Sector Alpha Week of 2026-08-04
20-quarter listed-company comparison

Diagnostics & Research Stocks

Diagnostics & Research: Agilent Technologies, Inc. owns the largest revenue base; BillionToOne, Inc. has the fastest current growth.

01 · the industry itself · before any single company

How has Diagnostics & Research moved against S&P 500?

The line below covers up to 5.2 years and opens on the 5Y view; the buttons cut it shorter. Over the most recent two of them this industry is 26% ahead of S&P 500. Earnings across its companies grew 7% on average over the last four reported quarters — close to flat. It has been ahead of S&P 500 on a rolling three-month view for 10 weeks running.

BREAKING OUT · ahead 10w~Price up, without the fundamentals confirming31 of 33 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months2 are 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more

RS ↑10w · 26/33 >200d (+3) · 31/33 lead (+8) · EPS 19/33↑

10020020262025202420232022 286348 TRAILING 12-MONTH EPS · 100 AT THE START0100Mar 22Sep 22Mar 23Sep 23Mar 24Sep 24Mar 25Sep 25Mar 26Mar 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 12 reportingJun 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 18 reportingSep 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 19 reportingDec 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 97, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 20 reportingMar 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 97, against 100 at the start · down 18.6% on a year ago · 15 reportingJun 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 95, against 100 at the start · down 5.2% on a year ago · 18 reportingSep 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 87, against 100 at the start · down 13.6% on a year ago · 21 reportingDec 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 65, against 100 at the start · down 7.7% on a year ago · 20 reportingMar 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 85, against 100 at the start · down 6.3% on a year ago · 18 reportingJun 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 75, against 100 at the start · down 7.7% on a year ago · 18 reportingSep 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 73, against 100 at the start · up 5.2% on a year ago · 18 reportingDec 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 66, against 100 at the start · up 5.0% on a year ago · 18 reportingMar 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 68, against 100 at the start · up 5.6% on a year ago · 18 reportingJun 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 83, against 100 at the start · up 9.6% on a year ago · 18 reportingSep 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 82, against 100 at the start · up 1.7% on a year ago · 18 reportingDec 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 85, against 100 at the start · up 3.9% on a year ago · 18 reportingMar 2026 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 86, against 100 at the start · up 12.2% on a year ago · 16 reportingNot reported yet — earnings trail price by a quarter or two86 · Mar 26No earnings on file this far back — the price series reaches further than the filings do
10020020262025202420232022 286348 TRAILING 12-MONTH EPS · 100 AT THE START0100Mar 22Mar 23Mar 24Mar 25Mar 26Mar 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 12 reportingJun 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 18 reportingSep 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 100, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 19 reportingDec 2022 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 97, against 100 at the start · no comparable year yet · 20 reportingMar 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 97, against 100 at the start · down 18.6% on a year ago · 15 reportingJun 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 95, against 100 at the start · down 5.2% on a year ago · 18 reportingSep 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 87, against 100 at the start · down 13.6% on a year ago · 21 reportingDec 2023 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 65, against 100 at the start · down 7.7% on a year ago · 20 reportingMar 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 85, against 100 at the start · down 6.3% on a year ago · 18 reportingJun 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 75, against 100 at the start · down 7.7% on a year ago · 18 reportingSep 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 73, against 100 at the start · up 5.2% on a year ago · 18 reportingDec 2024 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 66, against 100 at the start · up 5.0% on a year ago · 18 reportingMar 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 68, against 100 at the start · up 5.6% on a year ago · 18 reportingJun 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 83, against 100 at the start · up 9.6% on a year ago · 18 reportingSep 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 82, against 100 at the start · up 1.7% on a year ago · 18 reportingDec 2025 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 85, against 100 at the start · up 3.9% on a year ago · 18 reportingMar 2026 · trailing 12-month earnings per share at 86, against 100 at the start · up 12.2% on a year ago · 16 reportingNot reported yet — earnings trail price by a quarter or two86No earnings on file this far back — the price series reaches further than the filings do
Diagnostics & Research, equal-weighted, based at 200 S&P 500, same base, same start trailing 12-month earnings per share rising falling

Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the distance between them is the whole story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 33 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member rebased to 100 at the start and the industry taking the median — so a price line pulling away from flat bars is a re-rating, not earnings. A bar turns red when that figure is lower than the quarter before. Rules are fixed and applied identically everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover any point to read both values and the gap. This is a description of what the numbers did, not advice.

02 · sector relative strength, before individual stocks

Is Diagnostics & Research outperforming S&P 500?

Diagnostics & Research has outperformed S&P 500 by 38.7% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a lead of 33.7%. 17 of 29 covered companies currently beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, so leadership inside the sector is selective. CareDx, Inc. is the strongest against the sector itself at +81.9%.

+33.7%Sector vs S&P 500 · 13 weeks
+38.7%Sector vs S&P 500 · 52 weeks
17/29Stocks leading S&P 500
8/29Stocks leading sector

Sector metric: — as of latest available · unclassified · direction unavailable.

The central tension: the companies with the most scale are not necessarily the companies creating the most change.

Start with scale. Then earnings trajectory. Then business quality. Only after those three agree should price leadership carry much weight.

Bottom line

Diagnostics & Research has outperformed S&P 500 by 38.7% over 52 weeks and 33.7% over 13 weeks. 17 of 29 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 8 of 29 beat the sector itself. Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads with revenue of $7,232 million, based on 12 of 30 comparable companies through Jun 2026.

Companies
30
complete canonical membership
Combined market value
$784.0B
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Revenue growing
11/12
positive TTM year-on-year growth
Beating S&P 500
17/29
positive Mansfield relative strength
Comparing 5 of 30
03 · research priority, made explicit

4-Factor Sector Score

An additive sector-relative research score. The four displayed point contributions always equal the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or stale evidence is absorbed inside the affected factor, never applied as a hidden adjustment.

Growth & earnings · 35%Capital efficiency · 25%Valuation · 20%Relative strength · 20%
Medpace Holdings, Inc. has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 57.8% evidence confidence.
Twist Bioscience Corporation has stronger price confirmation than earnings confirmation; that is a research prompt, not permission to chase.
How this score is built, and what the marks mean

Missing observations are not scored as bad. Their missing weight lowers confidence and pulls the final score toward neutral. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step curve the sector itself is placed on — basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep — read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is widening or shrinking. It describes where the PRICE stands, not the earnings trajectory and not a recommendation, and it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.

