LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (LFST) vs PACS Group, Inc. (PACS)

LifeStance Health Group, Inc. and PACS Group, Inc. are both Medical Care Facilities companies. PACS Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $6.6B against $4.5B — 1.5× the size. PACS Group, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.3× against 89.0×. LifeStance Health Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.4% against 15.2%. PACS Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.85% vs 3.19%) and the higher return on invested capital (21.4% vs 3.25%). Across the 20 metrics below, PACS Group, Inc. leads on 13 and LifeStance Health Group, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric LFST PACS Medical Care Facilities median
P/E 89.02 24.29 19.16
P/S 2.87 1.18 0.90
P/B 3.07 5.85 2.91
Price to free cash flow 26.11 14.30 12.62
EV/EBITDA 34.13 13.73 10.06
EV/Sales 2.89 1.19 1.35
Earnings yield 1.12% 4.12% 2.30%
Free cash flow yield 3.83% 6.99% 4.14%

Profitability

Metric LFST PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Gross margin 33.56% 16.59% 30.78%
Operating margin 4.95% 7.39% 5.74%
Net margin 3.19% 4.85% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 10.97% 8.22% 5.46%
Return on equity 3.43% 27.92% 8.76%
Return on assets 2.34% 4.82% 2.18%
Return on invested capital 3.25% 21.42% 5.40%

Growth

Metric LFST PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.38% 15.15% 7.12%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 113.33% 221.05% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 30.44% — 9.58%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric LFST PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Debt to equity 0.18 0.22 0.30
Current ratio 1.38 0.91 1.22
Net debt to EBITDA 0.22 0.41 1.32

Dividend

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

Size

Metric LFST PACS Medical Care Facilities median
Market cap 4.51b 6.56b 1.34b

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