How comparing works here

How do I compare two companies?

Type the tickers into the box above — up to five at once. Every row is read from the companies' own annual filings, so a comparison shows the same measure computed the same way for each of them rather than whatever each company chose to highlight.

Can I compare an ETF with a stock?

Yes, and the table changes to suit. Two funds are compared on cost, income, spread and record, because revenue growth and debt mean nothing for a fund. A fund against a company shows only what both of them have.

Side by side

Compare

Put up to 4 companies, funds, commodities or coins next to each other — health, valuation, growth and performance.

Every row is computed the same way for every column, from each company's own annual filing, so a comparison is not a collection of whichever figures each of them chose to put in a press release. Funds are compared on what a fund is actually judged on: cost, income, spread and record.

Relative performance

Rebased so every symbol starts at 0%

Loading price history…

Side by side

Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricJANJanus Living, Inc.WELLWELLTOWER INC.VTRVentas, Inc.OHIOMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INCMedian of the restexcluding JAN
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$28.64▲ 0.29 (1.02%)
$234.19▼ 3.89 (1.63%)
$86.49▲ 1.98 (2.34%)
$45.55▲ 0.66 (1.47%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.7/108.7/107.3/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$5.18B$163.12B$37.81B$13.46B
Revenue$771.2M$8.45B$5.83B$1.19B
Profit-$61.1M$961.8M$261.5M$590.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.35.7%40.2%18.5%13.2%18.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—23.2%——23.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-12.2%————
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-7.9%11.4%4.5%49.6%11.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.1.7%21.7%-22.0%67.0%21.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-3.5%2.3%2.1%11.4%2.3%
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.-7.9%————
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—169.59x144.57x22.81x144.57x
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.—————
Price to book2.93x3.87x3.02x2.60x3.02x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.57x0.57x1.17x0.89x0.89x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/76/86/76/76.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How JAN compares with the others

  • JAN's profit margin of -7.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (11.4%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 35.7% against 18.5%.
  • 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: 0.6x against 0.9x.

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