Contrasting Labcorp (NYSE:LH) and Eurofins Scient (OTCMKTS:ERFSF)

Labcorp (NYSE:LH) and Eurofins Scient (OTCMKTS:ERFSF) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Labcorp and Eurofins Scient, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Labcorp	0	4	12	0	2.75
Eurofins Scient	0	6	0	1	2.29

Labcorp presently has a consensus target price of $297.07, indicating a potential upside of 10.51%. Given Labcorp’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Labcorp is more favorable than Eurofins Scient.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Labcorp and Eurofins Scient”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Labcorp	$13.77 billion	1.62	$746.00 million	$10.18	26.41
Eurofins Scient	$7.52 billion	1.80	$439.77 million	N/A	N/A

Labcorp has higher revenue and earnings than Eurofins Scient.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.9% of Labcorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Labcorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Labcorp has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eurofins Scient has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Labcorp and Eurofins Scient’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Labcorp	6.21%	15.85%	7.35%
Eurofins Scient	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Labcorp beats Eurofins Scient on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Labcorp

Labcorp Holdings, Inc. engages in providing medical testing services. The company was founded on April 16, 2024 and is headquartered in Burlington, NC.

About Eurofins Scient

Eurofins Scientific SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides various analytical testing and laboratory services worldwide. The company offers a portfolio of various analytical methods and tests to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability, and purity of various products. It provides services such as agroscience, including biological assessment, consumer and human, and environmental safety, product chemistry, regulatory consultancy, and seed services; agro testing; assurance, such as product inspection, auditing, certification, training and consultation of food, consumer products, healthcare and cosmetics, and food supplements; biopharma, and clinical diagnostics. In addition, the company offers consumer product testing, which include sustainability, expert services and regulatory, consumer research and sensory evaluation, audits, testing, certifications and approvals, inspections, and training courses for various industries; cosmetics and personal care; environment testing, including water, air, soil, waste, and other products testing; and food and feed testing that include allergen, GMO, grain, meat, nano material, pesticides, and residual DNA testing. Further, it offers audit and certification, training and consulting; food irradiation and labelling, heavy metals, carbohydrates, radioactivity, nutritional analysis, microbiolody, and testing for persistent organic pollutants, veterinary drug residue, dioxins and organic contaminants, pesticides, mycotoxins, and vitamins, as well as analyses for genetic modifications. Additionally, the company provides forensic, genomic, maritime, materials and engineering, REACH, and other services. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.