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Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) vs Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. (GRDN)

Ardent Health, Inc. and Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.5B against $2.2B — 1.1× the size. Ardent Health, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.5× against 40.5×. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 4.85% against 2.03%. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.13% vs 2.27%) and the higher return on invested capital (36.8% vs 0.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, Ardent Health, Inc. leads on 10 and Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric ARDT GRDN Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 16.50 40.50 18.73
P/S 0.37 1.85 0.94
P/B 1.35 9.63 3.06
Price to free cash flow 8.55 28.35 15.79
EV/EBITDA 6.44 22.21 11.42
EV/Sales 0.43 1.79 1.31
Earnings yield 6.06% 2.47% 3.53%
Free cash flow yield 11.70% 3.53% 5.56%

Profitability

Metric ARDT GRDN Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 100.00% 22.45% 30.56%
Operating margin 0.00% 6.46% 6.62%
Net margin 2.27% 5.13% 3.08%
Free cash flow margin 4.37% 7.83% 7.22%
Return on equity 8.55% 31.47% 6.41%
Return on assets 2.78% 16.96% 2.78%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 36.76% 7.44%

Growth

Metric ARDT GRDN Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.03% 4.85% 6.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (39.24%) 144.07% 21.70%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — — 9.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — — 0.00%

Health

Metric ARDT GRDN Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.61 0.00 0.22
Current ratio 2.13 1.65 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 0.80 (0.69) 1.32

Dividend

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

Size

Metric ARDT GRDN Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 2.24b 2.53b 1.64b

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