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 $14.6B against $9.5B — 1.5× the size. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; QIAGEN N.V. trades at 23.6×. QIAGEN N.V. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.96% against −0.74%. QIAGEN N.V. has the higher net margin (19.5% vs −5.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.62% vs 1.07%). Across the 21 metrics below, QIAGEN N.V. leads on 18 and Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
P/E n/m 23.64 35.56
P/S 3.60 4.53 4.37
P/B 5.06 2.83 3.06
Price to free cash flow 38.84 21.60 35.76
EV/EBITDA 30.42 15.93 24.35
EV/Sales 4.21 4.94 5.51
Earnings yield (1.61%) 4.23% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.57% 4.63% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 32.67% 62.20% 50.89%
Operating margin 2.25% 21.21% (8.57%)
Net margin (5.96%) 19.49% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 9.27% 20.98% 0.00%
Return on equity (7.69%) 11.93% (2.92%)
Return on assets (3.16%) 6.99% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 1.07% 6.62% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.74%) 2.96% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1,555.00%) 398.07% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.55% 2.25% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 3.42% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.49 0.11
Current ratio 1.35 2.85 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 3.24 0.84 0.70

Dividend

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — 0.76% 0.66%
Payout ratio — 0.18 0.20

Size

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.62b 9.51b 2.16b

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