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 $14.1B against $9.3B — 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 22.6×. 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 22.64 33.95
P/S 3.52 4.34 4.87
P/B 4.94 2.72 3.12
Price to free cash flow 37.94 20.69 34.02
EV/EBITDA 29.82 15.31 25.20
EV/Sales 4.12 4.75 5.66
Earnings yield (1.65%) 4.42% (1.75%)
Free cash flow yield 2.64% 4.83% (0.13%)

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% —
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 0.78

Dividend

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.70%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CRL QGEN Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 14.09b 9.26b 2.56b

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