LH vs TMO Stock Comparison

Labcorp Holdings and Thermo Fisher Scientific Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc.
$329.04 +8.2% 1M +15.9% 1Y
Market cap
$26.92B
P/E
26.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.35B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Labcorp Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Labcorp Holdings 6, Thermo Fisher Scientific 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLHTMOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $26.92B $254.18B TMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.9x 36.5x LH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 19.3x 26.1x LH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.4% +7.2% TMO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.0% 15.0% TMO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.2% 7.9% LH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 3.5x LH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +15.9% +17.8% TMO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.3%/yr +1.9%/yr LH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 24.1% 29.8% LH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 59/100 TMO

Percentile Scorecard

LHTMO

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

AxisLHTMO
Valuation 64 #34 of 93 60 #93 of 228
Growth 30 #62 of 88 35 #144 of 222
Profitability 69 #28 of 87 83 #37 of 210
Financial Health 49 #52 of 100 28 #174 of 241
Shareholder Returns 73 #16 of 56 88 #18 of 138
Overall 57 59
  • LH ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • TMO ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLHTMOSPY
1 month +8.2%+1.2% -1.0%
3 months +10.9%+18.6% +2.9%
6 months +24.7%+43.5% +6.4%
Year to date +31.2%+16.3% +11.4%
1 year +15.9%+17.8% +13.1%
3 years +65.6%+47.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +18.3%+13.7% +21.5%
5 years +35.7%+10.1% +67.7%
5 years, per year +6.3%+1.9% +10.9%
10 years +176.0%+347.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +10.7%+16.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureLHTMOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 24.1%29.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 24.1%28.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.320.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.660.60 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.0%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.1%-3.3% -2.5%
52-week high $339.40$696.55 $779.14
52-week low $246.64$438.34 $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.

MultipleLHTMO
P/E now vs peer median 26.8xmedian 25.3x 35.9xmedian 30.7x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.6x 5.4xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.7xmedian 14.6x 25.9xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.0xmedian 22.7x 34.0xmedian 23.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 3.3x 4.7xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 2.85median 0.66 4.27median 0.96

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 monthsLHTMO
Revenue $14.35B $46.34B
Gross profit $4.14B $18.91B
Operating income $1.50B $8.15B
Net income $1.00B $6.99B
Free cash flow $1.16B $7.32B
R&D – $1.40B
EPS (diluted) $12.22 $18.78
Cash & equivalents $141.80M $4.06B
Total debt $23.36B $42.55B
Shares (diluted) 82.00M 371.00M
Enterprise value $24.67B $233.20B

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
MetricLHTMO
P/E 26.8x 35.9x
P/FCF 23.0x 34.0x
P/Operating cash flow 16.2x 27.6x
P/S 1.9x 5.4x
P/B 3.1x 4.7x
P/Tangible book 5.4x 7.3x
EV/EBITDA 14.7x 25.9x
EV/EBIT 21.6x 35.3x
EV/Revenue 2.3x 6.2x
EV/FCF 28.0x 39.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.7x 31.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.85 4.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLHTMO
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.4% 7.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 2.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.2% 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.1% 3.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 25.6% 10.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 6.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 31.3% 6.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.5% 6.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 34.3% 7.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 8.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -3.3% 18.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 5.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -8.4% 18.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 0.5% 7.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLHTMO
Gross margin 28.9% 40.8%
EBITDA margin 15.3% 23.9%
Operating margin 10.4% 17.6%
Pretax margin 8.6% 16.5%
Net margin 7.0% 15.0%
FCF margin 8.1% 15.8%
Operating cash flow margin 11.4% 19.5%
Return on equity 11.6% 13.4%
Return on assets 5.3% 6.2%
Return on invested capital 8.2% 7.9%
Return on capital employed 9.0% 8.3%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLHTMO
Debt / assets 31.6% 37.6%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x 3.5x
Debt / FCF 5.1x 5.8x
Liabilities / assets 53.6% 53.4%
Equity / assets 46.4% 46.6%
Interest coverage 6.6x 5.6x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.2x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.42 3.98

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLHTMO
Dividend yield 0.9% 0.3%
Net buyback yield 2.4% 2.0%
Shareholder yield 3.3% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 9.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 9.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.8%

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.

ConsensusLHTMO
Forward P/E 19.3xFY2026 26.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $17.07FY2026 $25.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.8%FY2026 +12.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.3% +1.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $14.31BFY2026 $49.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.9% -2.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLHTMO
Held by institutions 97.0% 90.2%
Institutions holding 1,051 2,621
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.6% +0.8%
Institutions buying 465 1,141
Institutions selling 393 1,144
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.00

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.

LHTMO
LH 1.00 0.43
TMO 0.43 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LH and TMO?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Labcorp Holdings (LH) $26.92B, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $254.18B.

Which stock is cheaper, LH and TMO?

Labcorp Holdings (LH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Labcorp Holdings (LH) 26.9x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 36.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Labcorp Holdings (LH) is cheapest (Labcorp Holdings (LH) 19.3x, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 26.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.4%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +7.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has the highest net margin (Labcorp Holdings (LH) 7.0%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 15.0%). On return on invested capital, Labcorp Holdings (LH) leads (Labcorp Holdings (LH) 8.2%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) returned the most: Labcorp Holdings (LH) +15.9%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +17.8%. Over five years, Labcorp Holdings (LH) compounded fastest (Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.3%/yr, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Labcorp Holdings (LH) 0.00%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 0.00%. Labcorp Holdings (LH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Labcorp Holdings (LH) has been the steadiest (Labcorp Holdings (LH) 24.1%, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 29.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do LH and TMO move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.43, a moderate positive relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, LH and TMO?

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