ENSIGN GROUP, INC vs Sotera Health Co, two Medical Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ENSG and SHC diverge most: on debt / equity, ENSG reads 0.06 and SHC reads 3.46; on ev/ebitda, ENSG reads 17.6 and SHC reads 276.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's ENSG price has a different growth bar priced in than SHC (+7.8% implied for ENSG vs +21.1% for SHC); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What ENSG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SHC'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 | ENSG | SHC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $178.21 | $17.87 |
| Market cap | $10.4B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Medical Care | Medical Care |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.8% | +21.1% |
| P/E | 27.9 | 43.6 |
| P/B | 4.25 | 8.26 |
| P/S | 1.89 | 4.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | 276.8 |
| Revenue growth | +18.9% | +7.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 52.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.5% | — |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | 15.5% | 18.9% |
| Return on assets | 6.6% | 3.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.5% | — |
| FCF yield | 5.9% | 1.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.06 | 3.46 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 2.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.42 | 1.47 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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