CompanyScorePrice stageGrowth & earnings/35Capital efficiency/25Valuation/20Relative strength/20
1Medpace Holdings, Inc.MEDP 60.6/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 21.1/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -0.3 pp 45% evidence 21.3/25 ROCE 30.2% · OPM 20% 76% evidence 10.5/20 P/E 31× · PEG — 15% evidence 7.7/20 RS sector -13.3% · RS bench 0.3% · 1Y 32.4%3 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.1 + 21.3 + 10.5 + 7.7 = 60.6 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
2Agilent Technologies, Inc.A 56.8/100Mixed-positive evidence85% evidence BREAKING OUT 22.5/35 Revenue 9.1% · PAT 21.3% · OPM change 3.7 pp 95% evidence 16.1/25 ROCE 3.8% · OPM 21.7% 76% evidence 14.4/20 P/E 23.2× · PEG 1.01 65% evidence 3.8/20 RS sector -17.5% · RS bench -4.3% · 1Y 21.4%6 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 22.5 + 16.1 + 14.4 + 3.8 = 56.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
3Illumina, Inc.ILMN 56.5/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence LEADER 18.1/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 3.4 pp 45% evidence 14.3/25 ROCE 5.1% · OPM 19.2% 76% evidence 10.3/20 P/E 32.9× · PEG — 15% evidence 13.8/20 RS sector 18.4% · RS bench 36.7% · 1Y 114.7%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.1 + 14.3 + 10.3 + 13.8 = 56.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
4Adaptive Biotechnologies CorporationADPT 55.5/100Thin evidence · provisional55% evidence BREAKING OUT 21.6/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 29.3 pp 45% evidence 5.7/25 ROCE -3.3% · OPM -27.1% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 18.2/20 RS sector 19.2% · RS bench 37.1% · 1Y 101.2%9 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.6 + 5.7 + 10 + 18.2 = 55.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
5NeoGenomics, Inc.NEO 54.7/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BREAKING OUT 21.0/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 6.8 pp 45% evidence 6.0/25 ROCE -0.8% · OPM -9.8% 76% evidence 9.0/20 P/E 134× · PEG — 15% evidence 18.7/20 RS sector 22.1% · RS bench 39.9% · 1Y 180.9%10 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21 + 6 + 9 + 18.7 = 54.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
6IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.IDXX 54.1/100Mixed-positive evidence81% evidence TURNING 22.8/35 Revenue 13.1% · PAT 22.4% · OPM change 0.1 pp 83% evidence 20.1/25 ROCE 17.4% · OPM 31.8% 76% evidence 10.1/20 P/E 41.4× · PEG 1.62 65% evidence 1.1/20 RS sector -27.4% · RS bench -15.5% · 1Y -10.6%0 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 22.8 + 20.1 + 10.1 + 1.1 = 54.1 · Decision use: Acceleration candidate, not a confirmed leader: earnings are strong but sector-relative strength is -27.4% and the one-year return is -10.6%. Do not upgrade until sector-relative strength is above zero and another reported period confirms growth.
7Mettler-Toledo International Inc.MTD 53.9/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 17.4/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -0.8 pp 45% evidence 18.4/25 ROCE 12.9% · OPM 23.9% 76% evidence 10.6/20 P/E 28.8× · PEG — 15% evidence 7.5/20 RS sector -15.6% · RS bench -2% · 1Y 14.4%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.4 + 18.4 + 10.6 + 7.5 = 53.9 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
8Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedDGX 52.5/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 17.0/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.8 pp 45% evidence 14.7/25 ROCE 3.2% · OPM 13.8% 76% evidence 11.2/20 P/E 22.5× · PEG — 15% evidence 9.6/20 RS sector -6.6% · RS bench 8.8% · 1Y 32.1%3 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17 + 14.7 + 11.2 + 9.6 = 52.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
9Natera, Inc.NTRA 51.3/100Mixed-positive evidence61% evidence BREAKING OUT 21.3/35 Revenue 36.6% · PAT — · OPM change 2.4 pp 62% evidence 5.4/25 ROCE -5.5% · OPM -13.4% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 14.6/20 RS sector 1.4% · RS bench 17% · 1Y 81.2%7 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.3 + 5.4 + 10 + 14.6 = 51.3 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
10Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.CRL 50.7/100Mixed-positive evidence64% evidence BREAKING OUT 18.0/35 Revenue 0.1% · PAT — · OPM change 4.4 pp 62% evidence 11.7/25 ROCE 1.8% · OPM 12% 76% evidence 8.8/20 P/E 427.2× · PEG — 15% evidence 12.2/20 RS sector -0.8% · RS bench 14.6% · 1Y 57.4%9 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18 + 11.7 + 8.8 + 12.2 = 50.7 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
11Labcorp Holdings Inc.LH 50.7/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 17.5/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 1.1 pp 45% evidence 13.3/25 ROCE 2.8% · OPM 10.8% 76% evidence 11.1/20 P/E 23.2× · PEG — 15% evidence 8.8/20 RS sector -11.2% · RS bench 3.5% · 1Y 17.5%3 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.5 + 13.3 + 11.1 + 8.8 = 50.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
12Twist Bioscience CorporationTWST 50.6/100Mixed-positive evidence61% evidence BREAKING OUT 16.7/35 Revenue 17.8% · PAT — · OPM change 3.4 pp 62% evidence 4.7/25 ROCE -8.5% · OPM -41.4% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 19.2/20 RS sector 59.8% · RS bench 84.2% · 1Y 287.8%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.7 + 4.7 + 10 + 19.2 = 50.6 · Decision use: Price leads the evidence: RS versus the benchmark is 84.2%, but earnings trajectory is weak. Wait for revenue and profit confirmation.
13IQVIA Holdings Inc.IQV 50.0/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BREAKING OUT 16.0/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -0.6 pp 45% evidence 13.7/25 ROCE 2.4% · OPM 12.4% 76% evidence 10.8/20 P/E 24× · PEG — 15% evidence 9.5/20 RS sector -10.1% · RS bench 4% · 1Y 26.9%6 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16 + 13.7 + 10.8 + 9.5 = 50 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
14Veracyte, Inc.VCYT 49.2/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BREAKING OUT 21.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 13.8 pp 45% evidence 11.0/25 ROCE 1.7% · OPM 16.3% 76% evidence 9.5/20 P/E 41.7× · PEG — 15% evidence 7.5/20 RS sector -9.6% · RS bench 4.2% · 1Y 69.6%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.2 + 11 + 9.5 + 7.5 = 49.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
15CareDx, Inc.CDNA 48.7/100Thin evidence · provisional52% evidence BREAKING OUT 15.5/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 16.8 pp 45% evidence 4.7/25 ROCE -28.5% · OPM 1% 76% evidence 11.5/20 P/E 13.8× · PEG — 15% evidence 17.0/20 RS sector 81.9% · RS bench 108.8% · 1Y 293.4%12 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 15.5 + 4.7 + 11.5 + 17 = 48.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
16Guardant Health, Inc.GH 48.4/100Thin evidence · provisional55% evidence BREAKING OUT 16.5/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 14.4 pp 45% evidence 4.3/25 ROCE -9.7% · OPM -40.2% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 17.6/20 RS sector 25% · RS bench 43.3% · 1Y 194.7%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 16.5 + 4.3 + 10 + 17.6 = 48.4 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
17Sotera Health CompanySHC 48.1/100Mixed-negative evidence64% evidence BREAKING OUT 19.3/35 Revenue 7.3% · PAT 100% · OPM change 4.7 pp 62% evidence 14.3/25 ROCE 2.6% · OPM 27.1% 76% evidence 9.9/20 P/E 35× · PEG — 15% evidence 4.6/20 RS sector -14.7% · RS bench -1% · 1Y 29.6%7 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 19.3 + 14.3 + 9.9 + 4.6 = 48.1 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
18Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.TMO 46.3/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 17.5/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.3 pp 45% evidence 14.2/25 ROCE 2.2% · OPM 16.9% 76% evidence 10.7/20 P/E 27.6× · PEG — 15% evidence 3.9/20 RS sector -16.8% · RS bench -3.6% · 1Y 22.6%3 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.5 + 14.2 + 10.7 + 3.9 = 46.3 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
19Qiagen N.V.QGEN 45.7/100Mixed-negative evidence71% evidence TURNING 15.7/35 Revenue 4.8% · PAT 100% · OPM change -6.8 pp 83% evidence 12.9/25 ROCE 1.6% · OPM 17.1% 76% evidence 11.4/20 P/E 20.9× · PEG — 15% evidence 5.7/20 RS sector -27.4% · RS bench -15.6% · 1Y -16.3%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 15.7 + 12.9 + 11.4 + 5.7 = 45.7 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
20Danaher CorporationDHR 44.5/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence TURNING 18.5/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 0.4 pp 45% evidence 13.8/25 ROCE 1.4% · OPM 22.6% 76% evidence 10.1/20 P/E 34.8× · PEG — 15% evidence 2.1/20 RS sector -26% · RS bench -14.1% · 1Y -2.9%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 18.5 + 13.8 + 10.1 + 2.1 = 44.5 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
21Castle Biosciences, Inc.CSTL 43.2/100Thin evidence · provisional52% evidence TURNING 18.9/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 9.7 pp 45% evidence 6.8/25 ROCE -0.6% · OPM -22% 76% evidence 9.3/20 P/E 43× · PEG — 15% evidence 8.2/20 RS sector -12.6% · RS bench 0.4% · 1Y 61.1%2 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 18.9 + 6.8 + 9.3 + 8.2 = 43.2 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
22Revvity, Inc.RVTY 42.8/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BREAKING OUT 15.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -1.9 pp 45% evidence 11.5/25 ROCE 0.7% · OPM 10.7% 76% evidence 9.4/20 P/E 42.6× · PEG — 15% evidence 6.7/20 RS sector -11.4% · RS bench 2.7% · 1Y 28.3%7 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 15.2 + 11.5 + 9.4 + 6.7 = 42.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
23OPKO Health, Inc.OPK 42.8/100Thin evidence · provisional52% evidence TURNING 21.2/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change 3.7 pp 45% evidence 7.1/25 ROCE -0.4% · OPM -41.1% 76% evidence 10.2/20 P/E 33.2× · PEG — 15% evidence 4.3/20 RS sector -23.4% · RS bench -10.7% · 1Y 4.8%9 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 21.2 + 7.1 + 10.2 + 4.3 = 42.8 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
24GRAIL, Inc.GRAL 38.8/100Mixed-negative evidence61% evidence BREAKING OUT 21.2/35 Revenue 19.9% · PAT — · OPM change 149.6 pp 62% evidence 4.7/25 ROCE -4.9% · OPM -332.9% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 2.9/20 RS sector -16.4% · RS bench -4.6% · 1Y 121.5%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 21.2 + 4.7 + 10 + 2.9 = 38.8 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
25ICON Public Limited CompanyICLR 38.7/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BREAKING OUT 13.8/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -2.8 pp 45% evidence 10.5/25 ROCE 1% · OPM 8.5% 76% evidence 8.9/20 P/E 310.2× · PEG — 15% evidence 5.5/20 RS sector -20.7% · RS bench -8.3% · 1Y -1%12 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 13.8 + 10.5 + 8.9 + 5.5 = 38.7 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
26Waters CorporationWAT 38.3/100Thin evidence · provisional58% evidence BREAKING OUT 12.0/35 Revenue — · PAT — · OPM change -28.1 pp 45% evidence 9.6/25 ROCE -0.4% · OPM -3.7% 76% evidence 9.8/20 P/E 38.7× · PEG — 15% evidence 6.9/20 RS sector -11.4% · RS bench 2.6% · 1Y 40.9%10 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 12 + 9.6 + 9.8 + 6.9 = 38.3 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
27RadNet, Inc.RDNT 37.9/100Mixed-negative evidence64% evidence TURNING 17.9/35 Revenue 14.8% · PAT 100% · OPM change 0.9 pp 62% evidence 8.3/25 ROCE -0.8% · OPM -4.2% 76% evidence 8.6/20 P/E 1746× · PEG — 15% evidence 3.1/20 RS sector -21.2% · RS bench -8.5% · 1Y 29.8%4 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 17.9 + 8.3 + 8.6 + 3.1 = 37.9 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
28Personalis, Inc.PSNL 37.0/100Thin evidence · provisional55% evidence BREAKING OUT 7.3/35 Revenue -27.6% · PAT — · OPM change -122 pp 62% evidence 3.7/25 ROCE -12.1% · OPM -207.9% 76% evidence 10.0/20 P/E — · PEG — 0% evidence 16.0/20 RS sector 24.8% · RS bench 42.5% · 1Y 199.8%11 of 12 weeks ahead 70% evidence
Exact sum: 7.3 + 3.7 + 10 + 16 = 37 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
29GeneDx Holdings Corp.WGS 30.9/100Adverse evidence64% evidence TURNING 12.6/35 Revenue 33.8% · PAT — · OPM change -51 pp 62% evidence 4.1/25 ROCE -14.4% · OPM -56.2% 76% evidence 8.5/20 P/E 2693.5× · PEG — 15% evidence 5.7/20 RS sector -43.7% · RS bench -34.9% · 1Y -32.6%2 of 12 weeks ahead 100% evidence
Exact sum: 12.6 + 4.1 + 8.5 + 5.7 = 30.9 · Decision use: Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.
30BillionToOne, Inc.BLLN 58.3/100Thin evidence · provisional44% evidence BREAKING OUT 26.0/35 Revenue 99.4% · PAT — · OPM change 20.4 pp 62% evidence 13.1/25 ROCE 3.9% · OPM 16.5% 76% evidence 9.2/20 P/E 60.9× · PEG — 15% evidence 10.0/20 RS sector — · RS bench — · 1Y —11 of 12 weeks ahead 0% evidence
Exact sum: 26 + 13.1 + 9.2 + 10 = 58.3 · Decision use: Fill the missing evidence before acting; the ranking is deliberately pulled toward neutral.
Showing 10 of 30 companies
04 · what price has already done

