IDXX vs ZTS vs COR Stock Comparison

Idexx Laboratories, Zoetis and Cencora Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ZTS Zoetis Inc.
$88.63 +24.1% 1M -28.8% 1Y
Market cap
$36.71B
P/E
14.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.52B
Div. yield
2.39%
Animal Health Healthcare
4 wins
COR Cencora, Inc.
$354.04 +12.4% 1M +2.8% 1Y
Market cap
$67.56B
P/E
26.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$332.77B
Div. yield
0.68%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionIDXXZTSCORLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $55.04B $36.71B $67.56B COR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 46.6x 14.1x 26.1x ZTS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 44.7x 15.1x 20.7x ZTS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.9% +1.5% +5.1% IDXX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 25.4% 27.5% 0.8% ZTS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 45.4% 23.4% 14.4% IDXX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 1.8x 2.2x IDXX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.39% 0.68% ZTS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -3.3% -28.8% +2.8% COR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.9%/yr -16.4%/yr +22.7%/yr COR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.6% 38.8% 33.0% COR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 77/100 71/100 53/100 IDXX

Percentile Scorecard

IDXXZTSCOR

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

AxisIDXXZTSCOR
Valuation 75 #159 of 634 87 #84 of 634 56 #12 of 26
Growth 72 #173 of 607 51 #300 of 607 75 #7 of 25
Profitability 97 #17 of 557 96 #24 of 557 58 #11 of 25
Financial Health 48 #343 of 654 35 #429 of 654 24 #20 of 26
Shareholder Returns 94 #27 of 400 88 #51 of 400 50 #9 of 17
Overall 77 71 53
  • IDXX ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • ZTS ranked among 671 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • COR ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIDXXZTSCORSPY
1 month +32.5%+24.1%+12.4% -1.0%
3 months +19.5%+19.1%+11.7% -0.4%
6 months +20.6%-20.3%+40.1% +4.5%
Year to date +3.3%-29.6%+4.8% +12.4%
1 year -3.3%-28.8%+2.8% +13.6%
3 years +62.7%-45.4%+81.4% +76.4%
3 years, per year +17.6%-18.3%+22.0% +20.8%
5 years +9.6%-59.1%+177.5% +63.7%
5 years, per year +1.9%-16.4%+22.7% +10.4%
10 years +557.7%+77.5%+402.4% +267.7%
10 years, per year +20.7%+5.9%+17.5% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureIDXXZTSCORSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.6%38.8%33.0% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.0%45.0%39.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.790.43-0.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.09-0.740.08 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -50.9%-72.0%-32.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.9%-32.4%-5.5% -1.6%
52-week high $766.68$131.10$374.75 $779.14
52-week low $504.70$69.12$252.74 $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.

MultipleIDXXZTSCOR
P/E now vs peer median 46.6xmedian 18.0x 14.1xmedian 18.0x 26.1xmedian 25.7x
P/S now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 9.1x 3.9xmedian 9.1x 0.2xmedian 0.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 33.5xmedian 16.2x 10.8xmedian 16.2x 18.6xmedian 13.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 42.2xmedian 21.7x 15.8xmedian 21.7x 16.6xmedian 16.6x
P/B now vs peer median 29.4xmedian 2.2x 11.7xmedian 2.2x 20.9xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 3.07median 0.38 1.50median 0.38 1.46median 1.56

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 monthsIDXXZTSCOR
Revenue $4.66B $9.52B $332.77B
Gross profit $2.92B $6.81B $13.22B
Operating income $1.51B $3.59B $3.04B
Net income $1.18B $2.62B $2.65B
Free cash flow $1.30B $2.32B $4.06B
R&D $266.87M $722.00M –
EPS (diluted) $14.96 $6.26 $13.53
Cash & equivalents $197.54M $1.48B $2.82B
Total debt $848.88M $9.05B $11.72B
Shares (diluted) 79.05M 417.70M 193.94M
Enterprise value $54.26B $28.56B $56.65B

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
MetricIDXXZTSCOR
P/E 46.6x 14.1x 26.1x
P/FCF 42.2x 15.8x 16.6x
P/Operating cash flow 38.8x 12.9x 14.0x
P/S 11.8x 3.9x 0.2x
P/B 29.4x 11.7x 20.9x
P/Tangible book 31.4x 16.5x -25.1x
EV/EBITDA 33.5x 10.8x 18.6x
EV/EBIT 37.0x 12.3x 25.1x
EV/Revenue 11.9x 4.6x 0.2x
EV/FCF 42.7x 19.0x 18.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.2x 15.5x 15.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.07 1.50 1.46

