Friday, October 30, 2026

Market Cap per 100 Employees: Guardant and Natera the Clear Leaders

We have the multiple of share price over revenue, and share price over netcome.  Another one is share price per 100 employees.   For this metric, many molecular labs rank high, but Guardant and Natera lead the pack at about $1B market cap for every 100 employees hired.

Here's the chart:



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Quest has market cap $28B, 57,000 employees, per 100, $49M.  
LabCorp has a market cap of $30B, 71,000 employees, per 100, $42M.

And here's a graphic.  Natera and Guardant are both on the far right of the xy chart, with market cap around $1B per 100 employees.   Natera is twice as high as Guardant, since its market cap is $65B vs $25B.

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