Market action

CareDx, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Diagnostics & Research at +293.4%. It also leads on Mansfield relative strength against the S&P 500 at +108.8%. 17 of 29 covered companies are above zero on that measure. Every line covers 314 weekly closes through 2026-08-04.

Price and relative strength

Every company, the sector's own index and S&P 500 all start level on the left edge of the window, so only the distance between the lines counts — the highest line has risen the most since then, and the chart at the top of this page is drawn the same way. It opens on one year; the buttons beside it stretch that to three or five.

05 · compare level, then change

Revenue Scale & Growth Durability

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the highest Revenue among the 30 Diagnostics & Research companies compared here, at $7,232 million. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is next at $4,446 million. BillionToOne, Inc. has the highest Revenue growth at 99.4%, so level and change sit with different companies. 12 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the scale leader at $7,232 million, 62.7% ahead of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.. BillionToOne, Inc.'s growth is 99.4% from a $355 million base, with 9 reported observations in the 20-quarter window. Treat the growth leader as an acceleration candidate, not as equally proven scale.

LeaderAgilent Technologies, Inc. · $7,232 million
Gap62.7% versus #2 · IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/30 companies · 548 observations

Investor read: Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the scale benchmark; BillionToOne, Inc. is the acceleration watch. Promote the challenger only if growth persists and converts into margin and returns.

This conclusion weakens if: Agilent Technologies, Inc.'s growth falls below BillionToOne, Inc.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.
Revenue growthfastest growers
2Natera, Inc. NTRA37%
4GRAIL, Inc. GRAL20%
Revenue · company comparison
12/30 level · 12/30 change

On every company-comparison chart on this page: solid lines show level, dotted lines show change when “Both” is selected, and a missing report breaks the line rather than being invented.

All-company data · latest reported quarter

In every all-company table on this page, each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above them use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

CompanyRevenueRevenue growthReported
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO$11.0B6.2%Jun 2026
Danaher Corporation DHR$6.0B3.7%Jun 2026
IQVIA Holdings Inc. IQV$4.2B8.4%Jun 2026
Labcorp Holdings Inc. LH$3.5B5.8%Jun 2026
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX$2.9B9.2%Jun 2026
ICON Public Limited Company ICLR$2.0B0.9%Jun 2026
Agilent Technologies, Inc. A$1.8B10%Jun 2026
Waters Corporation WAT$1.3B64%Jun 2026
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. IDXX$1.1B14%Mar 2026
Illumina, Inc. ILMN$1.1B4.8%Jun 2026
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. CRL$996M1.2%Mar 2026
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD$947M7.1%Jun 2026
Revvity, Inc. RVTY$711M-1.3%Jun 2026
Medpace Holdings, Inc. MEDP$707M26%Jun 2026
Natera, Inc. NTRA$697M39%Mar 2026
RadNet, Inc. RDNT$576M22%Mar 2026
Qiagen N.V. QGEN$492M1.9%Mar 2026
Guardant Health, Inc. GH$302M49%Jun 2026
Sotera Health Company SHC$280M9.8%Mar 2026
NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO$187M11%Jun 2026
Veracyte, Inc. VCYT$139M22%Jun 2026
OPKO Health, Inc. OPK$124M-17%Jun 2026
CareDx, Inc. CDNA$118M39%Jun 2026
Twist Bioscience Corporation TWST$111M19%Mar 2026
BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN$108M83%Mar 2026
GeneDx Holdings Corp. WGS$102M17%Mar 2026
Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL$84M-4.6%Jun 2026
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation ADPT$71M37%Jun 2026
GRAIL, Inc. GRAL$41M28%Mar 2026
Personalis, Inc. PSNL$15M-29%Mar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Revenue · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.8B
$1.8B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$1.9B
$1.8B
$1.8B

Danaher Corporation · DHR

$7.2B
$7.2B
$7.7B
$7.8B
$7.1B
$5.9B
$5.9B
$5.6B
$6.4B
$5.8B
$5.7B
$5.8B
$6.5B
$5.7B
$5.9B
$6.1B
$6.8B
$6.0B

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

$95M
$108M
$96M
$109M
$117M
$127M
$129M
$137M
$143M
$155M
$168M
$177M
$191M
$202M
$203M
$232M
$265M
$281M
$302M

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

$810M
$801M
$837M
$861M
$842M
$829M
$900M
$944M
$916M
$902M
$964M
$1.0B
$976M
$954M
$998M
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.2B
$1.2B
$1.2B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.2B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.0B
$1.1B
$1.1B
$1.2B
$1.1B

