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 $20.6B against $14.9B — 1.4× the size. Guardant Health, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. trades at 300×. Guardant Health, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 41.7% against −1.16%. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.01% vs −37.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.81% vs −25.7%). 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 300.09 n/m 34.52
P/S 3.77 16.20 4.24
P/B 4.64 n/m 3.42
Price to free cash flow 37.56 n/m 33.51
EV/EBITDA 31.20 n/m 23.44
EV/Sales 4.34 16.55 5.18
Earnings yield 0.33% (2.39%) (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 2.66% (1.21%) 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 33.33% 65.19% 48.32%
Operating margin 4.00% (39.41%) (5.68%)
Net margin 1.01% (37.93%) (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 10.05% (18.15%) 0.00%
Return on equity 1.21% 153.90% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.54% (30.68%) (6.05%)
Return on invested capital 1.81% (25.68%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 41.69% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 6.74% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 27.92% 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.76 (5.45) 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 3.60 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 (0.75) 0.68

Dividend

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.67%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric CRL GH Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.94b 20.59b 2.22b

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