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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ILMN Illumina	$163.81 +0.5%	$133.73	$78.79 ▼ $165.37	$24.81B	1.5	1.86 million shs	1.19 million shs
QGEN Qiagen	$36.34 -0.7%	$37.69	$32.53 ▼ $57.81	$7.49B	0.66	2.30 million shs	959,047 shs
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	$492.77 +0.1%	$479.94	$385.46 ▼ $643.99	$183.38B	0.88	2.37 million shs	1.63 million shs
WAT Waters	$376.35 -1.9%	$323.75	$275.05 ▼ $414.15	$36.95B	1.21	1.08 million shs	843,594 shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ILMN Illumina	0.00%	+12.85%	+28.58%	+22.63%	+100.27%
QGEN Qiagen	0.00%	+3.94%	+5.90%	-25.01%	-22.92%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	0.00%	+9.76%	+2.65%	-3.29%	+22.35%
WAT Waters	0.00%	+12.04%	+24.12%	+25.14%	+10.17%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ILMN Illumina	$163.81 +0.5%	$133.73	$78.79 ▼ $165.37	$24.81B	1.5	1.86 million shs	1.19 million shs
QGEN Qiagen	$36.34 -0.7%	$37.69	$32.53 ▼ $57.81	$7.49B	0.66	2.30 million shs	959,047 shs
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	$492.77 +0.1%	$479.94	$385.46 ▼ $643.99	$183.38B	0.88	2.37 million shs	1.63 million shs
WAT Waters	$376.35 -1.9%	$323.75	$275.05 ▼ $414.15	$36.95B	1.21	1.08 million shs	843,594 shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ILMN Illumina	0.00%	+12.85%	+28.58%	+22.63%	+100.27%
QGEN Qiagen	0.00%	+3.94%	+5.90%	-25.01%	-22.92%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	0.00%	+9.76%	+2.65%	-3.29%	+22.35%
WAT Waters	0.00%	+12.04%	+24.12%	+25.14%	+10.17%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ILMN Illumina	2.28	Hold	$138.38	-14.88% Downside
QGEN Qiagen	2.42	Hold	$44.98	23.89% Upside
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	2.96	Moderate Buy	$616.10	25.17% Upside
WAT Waters	2.75	Moderate Buy	$396.00	5.50% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ILMN, QGEN, TMO, and WAT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/1/2026	ILMN Illumina	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$170.00 ➝ $180.00
5/29/2026	QGEN Qiagen	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Sell (D+)
5/26/2026	TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
5/18/2026	QGEN Qiagen	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Hold	$50.00 ➝ $36.00
5/18/2026	QGEN Qiagen	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold
5/14/2026	ILMN Illumina	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$170.00
5/14/2026	TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Sector Perform	$490.00
5/14/2026	ILMN Illumina	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Moderate Buy
5/14/2026	ILMN Illumina	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$155.00
5/14/2026	TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
5/14/2026	WAT Waters	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$355.00 ➝ $370.00

(Data available from 6/1/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ILMN Illumina	$4.34B	5.66	$6.70 per share	24.27	$17.82 per share	9.12
QGEN Qiagen	$2.09B	3.58	$3.38 per share	10.75	$17.89 per share	2.03
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	$44.56B	4.11	$30.38 per share	16.20	$142.17 per share	3.46
WAT Waters	$3.17B	11.64	$16.27 per share	23.07	$43.01 per share	8.73

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ILMN Illumina	$850M	$5.50	29.55	27.65	2.70	19.42%	31.01%	12.22%	7/30/2026 (Estimated)
QGEN Qiagen	$424.88M	$1.91	18.95	13.75	3.64	19.16%	14.40%	8.40%	8/4/2026 (Estimated)
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	$6.70B	$18.19	26.99	18.04	2.18	15.15%	16.86%	8.15%	7/22/2026 (Estimated)
WAT Waters	$642.63M	$7.87	47.56	22.73	2.42	11.91%	15.60%	8.90%	8/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ILMN, QGEN, TMO, and WAT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	QGEN Qiagen	$0.54	$0.54	N/A	$0.33	$496.15 million	$492.32 million
5/5/2026	Q1 2026	WAT Waters	$2.31	$2.70	+$0.39	-$0.87	$1.20 billion	$1.27 billion
4/30/2026	Q1 2026	ILMN Illumina	$1.05	$1.15	+$0.10	$0.87	$1.07 billion	$1.09 billion
4/23/2026	Q1 2026	TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	$5.25	$5.44	+$0.19	$4.43	$10.86 billion	$11.01 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ILMN Illumina	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
QGEN Qiagen	$0.26	0.72%	N/A	13.61%	N/A
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	$1.88	0.38%	+14.34%	10.34%	8 Years
WAT Waters	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ILMN, QGEN, TMO, and WAT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/20/2026	TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	quarterly	$0.47	0.42%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	7/15/2026
5/11/2026	QGEN Qiagen	annual	$0.35	1.04%	7/7/2026	7/7/2026	7/14/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ILMN Illumina	0.56	1.75	1.36
QGEN Qiagen	0.49	3.21	2.57
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	0.77	1.53	1.15
WAT Waters	0.32	1.79	1.13

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ILMN Illumina	89.42%
QGEN Qiagen	70.00%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	89.23%
WAT Waters	94.01%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ILMN Illumina	2.90%
QGEN Qiagen	9.00%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	0.33%
WAT Waters	0.31%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ILMN Illumina	8,650	151.30 million	146.91 million	Optionable
QGEN Qiagen	5,654	206.07 million	187.53 million	Optionable
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific	125,000	371.62 million	370.40 million	Optionable
WAT Waters	7,900	98.19 million	97.88 million	Optionable