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

$3.4B
$3.6B
$3.6B
$3.5B
$3.6B
$3.7B
$3.7B
$3.7B
$3.7B
$3.9B
$3.7B
$3.8B
$3.9B
$4.0B
$3.8B
$4.0B
$4.1B
$4.4B
$4.2B

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

$4.1B
$4.1B
$3.9B
$2.9B
$2.9B
$2.9B
$3.0B
$3.0B
$3.1B
$3.0B
$3.2B
$3.2B
$3.3B
$3.3B
$3.3B
$3.5B
$3.6B
$3.5B
$3.5B

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

$952M
$1.0B
$898M
$978M
$986M
$1.1B
$929M
$982M
$942M
$935M
$926M
$947M
$955M
$1.0B
$884M
$983M
$1.0B
$1.1B
$947M

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

$158M
$173M
$194M
$198M
$211M
$217M
$242M
$261M
$268M
$311M
$368M
$413M
$440M
$476M
$502M
$547M
$592M
$665M
$697M

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

$2.8B
$2.7B
$2.6B
$2.5B
$2.5B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.3B
$2.4B
$2.4B
$2.5B
$2.6B
$2.7B
$2.8B
$2.8B
$2.8B
$2.9B

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

$9.3B
$9.3B
$11.8B
$11.0B
$10.7B
$10.7B
$10.7B
$10.9B
$10.3B
$10.5B
$10.6B
$11.4B
$10.4B
$10.9B
$11.1B
$12.2B
$11.0B

Waters Corporation · WAT

$682M
$659M
$691M
$714M
$709M
$685M
$741M
$819M
$637M
$709M
$740M
$873M
$662M
$771M
$800M
$932M
$1.3B

Revenue growth · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

8.3%
11%
4.9%
6.9%
-2.7%
-8.7%
-5.6%
-8.4%
-5.6%
0.8%
1.4%
6.0%
10%
9.4%
7.0%
10%

Danaher Corporation · DHR

7.4%
-1.3%
-23%
-27%
-10%
-2.6%
-2.9%
3.1%
2.1%
-1.0%
3.4%
4.4%
4.6%
3.7%

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

18%
23%
18%
34%
26%
22%
22%
30%
29%
34%
30%
21%
31%
39%
39%
49%

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

4.2%
4.0%
3.5%
7.5%
9.6%
8.8%
8.8%
7.1%
6.4%
6.6%
5.8%
3.5%
10%
13%
14%
14%

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

3.2%
0.6%
-9.7%
-11%
1.2%
0.4%
-0.7%
2.3%
-8.2%
-1.3%
-3.3%
-4.8%
0.4%
5.0%
4.8%

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

3.0%
5.0%
2.8%
2.4%
5.3%
4.9%
3.5%
2.3%
2.3%
4.3%
2.3%
2.5%
5.3%
5.2%
10%
8.4%

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

-24%
-29%
-28%
-22%
3.8%
6.6%
3.5%
4.6%
6.2%
7.4%
9.8%
5.3%
9.5%
8.6%
5.6%
5.8%

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

5.8%
3.6%
2.0%
3.5%
0.4%
-4.5%
-12%
-0.3%
-3.6%
1.4%
12%
-4.5%
3.8%
7.9%
8.1%
7.1%

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

39%
34%
25%
25%
32%
27%
43%
52%
58%
64%
53%
36%
32%
35%
40%
39%

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

-3.8%
-10%
-15%
-11%
-4.7%
-7.7%
-1.9%
1.5%
2.5%
8.4%
15%
12%
15%
13%
7.1%
9.2%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

18%
14%
-9.4%
-2.6%
2.0%
-1.6%
-0.8%
4.7%
0.2%
3.0%
4.9%
7.2%
6.2%

Waters Corporation · WAT

4.7%
7.6%
-0.9%
3.8%
16%
3.5%
-0.1%
6.6%
3.9%
8.7%
8.1%
6.8%
64%
06 · compare level, then change

Operating Economics & Margin Trend

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has the highest OPM among the 30 Diagnostics & Research companies compared here, at 31.8%. Sotera Health Company is next at 27.1%. GRAIL, Inc. has the highest Margin change at +149.6 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Mar 2026.

What the numbers say: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. leads opm at 31.8%; GRAIL, Inc. leads margin change at +149.6 percentage points.

LeaderIDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · 31.8%
Gap17.3% versus #2 · Sotera Health Company
Persistence7/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage30/30 companies · 545 observations

Investor read: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.
Margin changefastest expanders
1GRAIL, Inc. GRAL+149.6 pp
3BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN+20.4 pp
4CareDx, Inc. CDNA+16.8 pp
Operating margin · company comparison
30/30 level · 30/30 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyOPMMargin changeReported
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. IDXX32%+0.1 ppMar 2026
Sotera Health Company SHC27%+4.7 ppMar 2026
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD24%−0.8 ppJun 2026
Danaher Corporation DHR23%+0.4 ppJun 2026
Agilent Technologies, Inc. A22%+3.7 ppJun 2026
Medpace Holdings, Inc. MEDP20%−0.3 ppJun 2026
Illumina, Inc. ILMN19%+3.4 ppJun 2026
Qiagen N.V. QGEN17%−6.8 ppMar 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO17%+0.3 ppJun 2026
BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN17%+20.4 ppMar 2026
Veracyte, Inc. VCYT16%+13.8 ppJun 2026
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX14%+0.8 ppJun 2026
IQVIA Holdings Inc. IQV12%−0.6 ppJun 2026
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. CRL12%+4.4 ppMar 2026
Labcorp Holdings Inc. LH11%+1.1 ppJun 2026
Revvity, Inc. RVTY11%−1.9 ppJun 2026
ICON Public Limited Company ICLR8.5%−2.8 ppJun 2026
CareDx, Inc. CDNA1.0%+16.8 ppJun 2026
Waters Corporation WAT-3.7%−28.1 ppJun 2026
RadNet, Inc. RDNT-4.2%+0.9 ppMar 2026
NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO-9.8%+6.8 ppJun 2026
Natera, Inc. NTRA-13%+2.4 ppMar 2026
Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL-22%+9.7 ppJun 2026
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation ADPT-27%+29.3 ppJun 2026
Guardant Health, Inc. GH-40%+14.4 ppJun 2026
OPKO Health, Inc. OPK-41%+3.7 ppJun 2026
Twist Bioscience Corporation TWST-41%+3.4 ppMar 2026
GeneDx Holdings Corp. WGS-56%−51.0 ppMar 2026
Personalis, Inc. PSNL-208%−122.0 ppMar 2026
GRAIL, Inc. GRAL-333%+149.6 ppMar 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

OPM · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

21%
24%
23%
22%
24%
26%
24%
22%
8.0%
24%
23%
23%
21%
24%
22%
18%
21%
24%
20%
22%

Danaher Corporation · DHR

28%
18%
28%
28%
28%
26%
20%
21%
21%
23%
20%
17%
22%
22%
13%
19%
22%
23%

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

-113%
-91%
-128%
-119%
-123%
-115%
-104%
-87%
-79%
-127%
-59%
-57%
-61%
-62%
-55%
-46%
-37%
-43%
-40%

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

28%
25%
30%
21%
29%
27%
31%
31%
30%
27%
31%
26%
31%
27%
32%
34%
32%
29%
32%

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

17%
-49%
3.4%
15%
-50%
-328%
-12%
-5.9%
-7.5%
-67%
-10%
-147%
69%
16%
16%
20%
21%
17%
19%

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

8.9%
13%
14%
13%
13%
10%
13%
14%
13%
13%
14%
14%
14%
16%
13%
13%
14%
14%
12%

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

19%
18%
18%
15%
13%
1.0%
11%
8.8%
8.3%
-4.0%
10%
9.2%
7.7%
6.5%
9.7%
11%
11%
7.6%
11%

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

27%
29%
25%
28%
30%
32%
26%
29%
29%
27%
26%
28%
29%
32%
25%
27%
28%
30%
24%

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

-95%
-81%
-71%
-72%
-57%
-65%
-57%
-43%
-41%
-27%
-20%
-11%
-8.9%
-14%
-16%
-20%
-17%
-3.4%
-13%

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

24%
20%
20%
16%
16%
5.8%
13%
15%
15%
12%
13%
15%
13%
14%
13%
16%
14%
14%
14%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

23%
24%
24%
18%
16%
15%
15%
17%
16%
17%
17%
18%
17%
17%
18%
19%
17%

Waters Corporation · WAT

29%
29%
28%
28%
27%
25%
27%
32%
21%
27%
29%
34%
23%
24%
24%
29%
-3.7%

Margin change · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

+2.7 pp
+1.7 pp
+1.8 pp
−0.1 pp
−15.9 pp
−1.3 pp
−1.1 pp
+0.8 pp
+13.1 pp
−0.2 pp
−0.8 pp
−5.1 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.2 pp
−2.8 pp
+3.7 pp