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIDXXZTSCOR
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.9% 1.5% 5.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 5.0% 9.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.7% 1.8% 20.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 5.7% 15.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 15.3% -0.1% 11.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 5.2% 9.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 15.1% 0.6% 38.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 5.7% 16.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.4% 7.7% 39.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 9.4% 17.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 30.4% -4.6% 176.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.6% 12.4% 14.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 35.3% 2.1% 255.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 24.2% 21.7% 13.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIDXXZTSCOR
Gross margin 62.7% 71.5% 4.0%
EBITDA margin 35.7% 42.8% 1.2%
Operating margin 32.3% 37.7% 0.9%
Pretax margin 31.7% 34.4% 1.1%
Net margin 25.4% 27.5% 0.8%
FCF margin 28.0% 24.3% 1.2%
Operating cash flow margin 30.4% 29.8% 1.4%
Return on equity 67.9% 82.0% 77.4%
Return on assets 33.1% 17.3% 3.2%
Return on invested capital 45.4% 23.4% 14.4%
Return on capital employed 65.2% 27.5% 12.9%
Asset turnover 1.3x 0.6x 4.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.1x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 1.0% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIDXXZTSCOR
Debt / assets 22.9% 60.0% 14.0%
Debt / equity 0.5x 2.9x 3.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 1.8x 2.2x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 3.9x 2.9x
Liabilities / assets 49.6% 79.1% 96.1%
Equity / assets 50.4% 20.9% 3.9%
Interest coverage 43.5x 15.1x –
Current ratio 1.2x 3.1x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.6x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.8x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 23.41 4.97 4.69

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIDXXZTSCOR
Dividend yield – 2.4% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 1.7% 9.9% 1.5%
Shareholder yield 1.7% 12.3% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 34.0% 17.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 38.4% 11.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.1% 8.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.9% 5.7%

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.

ConsensusIDXXZTSCOR
Forward P/E 44.7xFY2026 15.1xFY2026 20.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $15.63FY2026 $5.86FY2026 $17.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.5%FY2026 -8.6%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +12.9% +13.0% +11.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.00BFY2026 $9.57BFY2026 $328.56BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.3%FY2026 +1.0%FY2026 +2.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.6% -7.9% -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIDXXZTSCOR
Held by institutions 93.6% 94.7% 94.7%
Institutions holding 1,291 1,419 1,345
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.1% -2.6% +15.7%
Institutions buying 589 675 542
Institutions selling 496 583 612
Buyers to sellers 1.19 1.16 0.89

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.

IDXXZTSCOR
IDXX 1.00 0.49 0.14
ZTS 0.49 1.00 0.18
COR 0.14 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IDXX, ZTS and COR?

Cencora (COR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) $55.04B, Zoetis (ZTS) $36.71B, Cencora (COR) $67.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, IDXX, ZTS and COR?

Zoetis (ZTS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 46.6x, Zoetis (ZTS) 14.1x, Cencora (COR) 26.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Zoetis (ZTS) is cheapest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 44.7x, Zoetis (ZTS) 15.1x, Cencora (COR) 20.7x). 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) +11.9%, Zoetis (ZTS) +1.5%, Cencora (COR) +5.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Zoetis (ZTS) has the highest net margin (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 25.4%, Zoetis (ZTS) 27.5%, Cencora (COR) 0.8%). On return on invested capital, Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) leads (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 45.4%, Zoetis (ZTS) 23.4%, Cencora (COR) 14.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cencora (COR) returned the most: Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) -3.3%, Zoetis (ZTS) -28.8%, Cencora (COR) +2.8%. Over five years, Cencora (COR) compounded fastest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) +1.9%/yr, Zoetis (ZTS) -16.4%/yr, Cencora (COR) +22.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Zoetis (ZTS) has the highest dividend yield: Zoetis (ZTS) 2.39%, Cencora (COR) 0.68%. Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cencora (COR) has been the steadiest (Idexx Laboratories (IDXX) 35.6%, Zoetis (ZTS) 38.8%, Cencora (COR) 33.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IDXX, ZTS and COR?

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