Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (CRL) vs QIAGEN N.V. (QGEN)

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and QIAGEN N.V. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.9B against $10.5B — 1.4× the size. QIAGEN N.V. trades at the lower P/E: 26.1× against 300×. QIAGEN N.V. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.96% against −1.16%. QIAGEN N.V. has the higher net margin (19.5% vs 1.01%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.62% vs 1.81%). Across the 22 metrics below, QIAGEN N.V. leads on 19 and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 300.09 26.07 34.52
P/S 3.77 5.00 4.24
P/B 4.64 3.13 3.42
Price to free cash flow 37.56 23.83 33.51
EV/EBITDA 31.20 17.43 23.44
EV/Sales 4.34 5.40 5.18
Earnings yield 0.33% 3.84% (1.50%)
Free cash flow yield 2.66% 4.20% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 33.33% 62.20% 48.32%
Operating margin 4.00% 21.21% (5.68%)
Net margin 1.01% 19.49% (4.10%)
Free cash flow margin 10.05% 20.98% 0.00%
Return on equity 1.21% 11.93% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.54% 6.99% (6.05%)
Return on invested capital 1.81% 6.62% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.16%) 2.96% 8.99%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 424.32% 20.36%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 2.25% 7.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.42% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.76 0.49 0.01
Current ratio 1.41 2.85 2.27
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 0.84 0.68

Dividend

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — 0.69% 0.67%
Payout ratio — 0.18 0.20

Size

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.94b 10.50b 2.22b

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