Danaher Corporation · DHR

+0.6 pp
+9.9 pp
−8.6 pp
−7.3 pp
−7.1 pp
−2.9 pp
+0.6 pp
−4.6 pp
+0.9 pp
−0.4 pp
−7.5 pp
+2.6 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.4 pp

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

−13.4 pp
−10.0 pp
−24.4 pp
+24.1 pp
+32.2 pp
+43.8 pp
−12.2 pp
+45.0 pp
+30.4 pp
+18.1 pp
+65.0 pp
+4.6 pp
+10.9 pp
+24.0 pp
+19.4 pp
+14.4 pp

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

−10.6 pp
+1.2 pp
+2.4 pp
+1.4 pp
+10.6 pp
+1.0 pp
−0.1 pp
−0.1 pp
−5.1 pp
+1.1 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.7 pp
+7.3 pp
+0.9 pp
+1.5 pp
+0.1 pp

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

−66.4 pp
−278.8 pp
−15.1 pp
−20.9 pp
+42.3 pp
+260.6 pp
+1.4 pp
−141.3 pp
+76.1 pp
+83.3 pp
+26.1 pp
+167.4 pp
−47.7 pp
+1.4 pp
+3.4 pp

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

+4.5 pp
+4.4 pp
−2.6 pp
−1.0 pp
+1.3 pp
−0.4 pp
+2.9 pp
+0.6 pp
−0.5 pp
+1.2 pp
+2.8 pp
−0.5 pp
−1.0 pp
−0.6 pp
−1.4 pp
−0.6 pp

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

−3.6 pp
−5.9 pp
−17.0 pp
−6.7 pp
−5.9 pp
−4.7 pp
−5.0 pp
−0.8 pp
+0.4 pp
−0.6 pp
+10.5 pp
−0.4 pp
+2.0 pp
+3.4 pp
+1.1 pp
+1.1 pp

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

+1.4 pp
+2.3 pp
+3.3 pp
+1.4 pp
+1.3 pp
−0.7 pp
−5.4 pp
−0.5 pp
−1.1 pp
+0.3 pp
+4.9 pp
−1.2 pp
−0.7 pp
−1.2 pp
−1.7 pp
−0.8 pp

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

+9.0 pp
+38.5 pp
+15.4 pp
+13.4 pp
+29.2 pp
+15.1 pp
+38.1 pp
+37.0 pp
+32.4 pp
+32.5 pp
+13.6 pp
+4.4 pp
−9.6 pp
−7.6 pp
+10.2 pp
+2.4 pp

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

−5.1 pp
−7.7 pp
−13.7 pp
−6.5 pp
−0.9 pp
−0.9 pp
+5.9 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.1 pp
−1.6 pp
+2.1 pp
+0.3 pp
+1.1 pp
+0.4 pp
0.0 pp
+0.8 pp

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

−5.1 pp
−8.4 pp
−9.3 pp
−3.4 pp
+1.0 pp
+2.7 pp
+2.5 pp
+0.7 pp
+0.5 pp
−0.4 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.8 pp
+0.3 pp

Waters Corporation · WAT

−0.9 pp
−2.0 pp
−2.9 pp
−0.9 pp
+5.1 pp
+1.3 pp
+1.5 pp
+1.3 pp
+2.0 pp
−2.3 pp
−4.5 pp
−4.5 pp
−28.1 pp
07 · compare level, then change

Profit Scale & Acceleration

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the highest Net profit among the 30 Diagnostics & Research companies compared here, at $1,414 million. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is next at $1,095 million. Qiagen N.V. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.

What the numbers say: Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads with $1,414 million of TTM profit, 29.1% above IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.. Qiagen N.V. shows ≥100% on the scoring scale (327.7% uncapped) growth from a $402 million profit base. Compare the size of the base and persistence before ranking acceleration above profit scale.

LeaderAgilent Technologies, Inc. · $1,414 million
Gap29.1% versus #2 · IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Persistence4/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage12/30 companies · 548 observations

Investor read: Agilent Technologies, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.
Net profitlargest
3Qiagen N.V. QGEN$402M
Profit growthfastest growers
1Qiagen N.V. QGEN100%
Net profit · company comparison
12/30 level · 3/30 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyNet profitProfit growthReported
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO$1.7B9.1%Jun 2026
Danaher Corporation DHR$1.0B7.9%Jun 2026
Agilent Technologies, Inc. A$339M58%Jun 2026
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. IDXX$278M14%Mar 2026
Labcorp Holdings Inc. LH$278M31%Jun 2026
IQVIA Holdings Inc. IQV$269M2.7%Jun 2026
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX$264M12%Jun 2026
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD$169M3.1%Jun 2026
Illumina, Inc. ILMN$134M2.3%Jun 2026
Medpace Holdings, Inc. MEDP$124M7.8%Jun 2026
ICON Public Limited Company ICLR$105M-35%Jun 2026
Qiagen N.V. QGEN$68M-25%Mar 2026
Revvity, Inc. RVTY$41M-25%Jun 2026
Veracyte, Inc. VCYT$29M314%Jun 2026
Sotera Health Company SHC$27M192%Mar 2026
BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN$19MMar 2026
CareDx, Inc. CDNA$3M-105%Jun 2026
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. CRL$-15M-158%Mar 2026
Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL$-15M-120%Jun 2026
NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO$-17M-146%Jun 2026
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation ADPT$-20MJun 2026
RadNet, Inc. RDNT$-25M-29%Mar 2026
Personalis, Inc. PSNL$-30MMar 2026
Twist Bioscience Corporation TWST$-44MMar 2026
OPKO Health, Inc. OPK$-55M-321%Jun 2026
GeneDx Holdings Corp. WGS$-63M-460%Mar 2026
Waters Corporation WAT$-72M-149%Jun 2026
Natera, Inc. NTRA$-85MMar 2026
GRAIL, Inc. GRAL$-93MMar 2026
Guardant Health, Inc. GH$-112MJun 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

Net profit · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

$264M
$442M
$283M
$274M
$329M
$368M
$352M
$302M
$111M
$475M
$348M
$308M
$282M
$351M
$318M
$215M
$336M
$434M
$305M
$339M

Danaher Corporation · DHR

$1.7B
$1.2B
$1.7B
$1.7B
$2.0B
$1.2B
$920M
$940M
$1.1B
$1.1B
$907M
$818M
$1.1B
$954M
$555M
$908M
$1.2B
$1.0B

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

$-108M
$-72M
$-123M
$-229M
$-162M
$-140M
$-134M
$-73M
$-86M
$-187M
$-115M
$-103M
$-108M
$-111M
$-95M
$-100M
$-93M
$-128M
$-112M

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

$175M
$163M
$194M
$132M
$181M
$172M
$214M
$224M
$212M
$195M
$236M
$203M
$233M
$216M
$243M
$294M
$275M
$248M
$278M

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

$185M
$317M
$112M
$86M
$-535M
$-3.8B
$-139M
$3M
$-234M
$-754M
$-126M
$-2.0B
$705M
$187M
$131M
$235M
$150M
$334M
$134M

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

$261M
$317M
$329M
$257M
$290M
$227M
$291M
$294M
$298M
$475M
$291M
$361M
$284M
$432M
$262M
$267M
$332M
$478M
$269M

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

$588M
$554M
$492M
$268M
$277M
$37M
$208M
$155M
$184M
$-167M
$228M
$206M
$170M
$144M
$213M
$238M
$262M
$165M
$278M

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

$204M
$231M
$174M
$212M
$221M
$266M
$188M
$214M
$202M
$185M
$178M
$222M
$212M
$252M
$164M
$202M
$217M
$286M
$169M

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

$-151M
$-141M
$-139M
$-145M
$-121M
$-143M
$-137M
$-111M
$-109M
$-78M
$-68M
$-37M
$-32M
$-54M
$-67M
$-101M
$-88M
$47M
$-85M

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

$527M
$413M
$373M
$250M
$276M
$116M
$217M
$249M
$237M
$205M
$208M
$240M
$237M
$236M
$235M
$296M
$259M
$256M
$264M

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

$1.8B
$1.9B
$2.2B
$1.7B
$1.6B
$1.3B
$1.4B
$1.6B
$1.3B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$1.8B
$1.5B
$1.6B
$1.6B
$2.0B
$1.7B

