CHEMED CORPORATION vs Encompass Health Corporation, two Medical Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHE and EHC diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CHE reads +5.9% and EHC reads -1.6%; on fcf yield, CHE reads 4.4% and EHC reads -6.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHE price has a different growth bar priced in than EHC (+5.9% implied for CHE vs -1.6% for EHC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CHE's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EHC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHE | EHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $532.52 | $111.04 |
| Market cap | $7.0B | $11.2B |
| Sector | Medical Care | Medical Care |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.9% | -1.6% |
| P/E | 26.8 | 18.5 |
| P/B | 8.46 | 3.38 |
| P/S | 2.71 | 1.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.2 | 40.6 |
| Revenue growth | +3.4% | +10.1% |
| Operating margin | 13.3% | — |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 10.0% |
| Return on equity | 33.1% | 18.4% |
| Return on assets | 17.4% | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 26.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 4.4% | -6.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.17 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 1.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 10.00 | 2.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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