GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. vs WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC., two Medical Devices stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GEHC and WST diverge most: on fcf yield, GEHC reads -0.4% and WST reads 1.8%; on debt / equity, GEHC reads 0.95 and WST reads 0.07. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What GEHC's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What WST's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GEHC | WST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $68.03 | $341.01 |
| Market cap | $31.1B | $24.3B |
| Sector | Medical Devices | Medical Devices |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.7% | — |
| P/E | 16.3 | 43.7 |
| P/B | 2.91 | 8.13 |
| P/S | 1.48 | 7.31 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.3 | 27.9 |
| Revenue growth | +5.9% | +12.5% |
| Gross margin | 38.5% | 37.7% |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 20.5% |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 17.0% |
| Return on equity | 17.9% | 18.9% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 13.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | 17.5% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 1.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.95 | 0.07 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 2.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.60 | 8.89 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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