SABR vs EVO Comparison

Sabre holds the number-two air booking volume share in the global distribution system industry. The travel solutions segment represented 91% of total 2024 revenue, split between distribution (79% of segment sales) and airline IT solutions (21%) revenue. The company announced a planned sale of its growing hotel IT solutions division (9% of revenue) to TPG for $960 million in net proceeds, which is scheduled to close in late 2025. Transaction fees, which are mostly tied to volume and not price, account for the bulk of sales and profits.

Evotec is a drug discovery partnership firm providing solutions to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, academic institutions, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. The company offers services in a variety of therapeutic areas, including central nervous system disorders, diabetes, inflammation, oncology, infectious diseases, and women's health. The shared R&D segment, roughly 80% of sales, provides drug discovery and manufacturing services on a typical fee-for-service basis and integrated drug discovery collaborations based on its proprietary, internally developed assets. The Just-Evotec Biologics segment, about 20% of sales, offers CDMO services for biologics. As of 2023, the company has over 5,000 employees and 18 production sites mainly in Europe and the United States.