Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. (GRDN) vs Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (MD)

Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. and Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.7B against $2.1B — 1.3× the size. Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.6× against 39.2×. Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.3% against 0.51%. Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.96% vs 4.50%) and the lower return on invested capital (12.7% vs 31.8%). Across the 20 metrics below, Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. leads on 13 and Guardian Pharmacy Services, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric GRDN MD Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 39.25 12.59 19.16
P/S 1.78 1.07 0.90
P/B 10.13 2.37 2.91
Price to free cash flow 32.71 9.14 12.62
EV/EBITDA 23.52 9.49 10.06
EV/Sales 1.75 1.16 1.35
Earnings yield 2.55% 7.94% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 3.06% 10.94% 4.14%

Profitability

Metric GRDN MD Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 21.63% 26.24% 30.78%
Operating margin 5.84% 11.04% 5.74%
Net margin 4.50% 8.96% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 5.45% 11.72% 5.46%
Return on equity 30.14% 20.39% 8.76%
Return on assets 16.48% 8.26% 2.18%
Return on invested capital 31.82% 12.69% 5.40%

Growth

Metric GRDN MD Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.31% 0.51% 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 144.07% 263.03% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 1.99% 9.58%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GRDN MD Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.66 0.30
Current ratio 1.65 1.32 1.22
Net debt to EBITDA (0.69) 0.42 1.32

Dividend

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

Size

Metric GRDN MD Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 2.65b 2.08b 1.34b

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