Waters Corporation · WAT

$167M
$161M
$160M
$165M
$156M
$141M
$151M
$216M
$102M
$143M
$162M
$231M
$121M
$147M
$149M
$225M
$-72M

Profit growth · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 23 companies with a series here. The remaining 11 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

25%
-17%
24%
10%
-66%
29%
-1.1%
2.0%
154%
-26%
-8.6%
-30%
19%
24%
-4.1%
58%

Danaher Corporation · DHR

-1.1%
74%
-47%
-44%
-44%
-12%
-1.4%
-13%
2.3%
-12%
-39%
11%
7.9%
7.9%

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

-35%
3.4%
5.5%
10%
70%
17%
13%
10%
-9.4%
9.9%
11%
3.0%
45%
18%
15%
14%

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

-389%
-1,304%
-224%
-97%
-79%
79%
2.3%

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

48%
11%
-28%
-12%
14%
2.8%
109%
0.0%
23%
-4.7%
-9.1%
-10.0%
-26%
17%
11%
2.7%

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

-43%
-53%
-93%
-58%
-42%
-34%
-551%
9.6%
33%
-7.6%
-6.6%
16%
54%
15%
31%

Medpace Holdings, Inc. · MEDP

23%
35%
38%
20%
24%
7.6%
13%
41%
44%
35%
50%
12%
2.3%
16%
15%
7.8%

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

15%
8.3%
15%
8.1%
0.9%
-8.6%
-30%
-5.3%
3.7%
5.0%
36%
-7.9%
-9.0%
2.4%
13%
3.1%

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

-62%
-48%
-72%
-42%
-0.4%
-14%
77%
-4.2%
-3.6%
0.0%
15%
13%
23%
9.3%
8.5%
12%

Revvity, Inc. · RVTY

-34%
-35%
-47%
-86%
-64%
-54%
-70%
192%
58%
175%
45%
-25%
-49%
9.1%
-25%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

-6.1%
-18%
-41%
-20%
2.4%
24%
19%
11%
17%
-1.2%
-1.5%
12%
9.1%

Waters Corporation · WAT

-1.2%
-3.1%
-12%
-8.5%
38%
1.4%
7.3%
6.9%
19%
2.8%
-8.0%
-2.6%
-149%
08 · compare level, then change

Return On Capital Employed

Medpace Holdings, Inc. has the highest ROCE among the 30 Diagnostics & Research companies compared here, at 30.2%. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is next at 17.4%. The same company also holds the highest ROCE change, at +10.4 percentage points. 30 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: Medpace Holdings, Inc. leads ROCE at 30.2%, 12.8 percentage points above IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.. Medpace Holdings, Inc. has the strongest latest improvement at +10.4 percentage points. Read the leader beside the density of its reported history: a sparse high return is a candidate; a repeated high return is evidence of durability.

LeaderMedpace Holdings, Inc. · 30.2%
Gap73.6% versus #2 · IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Persistence6/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage30/30 companies · 556 observations

Investor read: Medpace Holdings, Inc. sets the level benchmark; use the change leader as an inflection watch only after another comparable report confirms it.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.
ROCE changefastest improvers
2BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN+5.6 pp
4OPKO Health, Inc. OPK+3.0 pp
5NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO+2.8 pp
Return on capital · company comparison
30/30 level · 30/30 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyROCEROCE changeReported
Medpace Holdings, Inc. MEDP30%+10.4 ppJun 2026
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. IDXX17%+3.3 ppMar 2026
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD13%+0.4 ppJun 2026
Illumina, Inc. ILMN5.1%+0.1 ppJun 2026
BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN3.9%+5.6 ppMar 2026
Agilent Technologies, Inc. A3.8%+0.6 ppJun 2026
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX3.2%−0.2 ppJun 2026
Labcorp Holdings Inc. LH2.8%0.0 ppJun 2026
Sotera Health Company SHC2.6%+0.6 ppMar 2026
IQVIA Holdings Inc. IQV2.4%−0.1 ppJun 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO2.2%+0.1 ppJun 2026
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. CRL1.8%+0.7 ppMar 2026
Veracyte, Inc. VCYT1.7%+2.1 ppJun 2026
Qiagen N.V. QGEN1.6%−0.8 ppMar 2026
Danaher Corporation DHR1.4%+0.4 ppJun 2026
ICON Public Limited Company ICLR1.0%−0.6 ppJun 2026
Revvity, Inc. RVTY0.7%−0.1 ppJun 2026
Waters Corporation WAT-0.4%−5.5 ppJun 2026
OPKO Health, Inc. OPK-0.4%+3.0 ppJun 2026
Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL-0.6%+0.3 ppJun 2026
RadNet, Inc. RDNT-0.8%+0.1 ppMar 2026
NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO-0.8%+2.8 ppJun 2026
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation ADPT-3.3%+2.3 ppJun 2026
GRAIL, Inc. GRAL-4.9%+0.3 ppMar 2026
Natera, Inc. NTRA-5.5%+0.8 ppMar 2026
Twist Bioscience Corporation TWST-8.5%−1.3 ppMar 2026
Guardant Health, Inc. GH-9.7%−1.2 ppJun 2026
Personalis, Inc. PSNL-12%−3.4 ppMar 2026
GeneDx Holdings Corp. WGS-14%−13.1 ppMar 2026
CareDx, Inc. CDNA-29%−25.5 ppJun 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

ROCE · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

4.6%
4.5%
4.2%
4.7%
5.3%
4.8%
4.3%
1.5%
4.6%
4.2%
4.0%
3.8%
4.3%
3.9%
3.2%
3.8%
4.4%
3.4%
3.8%

Danaher Corporation · DHR

1.8%
3.0%
3.0%
2.6%
2.0%
1.5%
1.6%
1.8%
1.7%
1.6%
1.3%
1.9%
1.7%
1.0%
1.6%
2.0%
1.8%
1.4%

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

-6.5%
-4.7%
-5.9%
-6.7%
-7.9%
-8.5%
-8.4%
-7.2%
-7.3%
-13%
-7.1%
-6.6%
-8.1%
-8.9%
-8.5%
-8.5%
-8.3%
-8.1%
-8.9%
-9.7%

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

14%
12%
15%
11%
15%
14%
17%
17%
15%
13%
14%
12%
14%
12%
14%
17%
16%
14%
17%

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

-5.3%
0.4%
1.7%
-5.7%
-32%
-1.1%
-0.5%
-0.8%
-8.8%
-1.2%
-25%
11%
2.6%
2.5%
5.0%
4.9%
4.1%
4.3%
5.1%

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

1.6%
2.3%
2.5%
2.4%
2.5%
1.9%
2.4%
2.7%
2.5%
2.5%
2.6%
2.6%
2.8%
3.1%
2.5%
2.5%
2.7%
3.0%
2.5%
2.4%

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

4.6%
4.2%
3.9%
2.4%
2.1%
0.2%
1.9%
1.6%
1.6%
-0.8%
2.1%
2.1%
1.7%
1.5%
2.3%
2.8%
2.6%
1.7%
2.4%
2.8%

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

12%
14%
10%
12%
13%
15%
11%
12%
13%
11%
11%
12%
13%
16%
10%
13%
13%
15%
9.8%
13%

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

-16%
-16%
-17%
-20%
-13%
-14%
-14%
-13%
-12%
-7.6%
-6.8%
-4.0%
-3.2%
-5.3%
-6.3%
-8.6%
-7.3%
-1.4%
-5.5%

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

5.5%
4.4%
4.3%
3.4%
3.3%
1.2%
2.6%
3.0%
2.9%
2.3%
2.6%
3.0%
2.6%
2.8%
2.7%
3.4%
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
3.2%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

3.7%
4.0%
2.9%
2.4%
2.0%
2.0%
2.2%
2.1%
2.2%
2.2%
2.4%
2.0%
2.1%
2.2%
2.5%
2.0%
2.2%

Waters Corporation · WAT

8.7%
8.2%
8.5%
8.0%
7.2%
6.6%
8.3%
4.3%
5.1%
5.7%
7.7%
4.2%
5.1%
5.3%
7.1%
-0.4%

ROCE change · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 30 companies with a series here. The remaining 18 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

+0.7 pp
+0.3 pp
+0.1 pp
−3.2 pp
−0.7 pp
−0.6 pp
−0.3 pp
+2.3 pp
−0.3 pp
−0.3 pp
−0.8 pp
0.0 pp
+0.1 pp
−0.5 pp
+0.6 pp

