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DaVita Inc. (DVA) vs HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)

DaVita Inc. and HCA Healthcare, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. HCA Healthcare, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $106.0B against $12.3B — 8.7× the size. DaVita Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 13.1× against 15.7×. DaVita Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.38% against 5.82%. HCA Healthcare, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.61% vs 6.49%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.8% vs 13.5%). Across the 21 metrics below, DaVita Inc. leads on 11 and HCA Healthcare, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric DVA HCA Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 13.09 15.73 18.73
P/S 0.86 1.35 0.94
P/B n/m n/m 3.06
Price to free cash flow 8.22 17.82 15.79
EV/EBITDA 7.94 9.81 11.42
EV/Sales 1.58 1.98 1.31
Earnings yield 7.64% 6.36% 3.53%
Free cash flow yield 12.17% 5.61% 5.56%

Profitability

Metric DVA HCA Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 32.28% 85.34% 30.56%
Operating margin 14.97% 15.40% 6.62%
Net margin 6.49% 8.61% 3.08%
Free cash flow margin 9.26% 7.59% 7.22%
Return on equity (277.68%) (200.53%) 6.41%
Return on assets 5.20% 11.00% 2.78%
Return on invested capital 13.51% 16.84% 7.44%

Growth

Metric DVA HCA Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.38% 5.82% 6.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (8.29%) 28.77% 21.70%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.39% 7.97% 9.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (0.70%) 12.56% 0.00%

Health

Metric DVA HCA Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity (30.19) (10.98) 0.22
Current ratio 1.41 0.82 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 3.51 2.91 1.32

Dividend

Metric DVA HCA Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — 0.62% 0.58%
Payout ratio — 0.10 0.12

Size

Metric DVA HCA Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 12.25b 106.01b 1.64b

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