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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricGHGuardant Health, Inc.CVSCVS HEALTH CorpCICigna GroupDGXQUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCMedian of the restexcluding GH
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$162.94▼ 3.72 (2.23%)
$94.48▲ 1.03 (1.10%)
$304.37▼ 2.23 (0.73%)
$243.28▲ 4.35 (1.82%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/104.7/106.0/108.0/106.0/10
Market value$21.29B$120.08B$80.19B$27.00B
Revenue$982.0M$402.07B$274.90B$11.04B
Profit-$416.3M$1.77B$5.96B$992.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.32.9%7.8%11.2%11.8%11.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.64.5%45.0%21.8%33.2%33.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-44.5%1.2%3.3%14.1%3.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-42.4%0.4%2.2%9.0%2.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-23.7%1.9%—12.3%7.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.419.2%2.4%14.3%13.8%13.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-33.7%3.0%10.8%9.4%9.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—67.92x13.46x27.22x27.22x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—18.58x8.68x15.17x15.17x
Price to book-214.34x1.60x1.92x3.77x1.92x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-21.28x2.37x2.78x1.26x2.37x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/98/97/98/98.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressn/a for bankssafe

How GH compares with the others

  • GH's operating margin of -44.5% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (3.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 32.9% against 11.2%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -21.3x against 2.4x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.