NTRA vs GRAL vs LH Stock Comparison

Natera, Grail and Labcorp Holdings Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NTRA Natera, Inc.
$403.95 +3.4% 1M +107.2% 1Y
Market cap
$58.02B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.71B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
4 wins
GRAL GRAIL, Inc.
$132.55 +22.1% 1M +60.4% 1Y
Market cap
$6.04B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$157.21M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
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
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Labcorp Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Labcorp Holdings 5, Natera 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNTRAGRALLHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $58.02B $6.04B $26.92B NTRA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -301.5x -15.4x 26.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 19.3x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +37.8% +17.1% +6.4% NTRA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.1% -249.1% 7.0% LH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -11.7% — 8.2% LH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.5x — 2.6x LH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +107.2% +60.4% +15.9% NTRA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +28.6%/yr — +6.3%/yr NTRA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.9% 111.3% 24.1% LH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 42/100 57/100 LH

Percentile Scorecard

NTRAGRALLH

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

AxisNTRAGRALLH
Valuation 16 #78 of 93 8 #86 of 93 64 #34 of 93
Growth 71 #26 of 88 58 #38 of 88 30 #62 of 88
Profitability 33 #59 of 87 6 #82 of 87 69 #28 of 87
Financial Health 86 #15 of 100 99 #2 of 100 49 #52 of 100
Shareholder Returns 44 #32 of 56 – 73 #16 of 56
Overall 50 42 57
  • NTRA ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • GRAL ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • LH ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNTRAGRALLHSPY
1 month +3.4%+22.1%+8.2% -1.0%
3 months +54.2%+95.4%+10.9% +2.9%
6 months +98.3%+143.6%+24.7% +6.4%
Year to date +76.3%+54.9%+31.2% +11.4%
1 year +107.2%+60.4%+15.9% +13.1%
3 years +890.3%—+65.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +114.9%—+18.3% +21.5%
5 years +251.5%—+35.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +28.6%—+6.3% +10.9%
10 years +3,943.5%—+176.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +44.8%—+10.7% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureNTRAGRALLHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.9%111.3%24.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.1%125.8%24.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.212.620.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.240.540.66 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -76.4%-62.9%-35.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.1%-14.0%-3.1% -2.5%
52-week high $425.64$154.08$339.40 $779.14
52-week low $182.65$43.03$246.64 $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.

MultipleNTRAGRALLH
P/E now vs peer median -300.8xmedian 25.3x -14.6xmedian 25.3x 26.8xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 21.4xmedian 1.6x 37.7xmedian 1.6x 1.9xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -254.2xmedian 14.6x -12.5xmedian 14.6x 14.7xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 689.0xmedian 22.7x -20.0xmedian 22.7x 23.0xmedian 22.7x
P/B now vs peer median 31.8xmedian 3.3x 2.3xmedian 3.3x 3.1xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median -9.07median 0.66 —median 0.66 2.85median 0.66

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 monthsNTRAGRALLH
Revenue $2.71B $157.21M $14.35B
Gross profit $1.71B $75.51M $4.14B
Operating income -$289.67M -$559.25M $1.50B
Net income -$192.36M -$391.59M $1.00B
Free cash flow $84.20M -$296.16M $1.16B
R&D $787.38M $190.72M –
EPS (diluted) $-1.34 $-9.08 $12.22
Cash & equivalents $1.10B $55.65M $141.80M
Total debt $321.26M – $23.36B
Shares (diluted) 143.28M 43.11M 82.00M
Enterprise value $53.70B $2.91B $24.67B

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
MetricNTRAGRALLH
P/E -300.8x -14.6x 26.8x
P/FCF 689.0x -20.0x 23.0x
P/Operating cash flow 254.2x -20.1x 16.2x
P/S 21.4x 37.7x 1.9x
P/B 31.8x 2.3x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 39.7x 7.8x 5.4x
EV/EBITDA -254.2x -12.5x 14.7x
EV/EBIT -196.7x -9.0x 21.6x
EV/Revenue 21.1x 32.2x 2.3x
EV/FCF 676.9x -17.1x 28.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 249.7x -17.2x 19.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -9.07 – 2.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNTRAGRALLH
Revenue growth (1Y) 37.8% 17.1% 6.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 42.7% – 6.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 43.6% 30.2% 9.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 68.1% – 7.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 1.3% 11.6% 25.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 17.3% – 14.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 24.0% 11.6% 31.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 27.8% – 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 27.7% 26.6% 34.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 33.2% – 9.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.2% 20.3% -3.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.6% – 3.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -26.8% 20.3% -8.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.4% – 0.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNTRAGRALLH
Gross margin 63.2% 48.0% 28.9%
EBITDA margin -8.3% -257.6% 15.3%
Operating margin -10.7% -355.7% 10.4%
Pretax margin -9.3% -336.8% 8.6%
Net margin -7.1% -249.1% 7.0%
FCF margin 3.1% -188.4% 8.1%
Operating cash flow margin 8.4% -187.5% 11.4%
Return on equity -10.7% -15.5% 11.6%
Return on assets -7.3% -13.9% 5.3%
Return on invested capital -11.7% – 8.2%
Return on capital employed -13.9% -20.4% 9.0%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.1x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.2x 0.8x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 14.1% 40.9% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNTRAGRALLH
Debt / assets 3.0% – 31.6%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.5x – 2.6x
Debt / FCF 1.0x – 5.1x
Liabilities / assets 31.5% 10.6% 53.6%
Equity / assets 68.5% 89.4% 46.4%
Interest coverage -75.9x – 6.6x
Current ratio 3.0x 10.9x 1.8x
Quick ratio 2.8x 10.6x 1.2x
Cash ratio 2.0x 10.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 41.25 6.43 3.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNTRAGRALLH
Dividend yield – – 0.9%
Net buyback yield -0.1% – 2.4%
Shareholder yield -0.1% – 3.3%
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.

ConsensusNTRAGRALLH
Forward P/E – – 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-1.47FY2026 $-9.20FY2026 $17.07FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +3.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +9.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.07BFY2026 $169.83MFY2026 $14.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +32.8%FY2026 +15.4%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.9% +38.0% +11.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNTRAGRALLH
Held by institutions 95.5% 85.4% 97.0%
Institutions holding 847 372 1,051
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +8.4% +1.6%
Institutions buying 513 182 465
Institutions selling 240 100 393
Buyers to sellers 2.14 1.82 1.18

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.

NTRAGRALLH
NTRA 1.00 0.43 0.23
GRAL 0.43 1.00 0.13
LH 0.23 0.13 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NTRA, GRAL and LH?

Natera (NTRA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Natera (NTRA) $58.02B, Grail (GRAL) $6.04B, Labcorp Holdings (LH) $26.92B.

Which company is growing faster?

Natera (NTRA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Natera (NTRA) +37.8%, Grail (GRAL) +17.1%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Labcorp Holdings (LH) has the highest net margin (Natera (NTRA) -7.1%, Grail (GRAL) -249.1%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 7.0%). On return on invested capital, Labcorp Holdings (LH) leads (Natera (NTRA) -11.7%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 8.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Natera (NTRA) returned the most: Natera (NTRA) +107.2%, Grail (GRAL) +60.4%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +15.9%. Over five years, Natera (NTRA) compounded fastest (Natera (NTRA) +28.6%/yr, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Labcorp Holdings (LH) has been the steadiest (Natera (NTRA) 47.9%, Grail (GRAL) 111.3%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 24.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NTRA, GRAL and LH?

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 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.