TMO vs GLW vs QGEN Stock Comparison

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Corning and Qiagen Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$127.80 -18.4% 1M +46.2% 1Y
Market cap
$107.36B
P/E
56.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.96B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins
QGEN Qiagen N.V.
$50.37 +14.0% 1M -3.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.94B
P/E
26.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Qiagen leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Qiagen 5, Corning 4, Thermo Fisher Scientific 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTMOGLWQGENLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $255.48B $107.36B $10.94B TMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.1x 56.5x 26.7x QGEN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.6x 37.0x 21.3x QGEN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +8.3% +19.4% +3.0% GLW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 11.2% 19.5% QGEN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.4% 7.9% GLW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.5x 1.3x QGEN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.6% +46.2% -3.0% GLW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.3%/yr +29.3%/yr -3.3%/yr GLW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.9% 74.7% 35.8% TMO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 57/100 71/100 QGEN

Percentile Scorecard

TMOGLWQGEN

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

AxisTMOGLWQGEN
Valuation 49 #116 of 228 18 #77 of 94 76 #56 of 228
Growth 40 #133 of 221 99 #2 of 92 30 #155 of 221
Profitability 70 #63 of 208 81 #18 of 89 92 #17 of 208
Financial Health – 59 #40 of 97 63 #90 of 239
Shareholder Returns 44 #77 of 137 28 #51 of 70 94 #9 of 137
Overall 51 57 71
  • TMO ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • QGEN 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

PeriodTMOGLWQGENSPY
1 month +1.7%-18.4%+14.0% -0.8%
3 months +22.4%-10.8%+22.6% +3.5%
6 months +46.3%-23.9%+32.2% +7.0%
Year to date +18.2%+46.0%+6.4% +12.2%
1 year +19.6%+46.2%-3.0% +13.0%
3 years +58.7%+380.6%+25.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +16.7%+68.8%+7.7% +23.1%
5 years +11.8%+261.1%-15.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.3%+29.3%-3.3% +11.0%
10 years +362.6%+455.2%+75.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +16.6%+18.7%+5.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTMOGLWQGENSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.9%74.7%35.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.3%75.7%30.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.623.030.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.660.62-0.08 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.5%-51.6%-48.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.7%-50.0%-9.5% -1.8%
52-week high $696.55$255.69$55.66 $779.14
52-week low $438.34$78.03$32.63 $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.

MultipleTMOGLWQGEN
P/E now vs peer median 35.9xmedian 30.6x 58.0xmedian 21.6x 26.7xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 3.0x 6.5xmedian 1.4x 5.2xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 17.5x 28.8xmedian 12.4x 18.1xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.0xmedian 23.3x 46.0xmedian 15.8x 11.0xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 2.4x 8.4xmedian 1.6x 3.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 4.74median 0.87 1.33median 1.66 3.62median 0.87

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 monthsTMOGLWQGEN
Revenue $47.35B $16.96B $2.10B
Gross profit – $6.17B $1.31B
Operating income $8.47B $2.60B $445.43M
Net income $7.09B $2.07B $409.32M
Free cash flow – $2.40B $991.33M
R&D $1.40B $1.14B $194.67M
EPS (diluted) $19.06 $2.17 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $5.46B $2.50B $768.50M
Total debt – $8.47B $6.86B
Shares (diluted) 371.00M 875.00M 218.88M
Enterprise value $255.48B $99.93B $6.72B

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
MetricTMOGLWQGEN
P/E 35.9x 58.0x 26.7x
P/FCF 34.0x 46.0x 11.0x
P/Operating cash flow 27.2x 28.1x 16.7x
P/S 5.3x 6.5x 5.2x
P/B 4.6x 8.4x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 6.9x 8.8x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA – 28.8x 18.1x
EV/EBIT – 44.7x 26.4x
EV/Revenue 5.3x 6.8x 5.6x
EV/FCF – 48.5x 11.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.2x 29.6x 18.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.74 1.33 3.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTMOGLWQGEN
Revenue growth (1Y) 8.3% 19.4% 3.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 8.4% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 24.9% 1.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 15.6% 1.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.8% 51.7% -4.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 39.6% 3.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 7.9% 128.4% 143.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.2% 44.1% 6.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 9.7% 129.3% 12.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.6% 43.7% 7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.9% 79.5% -3.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 27.4% 8.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 100.6% 2.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 111.0% 10.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTMOGLWQGEN
Gross margin – 36.4% 62.2%
EBITDA margin – 23.8% 31.0%
Operating margin – 15.3% 21.2%
Pretax margin – 14.2% 22.0%
Net margin – 11.2% 19.5%
FCF margin – 14.1% 47.2%
Operating cash flow margin 19.7% 23.1% 31.2%
Return on equity 13.2% 16.3% 12.2%
Return on assets 6.2% 6.5% 7.0%
Return on invested capital – 10.4% 7.9%
Return on capital employed – 10.0% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.9x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.5% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTMOGLWQGEN
Debt / assets – 25.7% 27.9%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.5x 1.3x
Debt / FCF – 3.5x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets – 60.2% 43.0%
Equity / assets 47.9% 39.8% 57.0%
Interest coverage – 7.3x 11.3x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.8x 2.8x
Quick ratio – 0.9x 2.0x
Cash ratio – 0.4x 1.4x
Altman Z-score – 5.00 4.08

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTMOGLWQGEN
Dividend yield 0.3% 0.9% 5.2%
Net buyback yield – -0.5% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 0.3% 0.4% 5.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 47.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 41.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -0.3% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.9% –

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.

ConsensusTMOGLWQGEN
Forward P/E 26.6xFY2026 37.0xFY2026 21.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.77FY2026 $3.45FY2026 $2.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.7%FY2026 +36.9%FY2026 -0.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +24.1% +17.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $50.00BFY2026 $18.34BFY2026 $2.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.2%FY2026 +11.8%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.9% +31.0% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTMOGLWQGEN
Held by institutions 90.2% 73.0% 67.3%
Institutions holding 2,621 2,680 337
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +3.5% +16.5%
Institutions buying 1,141 1,474 215
Institutions selling 1,144 949 86
Buyers to sellers 1.00 1.55 2.50

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.

TMOGLWQGEN
TMO 1.00 -0.03 0.45
GLW -0.03 1.00 0.07
QGEN 0.45 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TMO, GLW and QGEN?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $255.48B, Corning (GLW) $107.36B, Qiagen (QGEN) $10.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, TMO, GLW and QGEN?

Qiagen (QGEN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 36.1x, Corning (GLW) 56.5x, Qiagen (QGEN) 26.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Qiagen (QGEN) is cheapest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 26.6x, Corning (GLW) 37.0x, Qiagen (QGEN) 21.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Corning (GLW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +8.3%, Corning (GLW) +19.4%, Qiagen (QGEN) +3.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Qiagen (QGEN) has the highest net margin (Corning (GLW) 11.2%, Qiagen (QGEN) 19.5%). On return on invested capital, Corning (GLW) leads (Corning (GLW) 10.4%, Qiagen (QGEN) 7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corning (GLW) returned the most: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +19.6%, Corning (GLW) +46.2%, Qiagen (QGEN) -3.0%. Over five years, Corning (GLW) compounded fastest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +2.3%/yr, Corning (GLW) +29.3%/yr, Qiagen (QGEN) -3.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 0.00%, Corning (GLW) 0.01%, Qiagen (QGEN) 0.00%. Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) and Qiagen (QGEN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has been the steadiest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 29.9%, Corning (GLW) 74.7%, Qiagen (QGEN) 35.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TMO, GLW and QGEN?

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