TMO vs LH vs QGEN Stock Comparison

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Labcorp Holdings and Qiagen Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
4 wins
QGEN Qiagen N.V.
$50.38 +15.3% 1M -3.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.94B
P/E
26.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Qiagen leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Qiagen 4, Labcorp Holdings 4, Thermo Fisher Scientific 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTMOLHQGENLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $254.18B $26.92B $10.94B TMO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 36.5x 26.9x 26.7x QGEN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.1x 19.3x 21.4x LH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +7.2% +6.4% +3.0% TMO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.0% 7.0% 19.5% QGEN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.9% 8.2% 7.9% LH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.5x 2.6x 1.3x QGEN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.8% +15.9% -3.0% TMO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.9%/yr +6.3%/yr -3.5%/yr LH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.8% 24.1% 35.8% LH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 57/100 71/100 QGEN

Percentile Scorecard

TMOLHQGEN

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

AxisTMOLHQGEN
Valuation 60 #93 of 228 64 #34 of 93 76 #56 of 228
Growth 35 #144 of 222 30 #62 of 88 29 #158 of 222
Profitability 83 #37 of 210 69 #28 of 87 93 #16 of 210
Financial Health 28 #174 of 241 49 #52 of 100 63 #90 of 241
Shareholder Returns 88 #18 of 138 73 #16 of 56 93 #10 of 138
Overall 59 57 71
  • TMO ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • LH ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • 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

PeriodTMOLHQGENSPY
1 month +1.2%+8.2%+15.3% -1.0%
3 months +18.6%+10.9%+21.7% +2.9%
6 months +43.5%+24.7%+31.2% +6.4%
Year to date +16.3%+31.2%+6.4% +11.4%
1 year +17.8%+15.9%-3.0% +13.1%
3 years +47.1%+65.6%+20.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +13.7%+18.3%+6.5% +21.5%
5 years +10.1%+35.7%-16.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +1.9%+6.3%-3.5% +10.9%
10 years +347.3%+176.0%+68.5% +255.2%
10 years, per year +16.2%+10.7%+5.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTMOLHQGENSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.8%24.1%35.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.3%24.1%30.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.590.320.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.600.66-0.08 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.5%-35.0%-48.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.3%-3.1%-9.5% -2.5%
52-week high $696.55$339.40$55.66 $779.14
52-week low $438.34$246.64$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.

MultipleTMOLHQGEN
P/E now vs peer median 35.9xmedian 30.7x 26.8xmedian 25.3x 26.7xmedian 30.7x
P/S now vs peer median 5.4xmedian 3.0x 1.9xmedian 1.6x 5.2xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 25.9xmedian 17.7x 14.7xmedian 14.6x 18.1xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 34.0xmedian 23.7x 23.0xmedian 22.7x 11.0xmedian 23.7x
P/B now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 2.4x 3.1xmedian 3.3x 3.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 4.27median 0.96 2.85median 0.66 3.62median 0.96

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 monthsTMOLHQGEN
Revenue $46.34B $14.35B $2.10B
Gross profit $18.91B $4.14B $1.31B
Operating income $8.15B $1.50B $445.43M
Net income $6.99B $1.00B $409.32M
Free cash flow $7.32B $1.16B $991.33M
R&D $1.40B – $194.67M
EPS (diluted) $18.78 $12.22 $1.87
Cash & equivalents $4.06B $141.80M $768.50M
Total debt $42.55B $23.36B $6.86B
Shares (diluted) 371.00M 82.00M 218.88M
Enterprise value $233.20B $24.67B $6.71B