Danaher Corporation · DHR

+0.8 pp
−1.5 pp
−1.4 pp
−0.8 pp
−0.3 pp
+0.1 pp
−0.3 pp
+0.1 pp
0.0 pp
−0.6 pp
+0.3 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.4 pp

Guardant Health, Inc. · GH

−1.4 pp
−3.8 pp
−2.5 pp
−0.5 pp
+0.6 pp
−4.7 pp
+1.3 pp
+0.6 pp
−0.8 pp
+4.3 pp
−1.4 pp
−1.9 pp
−0.2 pp
+0.8 pp
−0.4 pp
−1.2 pp

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

+1.5 pp
+2.4 pp
+1.8 pp
+6.1 pp
+0.1 pp
−1.4 pp
−2.3 pp
−5.0 pp
−1.8 pp
−1.3 pp
−0.3 pp
+4.6 pp
+2.3 pp
+2.8 pp
+3.3 pp

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

−26.9 pp
−1.5 pp
−2.2 pp
+4.9 pp
+23.4 pp
−0.1 pp
−24.0 pp
+11.6 pp
+11.4 pp
+3.7 pp
+29.5 pp
−5.9 pp
+1.5 pp
+1.8 pp
+0.1 pp

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

+0.9 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.1 pp
+0.3 pp
0.0 pp
+0.6 pp
+0.2 pp
−0.1 pp
+0.3 pp
+0.6 pp
−0.1 pp
−0.1 pp
−0.1 pp
−0.1 pp
0.0 pp
−0.1 pp

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

−2.5 pp
−4.0 pp
−2.0 pp
−0.8 pp
−0.5 pp
−1.0 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.5 pp
+0.1 pp
+2.3 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.7 pp
+0.9 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.1 pp
0.0 pp

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

+1.1 pp
+0.6 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.1 pp
−0.9 pp
−3.9 pp
0.0 pp
−0.2 pp
+0.3 pp
+4.5 pp
−0.2 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.1 pp
−0.8 pp
−0.5 pp
+0.4 pp

Natera, Inc. · NTRA

+3.1 pp
+2.5 pp
+2.5 pp
+6.9 pp
+1.1 pp
+5.9 pp
+7.4 pp
+8.6 pp
+8.5 pp
+2.3 pp
+0.5 pp
−4.6 pp
−4.1 pp
+3.9 pp
+0.8 pp

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

−2.2 pp
−3.2 pp
−1.7 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.4 pp
+1.1 pp
0.0 pp
0.0 pp
−0.3 pp
+0.5 pp
+0.1 pp
+0.4 pp
+0.2 pp
0.0 pp
+0.1 pp
−0.2 pp

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

−1.3 pp
−2.0 pp
−0.9 pp
−0.2 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.2 pp
+0.2 pp
−0.1 pp
−0.1 pp
0.0 pp
+0.1 pp
0.0 pp
+0.1 pp

Waters Corporation · WAT

−0.7 pp
−1.0 pp
−1.9 pp
+0.3 pp
−2.1 pp
−0.9 pp
−0.6 pp
−0.1 pp
0.0 pp
−0.4 pp
−0.6 pp
−5.5 pp
09 · compare level, then change

Valuation Against Growth & Quality

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the lowest PEG among the 30 Diagnostics & Research companies compared here, at 1.01×. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is next at 1.62×. CareDx, Inc. has the lowest P/E at 13.8×, so level and change sit with different companies. 2 of 30 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the lowest comparable PEG at 1.01×, 37.7% below IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.. Only 2 of 30 companies have earnings and growth steady enough for the ratio to mean anything, so no broad “cheapest stock” conclusion is defensible unless the current multiple, own-history position and growth durability agree.

LeaderAgilent Technologies, Inc. · 1.01×
Gap37.7% versus #2 · IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Persistence0/8 recent comparable periods
Coverage2/30 companies · 67 observations

Investor read: Treat valuation as permission to investigate, never as a standalone reason to buy.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is recomputed consistently as the trailing P/E divided by that growth rate — reported earnings, never an expected-earnings multiple. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data feeds agreed. Where any of that fails the ratio is left out rather than printed: a P/E divided by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, is a number that looks precise and means nothing.
Valuation · company comparison
2/30 level · 24/30 change
All-company data · latest reported quarter
CompanyPEGP/EReported
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. MTD4.728.8Jun 2026
Waters Corporation WAT4.338.7Jun 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO3.927.6Jun 2026
IQVIA Holdings Inc. IQV2.124.0Jun 2026
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. IDXX1.641.4Mar 2026
Revvity, Inc. RVTY1.542.6Jun 2026
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated DGX1.522.5Jun 2026
Medpace Holdings, Inc. MEDP1.431.0Jun 2026
Agilent Technologies, Inc. A1.023.2Jun 2026
Labcorp Holdings Inc. LH0.823.2Jun 2026
ICON Public Limited Company ICLR0.5310.2Jun 2026
Danaher Corporation DHR34.9Jun 2026
Illumina, Inc. ILMN32.9Jun 2026
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. CRL427.3Mar 2026
Qiagen N.V. QGEN20.9Mar 2026
BillionToOne, Inc. BLLN60.9Mar 2026
RadNet, Inc. RDNT1,746.0Mar 2026
Sotera Health Company SHC35.0Mar 2026
Veracyte, Inc. VCYT41.7Jun 2026
CareDx, Inc. CDNA13.8Jun 2026
GeneDx Holdings Corp. WGS2,693.5Mar 2026
NeoGenomics, Inc. NEO134.0Jun 2026
OPKO Health, Inc. OPK33.2Jun 2026
Castle Biosciences, Inc. CSTL43.0Jun 2026
Full 20-quarter history · every available company

PEG · reported quarter history

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

3.2
1.1
1.0

ICON Public Limited Company · ICLR

3.9
3.0
1.6
1.2
0.9
0.6
0.8
0.5

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

2.5
1.8
2.2
2.2
6.7
8.4
6.5
2.4
2.4
2.3
1.6

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

1.2
1.1
0.8
1.1
2.1

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

1.3
0.8

Medpace Holdings, Inc. · MEDP

0.5
0.6
0.9
1.6
1.7
1.4
0.9
0.6
0.7
0.9
1.4
1.7
1.4

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

2.5
2.7
3.8
2.3
2.4
3.4
3.8
4.7

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

1.9
2.4
1.8
3.3
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.5

Revvity, Inc. · RVTY

1.2
1.5

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

1.7
1.7
3.1
4.5
3.9

Waters Corporation · WAT

4.7
4.3

P/E · reported quarter history

Showing the 12 largest of 24 companies with a series here. The remaining 12 are complete in the plain-text rendition and the trace payload — nothing is dropped from the data, only from this grid.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. · A

40.0
35.4
28.7
30.6
33.1
34.3
29.8
31.9
24.7
31.0
32.4
29.3
29.4
34.8
26.6
27.0
32.0
29.6
23.2

Danaher Corporation · DHR

34.5
30.4
26.9
27.8
24.9
26.7
29.8
36.3
43.8
44.0
52.1
43.4
40.0
42.3
38.1
45.3
35.1
34.9

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX

71.2
76.6
64.1
45.3
41.4
50.8
60.2
53.3
44.6
55.2
52.3
48.2
48.7
38.8
38.8
44.7
50.7
51.7
41.4

Illumina, Inc. · ILMN

63.0
73.4
76.9
12.0
20.6
24.8
21.4
32.9

IQVIA Holdings Inc. · IQV

60.8
57.0
41.7
36.2
29.5
35.8
35.8
38.7
33.1
31.7
34.6
27.5
31.1
26.2
24.0
22.8
26.1
28.8
21.1
24.0

Labcorp Holdings Inc. · LH

8.6
11.1
10.4
9.6
9.4
14.5
17.9
22.4
26.9
47.7
44.0
38.5
43.2
25.9
26.9
29.0
28.2
24.0
23.6
23.2

Medpace Holdings, Inc. · MEDP

39.1
45.3
30.5
26.0
24.1
29.2
23.8
28.7
28.4
34.5
41.2
38.7
29.2
26.3
23.3
23.3
36.0
36.8
30.2
31.0

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. · MTD

43.2
51.8
40.3
32.4
29.7
37.6
38.9
33.0
28.3
33.8
37.3
38.5
40.4
30.2
29.5
29.8
30.6
33.2
29.6
28.8

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated · DGX

8.7
11.1
9.1
11.1
12.1
19.6
20.9
20.5
18.3
18.4
17.9
18.5
20.9
19.6
21.4
21.5
22.4
19.8
21.7
22.5

Revvity, Inc. · RVTY

34.6
26.4
55.8
42.4
35.4
31.2
45.3
59.7
72.8
82.0
83.2
64.7
50.9
45.9
42.4
43.3
46.7
42.6

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. · TMO

26.6
30.9
29.2
28.5
37.6
35.7
34.4
37.3
34.3
38.5
31.5
29.3
23.6
26.8
32.7
26.0
27.6

Waters Corporation · WAT

31.9
27.0
29.4
23.5
26.9
23.5
30.4
33.8
28.9
34.1
34.6
32.9
31.8
26.8
35.3
38.7
10 · before the conclusion, check the blind spots

What can make this comparison misleading?

