TXG vs BDX vs QGEN Stock Comparison

10x Genomics, Becton Dickinson and Qiagen Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TXG 10x Genomics, Inc.
$72.96 -14.9% 1M +429.8% 1Y
Market cap
$10.23B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$616.91M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
1 win
BDX Becton Dickinson & Co
$196.39 +6.8% 1M +5.7% 1Y
Market cap
$53.56B
P/E
56.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$23.25B
Div. yield
–
Medical Supplies Healthcare
4 wins
QGEN Qiagen N.V.
$50.37 +14.0% 1M -3.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.93B
P/E
26.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.10B
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Qiagen leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Qiagen 6, Becton Dickinson 4, 10x Genomics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTXGBDXQGENLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.23B $53.56B $10.93B BDX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -136.2x 56.9x 26.7x QGEN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.1x 21.4x BDX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.3% +17.4% +3.0% BDX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -12.2% 4.0% 19.5% QGEN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.3% 7.9% QGEN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 3.2x 1.3x QGEN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +429.8% +5.7% -3.0% TXG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.4%/yr -4.3%/yr -3.3%/yr QGEN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.8% 31.9% 35.8% BDX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 67/100 71/100 QGEN

Percentile Scorecard

TXGBDXQGEN

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

AxisTXGBDXQGEN
Valuation 43 #130 of 228 90 #24 of 228 76 #56 of 228
Growth 66 #76 of 221 47 #117 of 221 30 #155 of 221
Profitability 63 #77 of 208 78 #46 of 208 92 #17 of 208
Financial Health 68 #78 of 239 27 #176 of 239 63 #90 of 239
Shareholder Returns 67 #46 of 137 95 #8 of 137 94 #9 of 137
Overall 61 67 71
  • TXG ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • BDX ranked among 248 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • 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

PeriodTXGBDXQGENSPY
1 month -14.9%+6.8%+14.0% -0.8%
3 months +58.9%+23.6%+22.6% +3.5%
6 months +227.5%+30.7%+32.2% +7.0%
Year to date +347.3%+1.2%+6.4% +12.2%
1 year +429.8%+5.7%-3.0% +13.0%
3 years +100.4%-21.9%+25.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +26.1%-7.9%+7.7% +23.1%
5 years -54.1%-19.8%-15.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year -14.4%-4.3%-3.3% +11.0%
10 years —+17.2%+75.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+1.6%+5.8% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTXGBDXQGENSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.8%31.9%35.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.1%33.1%30.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.210.340.47 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 5.820.18-0.08 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.1%-50.4%-48.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -25.4%-6.5%-9.5% -1.8%
52-week high $97.74$210.02$55.66 $779.14
52-week low $12.44$140.71$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.

MultipleTXGBDXQGEN
P/E now vs peer median -126.2xmedian 30.6x 57.3xmedian 30.6x 26.7xmedian 30.6x
P/S now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 3.0x 2.3xmedian 3.0x 5.2xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -212.9xmedian 17.5x 14.0xmedian 17.5x 18.1xmedian 17.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 78.3xmedian 23.3x 16.7xmedian 23.3x 11.0xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 2.4x 2.2xmedian 2.4x 3.3xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median -4.70median 0.87 -3.93median 0.87 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 monthsTXGBDXQGEN
Revenue $616.91M $23.25B $2.10B
Gross profit $432.03M $10.91B $1.31B
Operating income -$88.38M $2.48B $445.43M
Net income -$75.13M $941.00M $409.32M
Free cash flow $121.44M $3.20B $991.33M
R&D $226.80M $1.37B $194.67M
EPS (diluted) $-0.58 $3.42 $1.87
Cash & equivalents – $708.00M $768.50M
Total debt – $72.81B $6.86B
Shares (diluted) 129.98M 275.16M 218.88M
Enterprise value $10.03B $50.71B $6.70B

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
MetricTXGBDXQGEN
P/E -126.2x 57.3x 26.7x
P/FCF 78.3x 16.7x 11.0x
P/Operating cash flow 74.8x 13.5x 16.7x
P/S 15.4x 2.3x 5.2x
P/B 11.5x 2.2x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 12.4x 2.2x 3.6x
EV/EBITDA -212.9x 14.0x 18.1x
EV/EBIT -107.0x 28.0x 26.4x
EV/Revenue 15.3x 3.0x 5.6x
EV/FCF 77.9x 21.7x 11.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 74.4x 17.6x 18.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -4.70 -3.93 3.62