ILMN, QGEN, TMO, and WAT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Nestlé Waters crisis deepens as new footage exposes scale of alleged plastic dumping

2 hours ago | foodnavigator.comF

Waters Unveils Cyclic IMS P20 MS: The New Benchmark in Structural and Spatial Omics

June 1 at 8:00 AM | prnewswire.com

Waters Introduces Unrivaled Sensitivity and Speed to Benchtop HRMS with Xevo MRT P10 MS, Accelerating Multiomics Research

June 1 at 8:00 AM | prnewswire.com

This endangered shark is seeing a comeback off Mass. waters. What it means for beachgoers

May 31 at 11:46 AM | masslive.comM

Interior rolls out ‘national map’ of public lands, waters

May 30 at 5:41 PM | eenews.netE

These sharks thrive in Alaska’s icy waters

May 30 at 5:41 PM | msn.com

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May 30 at 7:39 AM | msn.com

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co Invests $3.04 Million in Waters Corporation $WAT

May 30 at 6:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Rough waters ahead for wilderness area

May 28, 2026 | ocj.comO

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

May 27, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Are Wall Street Analysts Bullish on Waters Corporation Stock?

May 26, 2026 | barchart.com

New Waterside Getaways for the Summer

May 25, 2026 | nytimes.com

Maxine Waters and Elizabeth Warren, progressive stalwarts, tangle over housing bill - Politico

May 24, 2026 | news.google.comN

Waters Corporation: Performing Better Than Expected

May 22, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Fundraising Update: Representative Maxine Waters just disclosed $126.2K of new fundraising

May 22, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Waters Corporation to Present at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference

May 18, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Watch: Maxine Waters Confronted on When Is ‘Too Old’ to Serve in Congress

May 17, 2026 | ijr.comI

AustralianSuper Pty Ltd Takes Position in Waters Corporation $WAT

May 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Waters Corporation $WAT Shares Sold by Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich

May 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Understanding Waters (WAT) Reliance on International Revenue

May 14, 2026 | zacks.com

Freemont Management S.A. Increases Stock Holdings in Waters Corporation $WAT

May 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ILMN, QGEN, TMO, and WAT Company Descriptions

Illumina NASDAQ:ILMN

$163.80 +0.85 (+0.52%)

As of 02:52 PM Eastern

Illumina, Inc. offers sequencing- and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis in the United States, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through Core Illumina and GRAIL segments. The company offers sequencing and array-based instruments and consumables, which include reagents, flow cells, and library preparation; whole-genome sequencing kits, which sequence entire genomes of various size and complexity; and targeted resequencing kits, which sequence exomes, specific genes, and RNA or other genomic regions of interest. It also provides whole-genome sequencing, genotyping, noninvasive prenatal testing, and product support services; and Galleri, a multi-cancer early detection test. In addition, the company is developing solutions to help accelerate cancer diagnoses, blood-based detection for minimal residual disease, and other post-diagnostic applications. The company serves genomic research centers, academic institutions, government laboratories, and hospitals, as well as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, commercial molecular diagnostic laboratories, and consumer genomics companies. It markets and distributes its products directly to customers, as well as through life-science distributors. Illumina, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in San Diego, California.

Qiagen NYSE:QGEN

$36.34 -0.25 (-0.68%)

As of 02:52 PM Eastern

QIAGEN NV is a holding company, which engages in the provision of Sample to Insight solutions that enable customers to gain valuable molecular insights from samples containing the building blocks of life. The company sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA, and proteins from blood, tissue, and other materials. The firm assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Its bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. The company was founded by Detlev H. Riesner and Metin Colpan on April 29, 1996, and is headquartered in Venlo, the Netherlands.

Thermo Fisher Scientific NYSE:TMO

$492.77 +0.26 (+0.05%)

As of 02:52 PM Eastern

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. provides life sciences solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics, and laboratory products and biopharma services in the North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company's Life Sciences Solutions segment offers reagents, instruments, and consumables for biological and medical research, discovery, and production of drugs and vaccines, as well as diagnosis of infections and diseases; and solutions include biosciences, genetic sciences, and bio production to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agricultural, clinical, healthcare, academic, and government markets. Its Analytical Instruments segment provides instruments, consumables, software, and services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, government, environmental, and other research and industrial markets, as well as clinical laboratories. The company's Specialty Diagnostics segment offers liquid, ready-to-use, and lyophilized immunodiagnostic reagent kits, as well as calibrators, controls, protein detection assays, and instruments; immunodiagnostics develops, manufactures and markets complete bloodtest systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases; dehydrated and prepared culture media, collection and transport systems, instrumentation, and consumables; human leukocyte antigen typing and testing for organ transplant market; and healthcare products. Its Laboratory Products and Biopharma Services segment provides laboratory products, research and safety market channel, and pharma services and clinical research. It offers products and services through a direct sales force, customer-service professionals, electronic commerce, and third-party distributors under Thermo Scientific; Applied Biosystems; Invitrogen; Fisher Scientific; Unity Lab Services; and Patheon and PPD. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Waters NYSE:WAT

$376.35 -7.22 (-1.88%)

As of 02:52 PM Eastern

Waters Corporation provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through two segments: Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans. It also designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments; and develops and supplies software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. In addition, the company offers MS technology instruments are used in drug discovery and development comprising clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, nutritional safety analysis, and environmental testing. Further, the company provides thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments for use in predicting the suitability and stability of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer good, and healthcare products, as well as for life science research. Its products are used by clinical, pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental customers working in research and development, quality assurance, and other laboratory applications. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.

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