TXG vs CTKB vs DHR Stock Comparison

10x Genomics, Cytek Biosciences and Danaher Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TXG 10x Genomics, Inc.
$78.02 -9.0% 1M +474.1% 1Y
Market cap
$10.96B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$616.91M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
2 wins
CTKB Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
$5.98 +5.8% 1M +44.1% 1Y
Market cap
$787.77M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$206.71M
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
1 win
DHR Danaher Corp /De/
$232.08 +3.3% 1M +5.0% 1Y
Market cap
$165.51B
P/E
41.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.11B
Div. yield
–
Life Sciences Tools Healthcare
4 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Danaher leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Danaher 4, 10x Genomics 2, Cytek Biosciences 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTXGCTKBDHRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.96B $787.77M $165.51B DHR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -145.9x -9.8x 41.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 25.5x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.3% +5.4% +4.6% CTKB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -12.2% -39.0% 15.9% DHR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 5.7% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.9x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +474.1% +44.1% +5.0% TXG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -13.9%/yr -23.4%/yr -5.3%/yr DHR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 73.9% 55.8% 30.6% DHR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 41/100 59/100 TXG

Percentile Scorecard

TXGCTKBDHR

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

AxisTXGCTKBDHR
Valuation 43 #130 of 227 54 #104 of 227 67 #76 of 227
Growth 66 #76 of 219 3 #212 of 219 21 #174 of 219
Profitability 63 #77 of 206 45 #114 of 206 88 #25 of 206
Financial Health 68 #78 of 238 53 #112 of 238 46 #129 of 238
Shareholder Returns 68 #44 of 134 47 #71 of 134 75 #34 of 134
Overall 61 41 59
  • TXG ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • CTKB ranked among 247 companies in Medical Devices and Diagnostics
  • DHR 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

PeriodTXGCTKBDHRSPY
1 month -9.0%+5.8%+3.3% -0.2%
3 months +65.8%+34.1%+16.6% +3.9%
6 months +265.1%+30.9%+29.7% +8.2%
Year to date +378.4%+18.4%+1.4% +12.9%
1 year +474.1%+44.1%+5.0% +12.3%
3 years +114.3%+38.1%+23.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year +28.9%+11.4%+7.3% +23.3%
5 years -52.6%-73.7%-23.8% +67.9%
5 years, per year -13.9%-23.4%-5.3% +10.9%
10 years ——+196.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year ——+11.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureTXGCTKBDHRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 73.9%55.8%30.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.1%55.0%31.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.220.870.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 6.410.790.16 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -96.1%-90.3%-50.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.2%-1.8%-4.1% -1.2%
52-week high $97.74$6.09$242.05 $779.14
52-week low $12.44$3.36$161.91 $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.

MultipleTXGCTKBDHR
P/E now vs peer median -135.0xmedian 29.6x -9.6xmedian 29.6x 40.9xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 16.5xmedian 2.9x 3.8xmedian 2.9x 6.5xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -227.8xmedian 17.4x -19.0xmedian 17.4x 24.2xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 83.7xmedian 22.3x -64.3xmedian 22.3x 29.8xmedian 22.3x
P/B now vs peer median 12.3xmedian 2.3x 2.4xmedian 2.3x 3.1xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -5.03median 1.04 0.07median 1.04 -3.26median 1.04

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 monthsTXGCTKBDHR
Revenue $616.91M $206.71M $25.11B
Gross profit $432.03M $110.03M $14.69B
Operating income -$88.38M -$44.65M $5.13B
Net income -$75.13M -$80.58M $4.00B
Free cash flow $121.44M -$12.08M $5.47B
R&D $226.80M $37.26M $1.62B
EPS (diluted) $-0.58 $-0.62 $5.66
Cash & equivalents – $73.85M $4.35B
Total debt – – $26.56B
Shares (diluted) 129.98M 129.46M 707.60M
Enterprise value $10.76B $464.04M $149.31B

