QDEL vs RTGN vs VREX Stock Comparison

QuidelOrtho, RetinalGenix Technologies and Varex Imaging Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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QDEL QuidelOrtho Corp
$14.01 +29.4% 1M -50.3% 1Y
Market cap
$939.81M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$211.90M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Equipment Healthcare
2 wins
VREX Varex Imaging Corp
$18.45 -0.1% 1M +48.1% 1Y
Market cap
$776.32M
P/E
35.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$865.00M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Equipment Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Varex Imaging leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Varex Imaging 4, QuidelOrtho 2, RetinalGenix Technologies 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionQDELRTGNVREXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $939.81M $75.19M $776.32M QDEL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -0.9x -35.9x 35.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.7x — 21.2x QDEL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -30.8% — +5.3% VREX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 2.6% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 6.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.5x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -50.3% +6.4% +48.1% VREX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -36.2%/yr — -7.2%/yr VREX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 92.9% 25.4% 57.4% RTGN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 22/100 36/100 51/100 VREX

Percentile Scorecard

QDELRTGNVREX

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

AxisQDELRTGNVREX
Valuation 46 #124 of 227 62 #86 of 227 86 #32 of 227
Growth 1 #217 of 219 56 #96 of 219 24 #167 of 219
Profitability – – 67 #69 of 205
Financial Health 10 #213 of 237 0 #236 of 237 42 #138 of 237
Shareholder Returns 31 #94 of 135 26 #100 of 135 34 #89 of 135
Overall 22 36 51
  • QDEL ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • RTGN ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • VREX 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

PeriodQDELRTGNVREXSPY
1 month +29.4%0.0%-0.1% +0.9%
3 months -15.1%-0.2%+68.5% +5.9%
6 months +21.9%+24.7%+67.3% +8.5%
Year to date -50.9%+24.7%+58.4% +13.3%
1 year -50.3%+6.4%+48.1% +12.4%
3 years -77.0%-11.1%+6.6% +88.1%
3 years, per year -38.8%-3.9%+2.2% +23.5%
5 years -89.4%—-31.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year -36.2%—-7.2% +11.0%
10 years -28.0%—— +263.4%
10 years, per year -3.2%—— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureQDELRTGNVREXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 92.9%25.4%57.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 100.7%—49.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.62-0.041.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.540.250.84 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.3%-92.0%-78.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -60.4%-0.2%-0.7% -0.9%
52-week high $35.38$4.00$18.58 $779.14
52-week low $9.96$3.20$9.32 $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.

MultipleQDELRTGNVREX
P/E now vs peer median -0.9xmedian 28.8x -35.9xmedian 28.8x 35.1xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median -4.5xmedian 3.0x —median 3.0x 0.9xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.4x —median 17.4x 10.2xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -4.5xmedian 25.7x -157.3xmedian 25.7x -38.5xmedian 25.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.4x -28.5xmedian 2.4x 1.5xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 1.03 -1.63median 1.03 -9.17median 1.03

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 monthsQDELRTGNVREX
Revenue -$211.90M – $865.00M
Gross profit – – $296.90M
Operating income – – $72.20M
Net income -$1.05B -$2.09M $22.40M
Free cash flow -$211.20M -$477.94K -$20.20M
R&D – $238.87K $91.40M
EPS (diluted) $-15.35 $-0.11 $0.52
Cash & equivalents $123.40M $27.23K $99.20M
Total debt $2.89B $245.00K $347.10M
Shares (diluted) 68.30M 18.81M 42.60M
Enterprise value $408.11M $75.14M $308.12M

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
MetricQDELRTGNVREX
P/E -0.9x -35.9x 35.1x
P/FCF -4.5x -157.3x -38.5x
P/Operating cash flow -16.7x -157.3x 68.8x
P/S -4.5x – 0.9x
P/B 0.5x -28.5x 1.5x
P/Tangible book -1.1x -28.5x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 10.2x
EV/EBIT – – 14.2x
EV/Revenue -17.6x – 1.2x
EV/FCF -17.6x -157.4x -50.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -65.1x -157.4x 90.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 -1.63 -9.17

Growth

14 metrics
MetricQDELRTGNVREX
Revenue growth (1Y) -30.8% – 5.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -27.0% – -1.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 1.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 297.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -2.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -124.8% 24.0% 116.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -107.7% 19.7% -9.2%
EPS growth (1Y) -122.8% 25.9% 116.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -106.5% 22.0% -3.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -128.5% 37.1% -81.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.1% -17.6% -47.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1,725% 37.1% -155.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.1% -17.6% -33.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricQDELRTGNVREX
Gross margin – – 34.3%
EBITDA margin – – 11.7%
Operating margin – – 8.3%
Pretax margin – – 3.2%
Net margin – – 2.6%
FCF margin – – -2.3%
Operating cash flow margin 27.0% – 1.3%
Return on equity – – 4.5%
Return on assets – – 2.1%
Return on invested capital – – 6.9%
Return on capital employed – – 8.0%
Asset turnover 0.0x – 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.1x 0.2x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue -20.9% – 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricQDELRTGNVREX
Debt / assets 50.6% 152.1% 31.6%
Debt / equity 1.6x 0.0x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.5x
Debt / FCF -13.7x -0.1x -17.2x
Liabilities / assets 68.9% 8,297% 53.6%
Equity / assets 31.1% -8,197% 46.4%
Interest coverage – – 1.9x
Current ratio 1.4x 0.0x 3.4x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.0x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.0x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – – 2.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricQDELRTGNVREX
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.5% -0.8% -0.4%
Shareholder yield -0.5% -0.8% -0.4%
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.

ConsensusQDELRTGNVREX
Forward P/E 18.7xFY2026 – 21.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.75FY2026 – $0.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -64.6%FY2026 – -3.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +101.3% – +14.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.67BFY2026 – $829.68MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.0%FY2026 – -1.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% – +2.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersQDELRTGNVREX
Held by institutions 100.0% – 95.2%
Institutions holding 243 – 186
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.9% – -2.7%
Institutions buying 143 – 98
Institutions selling 65 – 58
Buyers to sellers 2.20 – 1.69

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.

QDELRTGNVREX
QDEL 1.00 -0.02 0.23
RTGN -0.02 1.00 -0.01
VREX 0.23 -0.01 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, QDEL, RTGN and VREX?

QuidelOrtho (QDEL) is the largest by market capitalisation: QuidelOrtho (QDEL) $939.81M, RetinalGenix Technologies (RTGN) $75.19M, Varex Imaging (VREX) $776.32M.

Which company is growing faster?

Varex Imaging (VREX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -30.8%, Varex Imaging (VREX) +5.3%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Varex Imaging (VREX) returned the most: QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -50.3%, RetinalGenix Technologies (RTGN) +6.4%, Varex Imaging (VREX) +48.1%. Over five years, Varex Imaging (VREX) compounded fastest (QuidelOrtho (QDEL) -36.2%/yr, Varex Imaging (VREX) -7.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, RetinalGenix Technologies (RTGN) has been the steadiest (QuidelOrtho (QDEL) 92.9%, RetinalGenix Technologies (RTGN) 25.4%, Varex Imaging (VREX) 57.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, QDEL, RTGN and VREX?

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