Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GMED scored 80.5, IDXX scored 71.8 — GMED leads.
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GMED
Globus Medical, Inc.
Medical Devices · Quality-Growth
80.5
$74.65 · $10.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.7
GMED leads
IDXX
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · Quality-Growth
71.8
$518.00 · $40.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestGMED19.1x
Fastest growthGMED+16.7%
Strongest balance sheetGMED0.02
Highest qualityIDXX88 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueGMED-34%
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)
GMED
stronger →← stronger
IDXX
72
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
88
88
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
77
82
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
55
GMED is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GMED
IDXX
$746mC+
FCF
$1.2bC+
+16.7%B+
Rev
+10.4%B
0.02A-
D/E
0.68C+
19.1xB+
P/E
36.4xC+
1.49B
PEG
2.81C
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
GMED
IDXX
34% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
176% above
~1%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~35%/yr
+28%
1-yr DCF upside
-67%
+51%
5-yr DCF upside
-64%
+91%
10-yr DCF upside
-59%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GMED
No notable signals flagged.
IDXX
Why this score
Durable high returns
The companies
GMEDGlobus Medical, Inc.
Medical Devices · $74.65 · beta 0.96
Why now
Medical Devices · market cap $10.0b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $101.40 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +17%, comfortably above the S&P median. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $100.92 (implying +35% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 139% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
IDXXIDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Diagnostics & Research · $518.00 · beta 1.55
Why now
Diagnostics & Research · market cap $40.8b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $769.98 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $701.33 (implying +35% upside).
Moat
Net margin 25% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 74% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 109% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 1.55 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 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 GMED and IDXX diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.7 points in favor of GMED. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueGMED 82.4 · IDXX 54.6GMED +27.8
QualityGMED 72.0 · IDXX 87.9IDXX +15.9
GrowthGMED 87.8 · IDXX 77.0GMED +10.8
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 GMED or IDXX the better stock?
GMED scores higher: GMED 80.5, IDXX 71.8 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 GMED and IDXX differ most?
The widest gap is value, where GMED leads by 28 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are GMED and IDXX 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.