OPTION CARE HEALTH, INC. vs UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC., two Medical Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
6.08 does most of the talking: Universal Health's multiple, a third of Option Care's 17, attached to the fatter margins (11.2% operating against 5.4%), the higher returns (20.2% on equity against 15.3%), and the bigger cash yield (10.2% against 6.2%). The premium on the smaller company is a premium on direction, home infusion growing as care leaves institutions, against hospitals the market treats as cyclically overearning. Both carry moderate debt. The pair asks what a trend is worth against a discount: eleven turns of multiple, apparently, plus half the cash yield. Trends have been worth that before; they have also merely been popular.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | OPCH | UHS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.76 | $145.68 |
| Market cap | $3.4B | $9.0B |
| Sector | Medical Care | Medical Care |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.3% | — |
| P/E | 17.0 | 6.1 |
| P/B | 2.55 | 1.19 |
| P/S | 0.61 | 0.51 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1 | 5.4 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +10.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | — |
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 11.2% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Return on equity | 15.3% | 20.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.1% | 9.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.8% | 12.0% |
| FCF yield | 6.2% | 10.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.86 | 0.72 |
| Current ratio | 1.64 | 1.08 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.31 | 7.26 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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