Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CDNA scored 71.0, MEDP scored 76.6 — MEDP leads.
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CDNA
CareDx, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · Quality-Growth
71
$63.67 · $3.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
5.6
MEDP leads
MEDP
Medpace Holdings, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · Quality-Growth
76.6
$612.05 · $17.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCDNA30.6x
Fastest growthMEDP+24.7%
Strongest balance sheetCDNA0.05
Highest qualityMEDP87 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CDNA
stronger →← stronger
MEDP
85
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
87
87
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
88
49
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
58
MEDP is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CDNA
MEDP
$84mC-
FCF
$707mC+
+13.8%B+
Rev
+24.7%A-
0.05A-
D/E
0.33B
30.6xB
P/E
35.9xC+
4.00D
PEG
2.87C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CDNA
MEDP
244% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
26% above
~45%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~20%/yr
-74%
1-yr DCF upside
-37%
-71%
5-yr DCF upside
-21%
-66%
10-yr DCF upside
+10%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CDNA
Why this score
Buying back stock
MEDP
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
CDNACareDx, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · $63.67 · beta 2.38
Why now
Diagnostics & Research · market cap $3.3b. 12% off the 52-week high of $72.51. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $58.83 (implying -8% upside).
Moat
Net margin 24% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 29% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
Beta 2.38 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 31x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
MEDPMedpace Holdings, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · $612.05 · beta 1.18
Why now
Diagnostics & Research · market cap $17.1b. 10% off the 52-week high of $677.90. Revenue growing +25%, comfortably above the S&P median. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $595.92 (implying -3% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 144% of net income, helped by cash released from working capital ($120m) that doesn't repeat every year.
Risk
Trailing P/E 36x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where CDNA and MEDP diverge
On the headline score the gap is 5.6 points in favor of MEDP. The widest single difference is Value, where MEDP leads by 9.7 points.
ValueCDNA 48.7 · MEDP 58.4MEDP +9.7
QualityCDNA 84.6 · MEDP 87.4level
GrowthCDNA 86.8 · MEDP 88.3level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is MEDP or CDNA the better stock?
MEDP scores higher: MEDP 76.6, CDNA 71.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do MEDP and CDNA differ most?
The widest gap is value, where MEDP leads by 10 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. The other two pillars are close enough to call level, so this is the one place they genuinely separate.
How are MEDP and CDNA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.