Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) vs Illumina, Inc. (ILMN)

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and Illumina, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Illumina, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $31.5B against $14.9B — 2.1× the size. Illumina, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 35.6× against 300×. Illumina, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.83% against −1.16%. Illumina, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.7% vs 1.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.7% vs 1.81%). Across the 22 metrics below, Illumina, Inc. leads on 18 and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CRL ILMN Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 300.09 35.62 34.52
P/S 3.77 6.98 4.24
P/B 4.64 10.07 3.42
Price to free cash flow 37.56 30.41 33.51
EV/EBITDA 31.20 26.35 23.44
EV/Sales 4.34 7.19 5.18
Earnings yield 0.33% 2.81% (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 2.66% 3.29% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CRL ILMN Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 33.33% 67.87% 48.32%
Operating margin 4.00% 21.18% (5.68%)
Net margin 1.01% 19.72% (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 10.05% 23.29% 0.00%
Return on equity 1.21% 32.39% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.54% 13.78% (6.05%)
Return on invested capital 1.81% 16.70% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL ILMN Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 5.83% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 170.87% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 6.04% 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 5.32% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL ILMN Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.76 0.57 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 2.63 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 (0.13) 0.68

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CRL ILMN Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.94b 31.45b 2.22b

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