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HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) vs PACS Group, Inc. (PACS)

HCA Healthcare, Inc. and PACS Group, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. HCA Healthcare, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $106.0B against $8.0B — 13.3× the size. HCA Healthcare, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.7× against 28.4×. PACS Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.0% against 5.82%. HCA Healthcare, Inc. has the higher net margin (8.61% vs 4.87%) and the lower return on invested capital (16.8% vs 19.3%). Across the 19 metrics below, HCA Healthcare, Inc. leads on 10 and PACS Group, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric HCA PACS Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 15.73 28.44 18.73
P/S 1.35 1.38 0.94
P/B n/m 6.48 3.06
Price to free cash flow 17.82 17.62 15.79
EV/EBITDA 9.81 16.10 11.42
EV/Sales 1.98 1.41 1.31
Earnings yield 6.36% 3.52% 3.53%
Free cash flow yield 5.61% 5.68% 5.56%

Profitability

Metric HCA PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 85.34% 17.11% 30.56%
Operating margin 15.40% 7.43% 6.62%
Net margin 8.61% 4.87% 3.08%
Free cash flow margin 7.59% 7.86% 7.22%
Return on equity (200.53%) 26.49% 6.41%
Return on assets 11.00% 4.81% 2.78%
Return on invested capital 16.84% 19.25% 7.44%

Growth

Metric HCA PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.82% 11.02% 6.38%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.77% 221.05% 21.70%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.97% — 9.94%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 12.56% — 0.00%

Health

Metric HCA PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity (10.98) 0.22 0.22
Current ratio 0.82 0.80 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA 2.91 0.41 1.32

Dividend

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

Size

Metric HCA PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 106.01b 7.97b 1.64b

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