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTXGBDXQGEN
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.3% 17.4% 3.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.8% 6.9% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -3.5% 23.7% 1.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.1% 8.5% 1.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.1% 13.0% -4.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.9% 3.3% 3.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.2% -40.6% 143.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 24.2% -17.3% 6.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 14.9% -38.0% 12.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.8% -14.6% 7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 89.8% 43.5% -3.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 135.5% 14.5% 8.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 113.5% 54.2% 2.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.7% 22.5% 10.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTXGBDXQGEN
Gross margin 70.0% 46.9% 62.2%
EBITDA margin -7.2% 21.4% 31.0%
Operating margin -14.3% 10.7% 21.2%
Pretax margin -12.1% 8.4% 22.0%
Net margin -12.2% 4.0% 19.5%
FCF margin 19.7% 13.8% 47.2%
Operating cash flow margin 20.6% 17.0% 31.2%
Return on equity -9.2% 3.9% 12.2%
Return on assets -7.3% 1.9% 7.0%
Return on invested capital – 5.3% 7.9%
Return on capital employed -9.8% 6.0% 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.7x 4.2x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 16.0% 1.2% 2.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTXGBDXQGEN
Debt / assets – 33.1% 27.9%
Debt / equity – 0.7x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 3.2x 1.3x
Debt / FCF – 5.2x 1.7x
Liabilities / assets 19.9% 51.9% 43.0%
Equity / assets 80.1% 48.1% 57.0%
Interest coverage – 4.2x 11.3x
Current ratio 5.7x 0.9x 2.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.3x 2.0x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.1x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 26.75 2.29 4.08

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTXGBDXQGEN
Dividend yield – 2.1% 5.2%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 4.7% 0.6%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 6.8% 5.8%
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.

ConsensusTXGBDXQGEN
Forward P/E – 15.1xFY2026 21.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.79FY2026 $12.99FY2026 $2.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +14.8%FY2026 -1.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -2.9% +17.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $580.42MFY2026 $18.11BFY2026 $2.25BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.7%FY2026 -17.1%FY2026 +7.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.6% +11.6% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTXGBDXQGEN
Held by institutions 100.0% 96.1% 67.3%
Institutions holding 389 1,442 337
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% +0.6% +16.5%
Institutions buying 197 688 215
Institutions selling 137 543 86
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.27 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.

TXGBDXQGEN
TXG 1.00 0.07 0.45
BDX 0.07 1.00 0.18
QGEN 0.45 0.18 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TXG, BDX and QGEN?

Becton Dickinson (BDX) is the largest by market capitalisation: 10x Genomics (TXG) $10.23B, Becton Dickinson (BDX) $53.56B, Qiagen (QGEN) $10.93B.

Which stock is cheaper, TXG, BDX and QGEN?

Qiagen (QGEN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (10x Genomics (TXG) -136.2x, Becton Dickinson (BDX) 56.9x, Qiagen (QGEN) 26.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Becton Dickinson (BDX) is cheapest (Becton Dickinson (BDX) 15.1x, 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?

Becton Dickinson (BDX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: 10x Genomics (TXG) -4.3%, Becton Dickinson (BDX) +17.4%, Qiagen (QGEN) +3.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Qiagen (QGEN) has the highest net margin (10x Genomics (TXG) -12.2%, Becton Dickinson (BDX) 4.0%, Qiagen (QGEN) 19.5%). On return on invested capital, Qiagen (QGEN) leads (Becton Dickinson (BDX) 5.3%, Qiagen (QGEN) 7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year 10x Genomics (TXG) returned the most: 10x Genomics (TXG) +429.8%, Becton Dickinson (BDX) +5.7%, Qiagen (QGEN) -3.0%. Over five years, Qiagen (QGEN) compounded fastest (10x Genomics (TXG) -14.4%/yr, Becton Dickinson (BDX) -4.3%/yr, Qiagen (QGEN) -3.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Becton Dickinson (BDX) has been the steadiest (10x Genomics (TXG) 73.8%, Becton Dickinson (BDX) 31.9%, Qiagen (QGEN) 35.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TXG, BDX 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 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.