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Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) vs Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (HCSG)

Ardent Health, Inc. and Healthcare Services Group, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. Ardent Health, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.2B against $1.7B — 1.3× the size. Ardent Health, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.2× against 16.6×. Healthcare Services Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.96% against 2.03%. Healthcare Services Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.58% vs 2.27%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.8% vs 0.00%). Across the 20 metrics below, Healthcare Services Group, Inc. leads on 11 and Ardent Health, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ARDT HCSG Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 15.17 16.64 17.41
P/S 0.34 0.91 0.98
P/B 1.24 3.22 3.12
Price to free cash flow 7.86 15.99 16.05
EV/EBITDA 5.99 11.86 11.86
EV/Sales 0.40 0.81 1.37
Earnings yield 6.59% 6.01% 3.53%
Free cash flow yield 12.72% 6.25% 5.41%

Profitability

Metric ARDT HCSG Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 100.00% 16.12% 30.78%
Operating margin 0.00% 6.06% 5.97%
Net margin 2.27% 5.58% 3.05%
Free cash flow margin 4.37% 5.68% 6.97%
Return on equity 8.55% 20.41% 5.03%
Return on assets 2.78% 12.68% 2.78%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 21.75% 5.47%

Growth

Metric ARDT HCSG Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.03% 3.96% 6.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (39.24%) 52.83% 21.70%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.86% 9.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — (9.76%) 0.00%

Health

Metric ARDT HCSG Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.61 0.00 0.37
Current ratio 2.13 2.82 1.37
Net debt to EBITDA 0.80 (3.11) 1.32

Dividend

Metric ARDT HCSG Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — — 0.57%
Payout ratio — — 0.12

Size

Metric ARDT HCSG Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 2.24b 1.69b 1.62b

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