American Well Corporation (AMWL) vs Simulations Plus, Inc. (SLP)

American Well Corporation and Simulations Plus, Inc. are both Health Information Services companies. Simulations Plus, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $373.4M against $229.1M — 1.6× the size. American Well Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Simulations Plus, Inc. trades at 46.2×. Simulations Plus, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.08% against −19.0%. Simulations Plus, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.88% vs −35.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.07% vs −135.5%). Across the 17 metrics below, Simulations Plus, Inc. leads on 13 and American Well Corporation on 4.

Valuation

Metric AMWL SLP Health Information Services median
P/E n/m 46.18 39.52
P/S 1.03 4.55 2.65
P/B 0.96 2.68 2.32
Price to free cash flow n/m 16.99 16.77
EV/EBITDA n/m 18.88 12.35
EV/Sales 0.13 3.94 3.06
Earnings yield (35.52%) 2.17% (1.68%)
Free cash flow yield (14.23%) 5.89% 0.54%

Profitability

Metric AMWL SLP Health Information Services median
Gross margin 51.88% 63.38% 63.38%
Operating margin (37.28%) 14.02% (8.35%)
Net margin (35.75%) 9.88% (14.70%)
Free cash flow margin (14.66%) 26.77% 0.58%
Return on equity (29.54%) 6.17% (6.82%)
Return on assets (21.82%) 5.64% (6.02%)
Return on invested capital (135.53%) 8.07% 0.00%

Growth

Metric AMWL SLP Health Information Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) (19.00%) 2.08% 8.62%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 57.06% (757.14%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.33% 13.74% 12.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AMWL SLP Health Information Services median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 2.90 5.54 2.37
Net debt to EBITDA 2.69 0.52 0.50

Dividend

Metric AMWL SLP Health Information Services median
Dividend yield — 0.59% 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.48 0.00

Size

Metric AMWL SLP Health Information Services median
Market cap 229.11m 373.35m 352.86m

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