Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) vs U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (USPH)

Community Health Systems, Inc. and U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.3B against $406.1M — 3.1× the size. Community Health Systems, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 1.6× against 499×. U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.3% against −5.24%. U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. has the higher net margin (2.54% vs 2.10%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.48% vs 10.3%). Across the 20 metrics below, Community Health Systems, Inc. leads on 12 and U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CYH USPH Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 1.56 499.06 19.16
P/S 0.03 1.57 0.90
P/B n/m 2.85 2.91
Price to free cash flow n/m 19.95 12.62
EV/EBITDA 5.46 14.79 10.06
EV/Sales 0.82 1.81 1.35
Earnings yield 64.04% 0.20% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield (46.00%) 5.01% 4.14%

Profitability

Metric CYH USPH Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 85.41% 18.68% 30.78%
Operating margin 11.37% 9.42% 5.74%
Net margin 2.10% 2.54% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin (1.52%) 7.89% 5.46%
Return on equity (19.57%) 4.34% 8.76%
Return on assets 1.95% 1.70% 2.18%
Return on invested capital 10.30% 7.48% 5.40%

Growth

Metric CYH USPH Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.24%) 11.32% 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 196.67% (22.83%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 1.15% 13.05% 9.58%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.08%) 2.38% 0.00%

Health

Metric CYH USPH Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity (8.23) 0.48 0.30
Current ratio 1.53 1.27 1.22
Net debt to EBITDA 5.30 1.07 1.32

Dividend

Metric CYH USPH Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — 1.83% 0.85%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.88 0.00

Size

Metric CYH USPH Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 406.11m 1.25b 1.34b

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