CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT, INC. vs Encompass Health Corporation, two Medical Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CON and EHC diverge most: on fcf yield, CON reads 5.2% and EHC reads -6.6%; on debt / equity, CON reads 3.62 and EHC reads 0.78. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CON price has a different growth bar priced in than EHC (-1.6% implied for CON vs -1.6% for EHC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. 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 | CON | EHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $31.65 | $111.04 |
| Market cap | $4.1B | $11.2B |
| Sector | Medical Care | Medical Care |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.6% | -1.6% |
| P/E | 22.8 | 18.5 |
| P/B | 9.41 | 3.38 |
| P/S | 1.82 | 1.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.0 | 40.6 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5% | +10.1% |
| Operating margin | 16.8% | — |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 10.0% |
| Return on equity | 41.2% | 18.4% |
| Return on assets | 6.2% | 8.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.2% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | -6.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 3.62 | 0.78 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.17 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.01 | 2.55 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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