Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) vs Sonida Senior Living, Inc. (SNDA)

Ardent Health, Inc. and Sonida Senior Living, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. Sonida Senior Living, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.8B against $1.5B — 1.2× the size. Sonida Senior Living, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Ardent Health, Inc. trades at 19.2×. Sonida Senior Living, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 49.4% against 3.34%. Ardent Health, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.22% vs −27.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.59% vs −1.88%). Across the 18 metrics below, Ardent Health, Inc. leads on 17 and Sonida Senior Living, Inc. on 1.

Valuation

Metric ARDT SNDA Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 19.16 n/m 19.16
P/S 0.23 3.36 0.90
P/B 0.86 2.04 2.91
Price to free cash flow 4.90 n/m 12.62
EV/EBITDA 4.39 130.55 10.06
EV/Sales 0.29 6.22 1.35
Earnings yield 5.22% (16.41%) 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 20.41% (2.99%) 4.14%

Profitability

Metric ARDT SNDA Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 100.00% 33.63% 30.78%
Operating margin 4.03% (13.59%) 5.74%
Net margin 1.22% (27.64%) 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 4.76% (10.02%) 5.46%
Return on equity 4.61% (31.30%) 8.76%
Return on assets 1.52% (8.55%) 2.18%
Return on invested capital 7.59% (1.88%) 5.40%

Growth

Metric ARDT SNDA Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.34% 49.37% 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (39.24%) (681.48%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (0.14%) 9.58%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ARDT SNDA Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.63 1.81 0.30
Current ratio 2.10 0.88 1.22
Net debt to EBITDA 0.80 40.90 1.32

Dividend

Metric ARDT SNDA Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — — 0.85%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric ARDT SNDA Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 1.48b 1.80b 1.34b

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