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
MetricTMOLHQGEN
P/E 35.9x 26.8x 26.7x
P/FCF 34.0x 23.0x 11.0x
P/Operating cash flow 27.6x 16.2x 16.7x
P/S 5.4x 1.9x 5.2x
P/B 4.7x 3.1x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 7.3x 5.4x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA 25.9x 14.7x 18.1x
EV/EBIT 35.3x 21.6x 26.4x
EV/Revenue 6.2x 2.3x 5.6x
EV/FCF 39.3x 28.0x 11.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 31.9x 19.7x 18.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.27 2.85 3.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTMOLHQGEN
Revenue growth (1Y) 7.2% 6.4% 3.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 6.5% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.2% 9.2% 1.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.0% 7.1% 1.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.0% 25.6% -4.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.7% 14.4% 3.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 6.2% 31.3% 143.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.9% 6.5% 6.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 7.8% 34.3% 12.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.4% 9.4% 7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.9% -3.3% -3.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4% 3.0% 8.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 18.6% -8.4% 2.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 0.5% 10.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTMOLHQGEN
Gross margin 40.8% 28.9% 62.2%
EBITDA margin 23.9% 15.3% 31.0%
Operating margin 17.6% 10.4% 21.2%
Pretax margin 16.5% 8.6% 22.0%
Net margin 15.0% 7.0% 19.5%
FCF margin 15.8% 8.1% 47.2%
Operating cash flow margin 19.5% 11.4% 31.2%
Return on equity 13.4% 11.6% 12.2%
Return on assets 6.2% 5.3% 7.0%
Return on invested capital 7.9% 8.2% 7.9%
Return on capital employed 8.3% 9.0% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.8x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.6x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 0.7% 0.9% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTMOLHQGEN
Debt / assets 37.6% 31.6% 27.9%
Debt / equity 0.8x 0.7x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.5x 2.6x 1.3x
Debt / FCF 5.8x 5.1x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 53.4% 53.6% 43.0%
Equity / assets 46.6% 46.4% 57.0%
Interest coverage 5.6x 6.6x 11.3x
Current ratio 1.6x 1.8x 2.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.2x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 3.98 3.42 4.08

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTMOLHQGEN
Dividend yield 0.3% 0.9% 5.2%
Net buyback yield 2.0% 2.4% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 2.3% 3.3% 5.8%
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.

ConsensusTMOLHQGEN
Forward P/E 26.1xFY2026 19.3xFY2026 21.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.77FY2026 $17.07FY2026 $2.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +12.7%FY2026 +3.8%FY2026 -1.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.8% +9.3% +17.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $49.99BFY2026 $14.31BFY2026 $2.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.2%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.9% +11.9% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTMOLHQGEN
Held by institutions 90.2% 97.0% 67.3%
Institutions holding 2,621 1,051 337
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% +1.6% +16.5%
Institutions buying 1,141 465 215
Institutions selling 1,144 393 86
Buyers to sellers 1.00 1.18 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.

TMOLHQGEN
TMO 1.00 0.43 0.45
LH 0.43 1.00 0.33
QGEN 0.45 0.33 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TMO, LH and QGEN?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) $254.18B, Labcorp Holdings (LH) $26.92B, Qiagen (QGEN) $10.94B.

Which stock is cheaper, TMO, LH and QGEN?

Qiagen (QGEN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 36.5x, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 26.9x, Qiagen (QGEN) 26.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Labcorp Holdings (LH) is cheapest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 26.1x, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 19.3x, Qiagen (QGEN) 21.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +7.2%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.4%, Qiagen (QGEN) +3.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Qiagen (QGEN) has the highest net margin (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 15.0%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 7.0%, Qiagen (QGEN) 19.5%). On return on invested capital, Labcorp Holdings (LH) leads (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 7.9%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 8.2%, Qiagen (QGEN) 7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) returned the most: Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +17.8%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +15.9%, Qiagen (QGEN) -3.0%. Over five years, Labcorp Holdings (LH) compounded fastest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) +1.9%/yr, Labcorp Holdings (LH) +6.3%/yr, Qiagen (QGEN) -3.5%/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%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 0.00%, Qiagen (QGEN) 0.00%. Labcorp Holdings (LH) and Qiagen (QGEN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Labcorp Holdings (LH) has been the steadiest (Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) 29.8%, Labcorp Holdings (LH) 24.1%, Qiagen (QGEN) 35.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TMO, LH 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 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.