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Bausch & Lomb vs Idexx Laboratories

Bausch & Lomb is the larger business, with $5.10bn of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.30bn for Idexx Laboratories (1.2 times as much). Idexx Laboratories grew faster (10.4% against 6.5%). Idexx Laboratories kept more of each dollar of sales as profit: a net margin of 24.6% against -7.1%. Idexx Laboratories carries less debt relative to equity (52.8% against 79.2%).

Latest fiscal yearBausch & LombBLCO, 2025Idexx LaboratoriesIDXX, 2025
Revenue $5.10bn $4.30bn
Revenue growth 6.5% 10.4%
Net income −$360m $1.06bn
Operating margin 2.2% 31.6%
Net margin -7.1% 24.6%
Return on equity -5.6% 66.2%
Free cash flow −$66.0m $1.06bn
Cash $383m $180m
Total debt $5.11bn $848m
Debt to equity 79.2% 52.8%
Dividend per share — —
Dividend yield — —
Share buybacks — $1.22bn
Employees — 11,000
Market value $7.14bn $53.19bn
Price vs our value range — Above our value range
Moat score 19 (Weak) 97 (Strong)
Insider trades, 12 months 9 buys, 4 sales 0 buys, 36 sales

Each figure is from the company's latest annual report and links to the page it comes from. Fiscal years can end on different dates. Market value and the value verdict use the delayed price shown on the stock pages. Not a recommendation.

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Figures from each company's latest annual report filed with the SEC (10-K or 20-F), as reported, with the fiscal year shown. Not investment advice. How we read filings: methodology.