QDEL vs GEHC vs PHG Stock Comparison

QuidelOrtho, GE HealthCare Technologies and Koninklijke Philips Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
QDEL QuidelOrtho Corp
$13.76 +29.8% 1M -50.8% 1Y
Market cap
$872.87M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$211.90M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Equipment Healthcare
PHG Koninklijke Philips Nv
$27.13 +9.5% 1M -1.7% 1Y
Market cap
$25.61B
P/E
13.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.60B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Equipment Healthcare
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Koninklijke Philips leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Koninklijke Philips 7, GE HealthCare Technologies 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionQDELGEHCPHGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $872.87M $34.73B $25.61B GEHC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.8x 16.1x 13.9x PHG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.3x 15.0x 13.7x PHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -30.8% +6.9% +6.1% GEHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.0% 8.9% GEHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.8% 11.5% PHG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.0x 1.8x PHG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -50.8% -1.2% -1.7% GEHC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -36.5%/yr — -10.5%/yr PHG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 92.9% 35.4% 28.3% PHG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 22/100 58/100 81/100 PHG

Percentile Scorecard

QDELGEHCPHG

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

AxisQDELGEHCPHG
Valuation 47 #120 of 227 91 #22 of 227 98 #6 of 227
Growth 1 #216 of 218 36 #141 of 218 96 #9 of 218
Profitability – 79 #44 of 202 96 #10 of 202
Financial Health 10 #209 of 233 30 #164 of 233 33 #156 of 233
Shareholder Returns 29 #93 of 130 54 #60 of 130 81 #26 of 130
Overall 22 58 81
  • QDEL ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • GEHC ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • PHG ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodQDELGEHCPHGSPY
1 month +29.8%+15.0%+9.5% +0.7%
3 months -17.0%+9.3%+2.6% +3.7%
6 months +11.9%+25.6%+3.0% +7.1%
Year to date -51.8%-6.8%+0.2% +12.8%
1 year -50.8%-1.2%-1.7% +11.9%
3 years -77.1%+21.0%+45.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year -38.9%+6.6%+13.4% +22.8%
5 years -89.6%—-42.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year -36.5%—-10.5% +10.9%
10 years -29.3%—-10.1% +262.0%
10 years, per year -3.4%—-1.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureQDELGEHCPHGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 92.9%35.4%28.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 100.7%35.8%27.7% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.620.680.82 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.55-0.04-0.06 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.3%-37.4%-75.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.1%-13.3%-17.6% -1.2%
52-week high $35.38$88.16$32.91 $779.14
52-week low $9.96$59.49$23.81 $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.

MultipleQDELGEHCPHG
P/E now vs peer median -0.9xmedian 28.7x 16.0xmedian 28.7x 14.0xmedian 28.7x
P/S now vs peer median -4.4xmedian 3.0x 1.6xmedian 3.0x 1.3xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.8x 11.9xmedian 17.8x 8.2xmedian 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.4xmedian 26.4x 18.3xmedian 26.4x 6.0xmedian 26.4x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.4x 3.0xmedian 2.4x 2.0xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.99 1.30median 0.99 0.33median 0.99

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 monthsQDELGEHCPHG
Revenue -$211.90M $21.64B $20.60B
Gross profit – $8.64B $16.03B
Operating income – $2.89B $2.65B
Net income -$1.05B $2.21B $1.39B
Free cash flow -$211.20M $1.89B $4.34B
R&D – $1.31B $2.00B
EPS (diluted) $-15.35 $4.75 $1.91
Cash & equivalents $123.40M $2.86B $2.04B
Total debt $2.89B $9.97B $9.51B
Shares (diluted) 68.30M 453.00M 962.50M
Enterprise value $341.17M $22.96B $14.72B

