Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) vs Guardant Health, Inc. (GH)

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and Guardant Health, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Guardant Health, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $22.3B against $14.6B — 1.5× the size. Guardant Health, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.7% against −0.74%. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. has the higher net margin (−5.96% vs −38.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.07% vs −129.7%). Across the 17 metrics below, Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. leads on 9 and Guardant Health, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m n/m 35.56
P/S 3.60 17.78 4.37
P/B 5.06 n/m 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.84 n/m 35.76
EV/EBITDA 30.42 n/m 24.35
EV/Sales 4.21 18.16 5.51
Earnings yield (1.61%) (2.20%) (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.57% (1.23%) (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 32.67% 65.01% 50.89%
Operating margin 2.25% (39.75%) (8.57%)
Net margin (5.96%) (38.33%) (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 9.27% (20.35%) 0.00%
Return on equity (7.69%) 171.64% (2.92%)
Return on assets (3.16%) (27.95%) (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 1.07% (129.70%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.74%) 42.74% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 6.74% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 27.92% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.92 (6.74) 0.11
Current ratio 1.35 4.03 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 (0.75) 0.70

Dividend

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.66%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.62b 22.26b 2.16b

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