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Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) vs Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (BKD)

Ardent Health, Inc. and Brookdale Senior Living Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.6B against $2.2B — 1.2× the size. Brookdale Senior Living Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ardent Health, Inc. trades at 16.5×. Ardent Health, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.03% against −8.42%. Ardent Health, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.27% vs −1.27%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 514.4%). Across the 17 metrics below, Ardent Health, Inc. leads on 11 and Brookdale Senior Living Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ARDT BKD Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 16.50 n/m 18.73
P/S 0.37 0.74 0.94
P/B 1.35 n/m 3.06
Price to free cash flow 8.55 n/m 15.79
EV/EBITDA 6.44 11.91 11.42
EV/Sales 0.43 2.06 1.31
Earnings yield 6.06% (1.75%) 3.53%
Free cash flow yield 11.70% (6.07%) 5.56%

Profitability

Metric ARDT BKD Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 100.00% 30.56% 30.56%
Operating margin 0.00% 6.81% 6.62%
Net margin 2.27% (1.27%) 3.08%
Free cash flow margin 4.37% 7.87% 7.22%
Return on equity 8.55% 173.49% 6.41%
Return on assets 2.78% (0.63%) 2.78%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 514.42% 7.44%

Growth

Metric ARDT BKD Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.03% (8.42%) 6.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (39.24%) (25.84%) 21.70%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (2.04%) 9.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARDT BKD Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.61 (1.64) 0.22
Current ratio 2.13 1.05 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 0.80 10.43 1.32

Dividend

Metric ARDT BKD Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — — 0.58%
Payout ratio — — 0.12

Size

Metric ARDT BKD Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 2.24b 2.58b 1.64b

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