Sotera Health Company (SHC) vs Veracyte, Inc. (VCYT)

Sotera Health Company and Veracyte, Inc. are both Diagnostics & Research companies. Sotera Health Company is the larger, with a market value of $5.2B against $3.6B — 1.4× the size. Veracyte, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 29.9× against 31.4×. Veracyte, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.3% against 8.15%. Veracyte, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.4% vs 13.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.32% vs 9.82%). Across the 21 metrics below, Veracyte, Inc. leads on 16 and Sotera Health Company on 5.

Valuation

Metric SHC VCYT Diagnostics & Research median
P/E 31.39 29.94 35.56
P/S 4.20 6.14 4.37
P/B 7.68 2.48 3.06
Price to free cash flow 45.36 20.78 35.76
EV/EBITDA 13.18 23.93 24.35
EV/Sales 5.74 5.28 5.51
Earnings yield 3.19% 3.34% (1.89%)
Free cash flow yield 2.20% 4.81% (0.15%)

Profitability

Metric SHC VCYT Diagnostics & Research median
Gross margin 54.97% 71.71% 50.89%
Operating margin 32.82% 18.82% (8.57%)
Net margin 13.44% 20.37% (6.37%)
Free cash flow margin 9.27% 29.54% 0.00%
Return on equity 27.78% 8.77% (2.92%)
Return on assets 5.01% 8.09% (6.71%)
Return on invested capital 9.82% 7.32% 0.00%

Growth

Metric SHC VCYT Diagnostics & Research median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.15% 17.28% 7.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 68.75% 164.52% 25.92%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.30% 34.50% 7.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric SHC VCYT Diagnostics & Research median
Debt to equity 3.35 0.00 0.11
Current ratio 2.80 9.16 2.02
Net debt to EBITDA 3.74 (5.44) 0.70

Dividend

Metric SHC VCYT Diagnostics & Research median
Dividend yield — — 0.66%
Payout ratio — — 0.20

Size

Metric SHC VCYT Diagnostics & Research median
Market cap 5.16b 3.57b 2.16b

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