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 $476.8M against $406.1M — 1.2× the size. Community Health Systems, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 1.6× against 10.5×. Strata Critical Medical, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 136.1% against −5.24%. Strata Critical Medical, Inc. has the higher net margin (15.7% vs 2.10%) and the lower return on invested capital (−4.98% vs 10.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, Strata Critical Medical, Inc. leads on 10 and Community Health Systems, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 1.56 10.51 19.16
P/S 0.03 1.80 0.90
P/B n/m 1.65 2.91
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 12.62
EV/EBITDA 5.46 n/m 10.06
EV/Sales 0.82 1.71 1.35
Earnings yield 64.04% 9.51% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield (46.00%) (10.78%) 4.14%

Profitability

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 85.41% 21.25% 30.78%
Operating margin 11.37% (7.97%) 5.74%
Net margin 2.10% 15.71% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin (1.52%) (19.34%) 5.46%
Return on equity (19.57%) 16.01% 8.76%
Return on assets 1.95% 13.62% 2.18%
Return on invested capital 10.30% (4.98%) 5.40%

Growth

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.24%) 136.11% 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 196.67% 242.86% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.15% 31.30% 9.58%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.08%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity (8.23) 0.00 0.30
Current ratio 1.53 2.64 1.22
Net debt to EBITDA 5.30 4.34 1.32

Dividend

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — — 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CYH SRTA Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 406.11m 476.84m 1.34b

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