Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. (GRDN) vs LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (LFST)

Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. and LifeStance Health Group, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. LifeStance Health Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.5B against $2.7B — 1.7× the size. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 39.2× against 89.0×. LifeStance Health Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.4% against 10.3%. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.50% vs 3.19%) and the higher return on invested capital (31.8% vs 3.25%). Across the 20 metrics below, Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. leads on 14 and LifeStance Health Group, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric GRDN LFST Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 39.25 89.02 19.16
P/S 1.78 2.87 0.90
P/B 10.13 3.07 2.91
Price to free cash flow 32.71 26.11 12.62
EV/EBITDA 23.52 34.13 10.06
EV/Sales 1.75 2.89 1.35
Earnings yield 2.55% 1.12% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 3.06% 3.83% 4.14%

Profitability

Metric GRDN LFST Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 21.63% 33.56% 30.78%
Operating margin 5.84% 4.95% 5.74%
Net margin 4.50% 3.19% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 5.45% 10.97% 5.46%
Return on equity 30.14% 3.43% 8.76%
Return on assets 16.48% 2.34% 2.18%
Return on invested capital 31.82% 3.25% 5.40%

Growth

Metric GRDN LFST Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.31% 20.38% 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 144.07% 113.33% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 30.44% 9.58%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GRDN LFST Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.18 0.30
Current ratio 1.65 1.38 1.22
Net debt to EBITDA (0.69) 0.22 1.32

Dividend

Metric GRDN LFST Medical Care Facilities median
Dividend yield — — 0.85%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric GRDN LFST Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 2.65b 4.51b 1.34b

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