TMO vs IQV Stock Comparison

Thermo Fisher Scientific and Iqvia Holdings Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc.
$279.38 +4.2% 1M +27.0% 1Y
Market cap
$45.49B
P/E
33.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.98B
Div. yield
–
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6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Iqvia Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Iqvia 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.

QuestionTMOIQVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $254.18B $45.49B TMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.5x 33.1x IQV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.1x 23.0x IQV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.2% +8.2% IQV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.0% 8.1% TMO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.9% 8.3% IQV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.5x 4.1x TMO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.8% +27.0% IQV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.9%/yr +1.7%/yr TMO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.8% 40.3% TMO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 65/100 IQV

Percentile Scorecard

TMOIQV

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

AxisTMOIQV
Valuation 60 #93 of 228 80 #3 of 11
Growth 35 #144 of 222 80 #3 of 11
Profitability 83 #37 of 210 90 #2 of 11
Financial Health 28 #174 of 241 8 #12 of 13
Shareholder Returns 88 #18 of 138 –
Overall 59 65
  • TMO ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • IQV ranked among 13 companies in Pharma Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTMOIQVSPY
1 month +1.2%+4.2% -1.0%
3 months +18.6%+34.4% +2.9%
6 months +43.5%+72.2% +6.4%
Year to date +16.3%+23.9% +11.4%
1 year +17.8%+27.0% +13.1%
3 years +47.1%+49.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year +13.7%+14.4% +21.5%
5 years +10.1%+8.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year +1.9%+1.7% +10.9%
10 years +347.3%+277.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +16.2%+14.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTMOIQVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.8%40.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.3%39.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.590.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.600.67 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.5%-51.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.3%0.0% -2.5%
52-week high $696.55$279.38 $779.14
52-week low $438.34$156.66 $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.

MultipleTMOIQV
P/E now vs peer median 35.9xmedian 30.7x 33.7xmedian 36.1x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 3.0x 2.7xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 17.7x 17.6xmedian 37.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.0xmedian 23.7x 21.1xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 2.4x 7.3xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 4.27median 0.96 2.84median 2.05

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 monthsTMOIQV
Revenue $46.34B $16.98B
Gross profit $18.91B $5.60B
Operating income $8.15B $2.20B
Net income $6.99B $1.38B
Free cash flow $7.32B $2.18B
R&D $1.40B –
EPS (diluted) $18.78 $8.22
Cash & equivalents $4.06B $1.91B
Total debt $42.55B $16.00B
Shares (diluted) 371.00M 167.30M
Enterprise value $233.20B $37.19B

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
MetricTMOIQV
P/E 35.9x 33.7x
P/FCF 34.0x 21.1x
P/Operating cash flow 27.6x 16.3x
P/S 5.4x 2.7x
P/B 4.7x 7.3x
P/Tangible book 7.3x 29.6x
EV/EBITDA 25.9x 17.6x
EV/EBIT 35.3x 27.2x
EV/Revenue 6.2x 3.5x
EV/FCF 39.3x 27.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.9x 21.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.27 2.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTMOIQV
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.2% 8.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 5.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.2% 4.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 3.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.0% 1.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 6.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 6.2% 11.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.9% 7.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 7.8% 15.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 11.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.9% 7.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 7.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 18.6% 8.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTMOIQV
Gross margin 40.8% 33.0%
EBITDA margin 23.9% 20.1%
Operating margin 17.6% 13.0%
Pretax margin 16.5% 9.3%
Net margin 15.0% 8.1%
FCF margin 15.8% 12.9%
Operating cash flow margin 19.5% 16.6%
Return on equity 13.4% 21.8%
Return on assets 6.2% 4.6%
Return on invested capital 7.9% 8.3%
Return on capital employed 8.3% 10.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 1.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTMOIQV
Debt / assets 37.6% 53.5%
Debt / equity 0.8x 2.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.5x 4.1x
Debt / FCF 5.8x 7.3x
Liabilities / assets 53.4% 78.9%
Equity / assets 46.6% 21.1%
Interest coverage 5.6x 2.9x
Current ratio 1.6x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.98 2.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTMOIQV
Dividend yield 0.3% –
Net buyback yield 2.0% 2.5%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 2.5%
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.

ConsensusTMOIQV
Forward P/E 26.1xFY2026 23.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.77FY2026 $12.14FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.7%FY2026 +1.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +13.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $49.99BFY2026 $18.58BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.2%FY2026 +13.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.9% -3.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTMOIQV
Held by institutions 90.2% 94.1%
Institutions holding 2,621 1,083
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +0.3%
Institutions buying 1,141 530
Institutions selling 1,144 424
Buyers to sellers 1.00 1.25

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.

TMOIQV
TMO 1.00 0.67
IQV 0.67 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TMO and IQV?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $254.18B, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) $45.49B.

Which stock is cheaper, TMO and IQV?

Iqvia Holdings (IQV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 36.5x, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 33.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) is cheapest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 26.1x, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 23.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Iqvia Holdings (IQV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +7.2%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) +8.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has the highest net margin (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 15.0%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 8.1%). On return on invested capital, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) leads (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 7.9%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 8.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Iqvia Holdings (IQV) returned the most: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +17.8%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) +27.0%. Over five years, Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) compounded fastest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +1.9%/yr, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) +1.7%/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%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 0.00%. Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 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) 29.8%, Iqvia Holdings (IQV) 40.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do TMO and IQV move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.67, a moderate positive relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, TMO and IQV?

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