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
MetricTXGCTKBDHR
P/E -135.0x -9.6x 40.9x
P/FCF 83.7x -64.3x 29.8x
P/Operating cash flow 80.0x -128.7x 24.6x
P/S 16.5x 3.8x 6.5x
P/B 12.3x 2.4x 3.1x
P/Tangible book 13.3x 2.5x 5.2x
EV/EBITDA -227.8x -19.0x 24.2x
EV/EBIT -114.4x -15.8x 36.1x
EV/Revenue 16.4x 3.4x 7.4x
EV/FCF 83.3x -58.2x 33.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 79.6x -116.5x 27.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.03 0.07 -3.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTXGCTKBDHR
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.3% 5.4% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.8% 5.6% -0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -3.5% 3.1% 2.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.1% 1.4% -0.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 12.1% -66.2% 16.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.9% -31.0% -7.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.2% -1,159% 17.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 24.2% -139.7% -14.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 14.9% -1,134% 19.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.8% -141.6% -12.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 89.8% -139.7% 7.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 135.5% -66.7% -7.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 113.5% -211.1% 12.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 44.7% -3.9% -9.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTXGCTKBDHR
Gross margin 70.0% 53.2% 58.5%
EBITDA margin -7.2% -17.9% 30.5%
Operating margin -14.3% -21.6% 20.4%
Pretax margin -12.1% -19.7% 19.0%
Net margin -12.2% -39.0% 15.9%
FCF margin 19.7% -5.8% 21.8%
Operating cash flow margin 20.6% -2.9% 26.4%
Return on equity -9.2% -24.8% 7.6%
Return on assets -7.3% -18.0% 4.5%
Return on invested capital – – 5.7%
Return on capital employed -9.8% -12.3% 6.4%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.7x 0.1x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 16.0% 10.3% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTXGCTKBDHR
Debt / assets – – 28.8%
Debt / equity – – 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.9x
Debt / FCF – – 4.9x
Liabilities / assets 19.9% 28.0% 43.1%
Equity / assets 80.1% 72.0% 56.9%
Interest coverage – -143.1x 17.6x
Current ratio 5.7x 4.5x 1.7x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.5x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.9x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 28.69 4.24 3.72

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTXGCTKBDHR
Dividend yield – – 0.7%
Net buyback yield -0.1% -0.2% 1.8%
Shareholder yield -0.1% -0.2% 2.4%
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.

ConsensusTXGCTKBDHR
Forward P/E – – 25.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.79FY2026 $-0.32FY2026 $9.11FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +16.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +8.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $580.42MFY2026 $197.36MFY2026 $27.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -9.7%FY2026 -2.1%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +24.6% +9.9% -1.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTXGCTKBDHR
Held by institutions 100.0% 62.8% 81.9%
Institutions holding 389 156 2,116
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.4% -4.1% +1.1%
Institutions buying 197 75 838
Institutions selling 137 64 1,015
Buyers to sellers 1.44 1.17 0.83

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.

TXGCTKBDHR
TXG 1.00 0.40 0.33
CTKB 0.40 1.00 0.42
DHR 0.33 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TXG, CTKB and DHR?

Danaher (DHR) is the largest by market capitalisation: 10x Genomics (TXG) $10.96B, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) $787.77M, Danaher (DHR) $165.51B.

Which company is growing faster?

Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: 10x Genomics (TXG) -4.3%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) +5.4%, Danaher (DHR) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Danaher (DHR) has the highest net margin (10x Genomics (TXG) -12.2%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -39.0%, Danaher (DHR) 15.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year 10x Genomics (TXG) returned the most: 10x Genomics (TXG) +474.1%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) +44.1%, Danaher (DHR) +5.0%. Over five years, Danaher (DHR) compounded fastest (10x Genomics (TXG) -13.9%/yr, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) -23.4%/yr, Danaher (DHR) -5.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Danaher (DHR) has been the steadiest (10x Genomics (TXG) 73.9%, Cytek Biosciences (CTKB) 55.8%, Danaher (DHR) 30.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TXG, CTKB and DHR?

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