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
MetricQDELGEHCPHG
P/E -0.9x 16.0x 14.0x
P/FCF -4.4x 18.3x 6.0x
P/Operating cash flow -16.4x 14.3x 9.8x
P/S -4.4x 1.6x 1.3x
P/B 0.5x 3.0x 2.0x
P/Tangible book -1.0x 3.5x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA – 11.9x 8.2x
EV/EBIT – 14.4x 12.6x
EV/Revenue -17.5x 1.9x 1.6x
EV/FCF -17.6x 22.1x 7.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -64.8x 17.3x 12.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 1.30 0.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricQDELGEHCPHG
Revenue growth (1Y) -30.8% 6.9% 6.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -27.0% 3.9% 2.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 4.6% 82.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% 6.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 5.4% 121.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 4.6% 52.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -124.8% -3.5% 293.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -107.7% 7.6% 35.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -122.8% -2.0% 539.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -106.5% 12.3% 42.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -128.5% 30.5% 116.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.1% 4.5% 53.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1,725% 34.9% 54.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.1% 2.7% 45.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricQDELGEHCPHG
Gross margin – 39.9% 77.8%
EBITDA margin – 16.2% 19.8%
Operating margin – 13.3% 12.9%
Pretax margin – 12.8% 11.9%
Net margin – 10.0% 8.9%
FCF margin – 8.7% 21.1%
Operating cash flow margin 27.0% 11.2% 12.9%
Return on equity – 19.5% 12.7%
Return on assets – 5.8% 5.4%
Return on invested capital – 10.8% 11.5%
Return on capital employed – 10.0% 11.8%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 1.1x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue -20.9% 0.7% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricQDELGEHCPHG
Debt / assets 50.6% 26.0% 31.2%
Debt / equity 1.6x 0.9x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.0x 1.8x
Debt / FCF -13.7x 5.3x 2.2x
Liabilities / assets 68.9% 69.7% 57.1%
Equity / assets 31.1% 30.3% 42.9%
Interest coverage – 6.6x 6.2x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.3x 1.3x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.9x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.92 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricQDELGEHCPHG
Dividend yield – 0.2% 3.6%
Net buyback yield -0.6% 0.8% -0.5%
Shareholder yield -0.6% 1.0% 3.2%
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.

ConsensusQDELGEHCPHG
Forward P/E 18.3xFY2026 15.0xFY2026 13.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.75FY2026 $5.09FY2026 $1.98FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -64.6%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +6.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +101.3% -0.4% -10.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.67BFY2026 $22.47BFY2026 $21.63BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.0%FY2026 +8.9%FY2026 +1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% +7.5% -8.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersQDELGEHCPHG
Held by institutions 100.0% 87.0% 5.4%
Institutions holding 243 1,222 364
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.9% +1.7% +0.8%
Institutions buying 143 539 267
Institutions selling 65 461 76
Buyers to sellers 2.20 1.17 3.51

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.

QDELGEHCPHG
QDEL 1.00 0.26 0.24
GEHC 0.26 1.00 0.55
PHG 0.24 0.55 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, QDEL, GEHC and PHG?

GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) is the largest by market capitalisation: QuidelOrtho (QDEL) $872.87M, GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) $34.73B, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) $25.61B.

Which stock is cheaper, QDEL, GEHC and PHG?

Koninklijke Philips (PHG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -0.8x, GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) 16.1x, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) 13.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) is cheapest (QuidelOrtho (QDEL) 18.3x, GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) 15.0x, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) 13.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -30.8%, GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) +6.9%, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) +6.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) has the highest net margin (GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) 10.0%, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) 8.9%). On return on invested capital, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) leads (GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) 10.8%, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) 11.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) returned the most: QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -50.8%, GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) -1.2%, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) -1.7%. Over five years, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) compounded fastest (QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -36.5%/yr, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) -10.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) has been the steadiest (QuidelOrtho (QDEL) 92.9%, GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC) 35.4%, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) 28.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, QDEL, GEHC and PHG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Koninklijke Philips (PHG) leads on 7. 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.