Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) vs Strata Critical Medical, Inc. (SRTA)

Community Health Systems, Inc. and Strata Critical Medical, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. Strata Critical Medical, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $469.8M against $321.5M — 1.5× the size. Strata Critical Medical, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Community Health Systems, Inc. trades at 4.2×. Strata Critical Medical, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 68.4% against −7.83%. Community Health Systems, Inc. has the higher net margin (0.31% vs −8.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.69% vs −4.96%). Across the 19 metrics below, Community Health Systems, Inc. leads on 11 and Strata Critical Medical, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 4.16 n/m 18.73
P/S 0.03 1.75 0.94
P/B n/m 1.78 3.06
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 15.79
EV/EBITDA 5.72 137.25 11.42
EV/Sales 0.84 1.60 1.31
Earnings yield 24.03% (5.01%) 3.53%
Free cash flow yield (40.73%) (0.08%) 5.56%

Profitability

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 85.45% 21.57% 30.56%
Operating margin 10.86% (6.63%) 6.62%
Net margin 0.31% (8.84%) 3.08%
Free cash flow margin (1.05%) (0.14%) 7.22%
Return on equity (2.83%) (8.87%) 6.41%
Return on assets 0.28% (7.47%) 2.78%
Return on invested capital 9.69% (4.96%) 7.44%

Growth

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.83%) 68.38% 6.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 196.67% 242.86% 21.70%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.15% 31.30% 9.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity (7.53) 0.00 0.22
Current ratio 1.48 2.77 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 5.30 4.34 1.32

Dividend

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — — 0.58%
Payout ratio — — 0.12

Size

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 321.54m 469.82m 1.64b

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