Which is more profitable, Stryker or Thermo Fisher Scientific?

Thermo Fisher Scientific keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Stryker or Thermo Fisher Scientific?

Stryker grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Stryker or Thermo Fisher Scientific?

Stryker costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Stryker or Thermo Fisher Scientific?

Stryker would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Stryker vs Thermo Fisher Scientific stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Stryker grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt. Thermo Fisher Scientific is more profitable.

Side by side

	Stryker	Thermo Fisher Scientific
	$118 billion	$259 billion
	12.9%	15.0%
	+11.8%	+6.7%
	36.3×	38.7×
	1.9 years	2.6 years
	10.8%	7.6%
	1.1%	0.4%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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