 31.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 51.4% 58.5% -0.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.5% 43.1% 19.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.9% 80.1% -0.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 28.4% 92.6% 21.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIDXXNWPXXYL
Gross margin 62.4% 20.9% 39.8%
EBITDA margin 35.4% 15.4% 21.3%
Operating margin 32.0% 11.8% 15.1%
Pretax margin 31.3% 11.4% 14.8%
Net margin 25.0% 8.9% 11.9%
FCF margin 27.5% 14.4% 10.2%
Operating cash flow margin 30.1% 17.7% 14.0%
Return on equity 71.9% 12.5% 10.3%
Return on assets 33.4% 7.9% 6.2%
Return on invested capital 45.6% 12.5% 8.3%
Return on capital employed 68.6% 12.9% 9.5%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.9x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 2.0x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 1.2% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIDXXNWPXXYL
Debt / assets 28.1% 3.1% 16.7%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.0x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 0.2x 1.1x
Debt / FCF 0.8x 0.2x 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 53.2% 37.0% 40.7%
Equity / assets 46.8% 63.0% 59.3%
Interest coverage 38.6x 48.6x 36.1x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.6x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 23.02 4.42 3.09

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIDXXNWPXXYL
Dividend yield – – 1.7%
Net buyback yield 2.0% 0.7% 7.0%
Shareholder yield 2.0% 0.7% 8.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 37.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 44.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 6.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 14.1%

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.

ConsensusIDXXNWPXXYL
Forward P/E 43.0xFY2026 19.1xFY2026 18.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $15.63FY2026 $5.19FY2026 $5.26FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 +45.8%FY2026 +3.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% -7.5% +13.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.00BFY2026 $573.90MFY2026 $9.81BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026 +8.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% +3.8% +0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIDXXNWPXXYL
Held by institutions 93.6% 89.5% 92.0%
Institutions holding 1,291 226 1,094
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% +4.6% +0.2%
Institutions buying 589 125 490
Institutions selling 496 65 447
Buyers to sellers 1.19 1.92 1.10

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.

IDXXNWPXXYL
IDXX 1.00 0.08 0.37
NWPX 0.08 1.00 0.19
XYL 0.37 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IDXX, NWPX and XYL?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $52.97B, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) $954.87M, Xylem (XYL) $22.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, IDXX, NWPX and XYL?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 46.5x, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 17.9x, Xylem (XYL) 20.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Xylem (XYL) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 43.0x, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 19.1x, Xylem (XYL) 18.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +12.8%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +15.9%, Xylem (XYL) +1.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.0%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 8.9%, Xylem (XYL) 11.9%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.6%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 12.5%, Xylem (XYL) 8.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) returned the most: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +6.7%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +64.8%, Xylem (XYL) -35.5%. Over five years, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) compounded fastest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +1.4%/yr, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) +31.9%/yr, Xylem (XYL) -5.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Xylem (XYL) 1.74%. Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) and NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Xylem (XYL) has been the steadiest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 35.5%, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) 39.1%, Xylem (XYL) 31.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IDXX, NWPX and XYL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NWPX Infrastructure (NWPX) leads on 5. 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.