This Diagnostics & Research comparison names 5 specific ways its own evidence can mislead, all listed below. All 30 companies here report on comparable dates, so no rank carries a stale marker. 1 of the 5 ranked sections has fewer than three usable current readings. A high growth rate can still be a low-base artefact.

Keep these limits visible

  • A high growth rate can be a low-base artefact. The page keeps level and change separate for that reason.
  • A high ROCE can be temporary or flattered by a small capital base. Read it beside margin, cash conversion and reinvestment.
  • The 4-Factor Sector Score ranks research priority, not portfolio action. Management quality, catalysts and risks need equally fresh evidence before capital is deployed.
  • An “all companies” line chart preserves completeness, but rank changes should be checked against reporting dates before drawing a conclusion.
  • Thin comparisons: Valuation have fewer than three usable current readings.
11 · evidence and freshness

How was this comparison built?

This comparison is built from the reported filings of 30 Diagnostics & Research companies, normalized to a common $ scale and a shared quarter axis of up to 20 quarters each. Fundamentals run through Jun 2026 and market data through 2026-08-04. A second data feed fills gaps only after identity and scale reconciliation, and missing observations are never interpolated.

FundamentalsThrough Jun 2026 · up to 20 quarters per company
Market dataThrough 2026-08-04 · weekly price and relative-strength history
Derived metricsGrowth, changes and PEG are calculated only when their inputs are comparable.
Score confidenceMissing and stale evidence reduces confidence and pulls the 0–100 research-priority score toward neutral.
12 · questions investors ask, short speakable answers

Diagnostics & Research company comparison FAQs

These 22 answers restate the Diagnostics & Research comparison above in question form. Every one is computed from the same 30 companies and the same reported filings as the rankings and charts, current through Jun 2026. Price and relative-strength answers run through 2026-08-04. Nothing here is estimated, and none of it is a recommendation.

Is the Diagnostics & Research sector outperforming S&P 500?

Diagnostics & Research has outperformed S&P 500 by 38.7% over 52 weeks and 33.7% over 13 weeks. 17 of 29 covered companies beat the S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength, while 8 of 29 beat the sector itself.

Which Diagnostics & Research company is largest by revenue?

Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads with revenue of $7,232 million, based on 12 of 30 comparable companies through Jun 2026.

Which Diagnostics & Research company is growing fastest?

BillionToOne, Inc. has the fastest current revenue growth at 99.4%, across 12 of 30 comparable companies.

Which Diagnostics & Research company has the strongest 4-Factor Sector Score?

Medpace Holdings, Inc. ranks first at 60.6/100 with 57.8% evidence confidence. The score prioritizes research; it is not a buy recommendation.

Which Diagnostics & Research company has the lowest comparable PEG?

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has the lowest comparable PEG at 1.01, among 2 of 30 companies whose earnings and growth are steady enough for the ratio to mean anything.

How much history does this Diagnostics & Research comparison include?

The page compares up to 20 reported quarters per company for fundamentals, returns and valuation, ending Jun 2026. Missing observations remain blank rather than being estimated.

How is the 4-Factor Sector Score calculated?

The four visible contributions add directly: growth and earnings up to 35 points, capital efficiency up to 25, valuation up to 20, and relative strength up to 20. Missing or stale evidence moves only the affected contribution toward neutral.

Which Diagnostics & Research company is the biggest?

Agilent Technologies, Inc. is the largest, with trailing-twelve-month revenue of $7,232 million, ahead of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. at $4,446 million. That covers 12 of 30 companies with comparable reporting through Jun 2026.

Which Diagnostics & Research company has the best profit margins?

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. has the highest operating margin at 31.8%, from 30 of 30 comparable companies. GRAIL, Inc. shows the biggest recent improvement, at +149.6 percentage points. A high margin matters most when it is holding or rising, not when it is peaking.

Which Diagnostics & Research company makes the most profit?

Agilent Technologies, Inc. earns the most, at $1,414 million of trailing-twelve-month net profit, from 12 of 30 comparable companies. Qiagen N.V. has the fastest profit growth at 100%, though growth off a small or recovering profit base overstates how much has actually changed.

Which Diagnostics & Research company earns the highest return on capital?

Medpace Holdings, Inc. leads on return on capital employed at 30.2%, across 30 of 30 companies. Read it beside the length of its reported history: a high return that repeats for years is evidence of a durable business, while a single high reading can be a small capital base or one good year.

Which Diagnostics & Research stock is the cheapest?

On PEG — where a LOWER number is cheaper — Agilent Technologies, Inc. screens cheapest at 1.01×. Only 2 of 30 companies have earnings and growth steady enough for the ratio to mean anything, so this is not a sector-wide "cheapest stock" verdict. Cheap on a multiple is a reason to investigate, never a reason to buy on its own.

Is the Diagnostics & Research sector beating the market?

Diagnostics & Research has outperformed S&P 500 by 38.7% over the last 52 weeks and 33.7% over 13 weeks, measured on an equal-weight index of its current members. Inside the sector, 17 of 29 covered companies are beating the market on their own. Sector strength does not transfer evenly to every stock in it.

Which Diagnostics & Research stock has the strongest price momentum?

CareDx, Inc. has the strongest relative strength against S&P 500. Relative strength answers last, after growth, quality and valuation: price can move well before the fundamentals confirm it, and sometimes without them confirming at all.

Which Diagnostics & Research company scores highest for research priority?

Medpace Holdings, Inc. scores 60.6 out of 100 with 57.8% evidence confidence, from 21.1 points on growth and earnings, 21.3 on capital efficiency, 10.5 on valuation and 7.7 on relative strength. This ranks what deserves work next. It is not a buy recommendation, and management quality, catalysts and risk still need separate research.

How many Diagnostics & Research companies does this comparison cover, and over what period?

It compares 30 listed companies over up to 20 reported quarters of fundamentals, ending Jun 2026, plus weekly price and relative-strength history. Membership is the full sector list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

What is the total market cap of the Diagnostics & Research sector?

The 30 Diagnostics & Research companies on this page carry $784,008 million of combined market value. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the largest at $208,815 million, about 27% of the sector's total on its own. Market value moves with price, so this reading is dated 2026-08-04.

What is the Diagnostics & Research sector's P/E ratio?

The median price-to-earnings ratio across the 30 Diagnostics & Research companies on this page is 35×, measured on the 24 that report a comparable figure. A sector-level history for this multiple is not held here, so this is a cross-section of today, not a comparison with the sector’s own past. Figures are as of 2026-08-04.

How is the Diagnostics & Research sector performing?

17 of the 29 covered Diagnostics & Research companies are beating S&P 500 on Mansfield relative strength. The sector itself is 38.7% ahead of S&P 500 over 52 weeks on an equal-weight index of its current members. Readings are as of 2026-08-04.

How many Diagnostics & Research stocks are listed in the US?

This comparison covers 30 listed Diagnostics & Research companies in the US, each above the size floor the site applies. The full ranked list is on this page, with reported fundamentals through Jun 2026. Membership is the full industry list — nothing is dropped for having thin data.

Why are some values on this page blank?

A blank means that company did not report a comparable figure for that period, so nothing is shown. Missing observations are never interpolated, carried forward, or replaced with a similar-looking accounting line, and a company with missing evidence has its research score pulled toward neutral rather than being scored as bad.

Is this investment advice?

No. Every figure here is a deterministic calculation from reported company filings and market data, published for research. It contains no recommendation to buy or sell any security, does not account for your circumstances, and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed adviser.

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