ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE, INC. vs PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC, two Managed Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ALHC and PFG diverge most: on revenue growth, ALHC reads +42.5% and PFG reads -0.2%; on altman z (solvency), ALHC reads 5.51 and PFG reads 0.17. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ALHC's price implies is an extreme bet versus history and the cohort (earnings-power basis). What PFG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ALHC | PFG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $23.15 | $107.80 |
| Market cap | $4.9B | $23.7B |
| Sector | Managed Care | Managed Care |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | — | 15.5 |
| P/B | 23.85 | 2.00 |
| P/S | 1.16 | 1.54 |
| EV/EBITDA | 68.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +42.5% | -0.2% |
| Operating margin | 1.3% | — |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.6% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.6% | 15.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 1.56 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 1.58 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.51 | 0.17 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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