Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	HCAHCA Healthcare	UHSUniversal Health Services	ELVElevance Health
Snapshot
Price	$376.99	$142.64	$394.82
Market cap	$83.23B	$8.89B	$84.37B
Valuation
P/E	12.3x	5.5x	16.2x
Forward P/E	9.5x	4.1x	17.6x
Growth
Revenue growth	6.7%	10.4%	9.4%
EPS growth	29.2%	34.8%	-8.3%
Profitability
Net margin	8.9%	8.6%	2.6%
ROE	695.7%	21.0%	11.9%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	54.2x	0.65x	0.73x
Free cash flow yield	8.9%	11.9%	8.3%
Dividend yield	0.8%	0.6%	1.7%
Verdict
Investment rating	Favorable· 61	Favorable· 65	Neutral· 48

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	HCAtoday $377	UHStoday $143	ELVtoday $395
2027	$365.28 – $535.74+42% CAGR	$144.23 – $211.54+48% CAGR	$302.04 – $442.99+12% CAGR
2028	$471.90 – $692.12+35% CAGR	$194.45 – $285.20+41% CAGR	$308.08 – $451.85+7% CAGR
2029	$609.65 – $894.15+33% CAGR	$262.16 – $384.50+39% CAGR	$314.24 – $460.88+5% CAGR
2030	$787.60 – $1,155.15+32% CAGR	$353.44 – $518.38+38% CAGR	$320.52 – $470.10+4% CAGR
2031	$1,017.50 – $1,492.34+32% CAGR	$476.51 – $698.88+37% CAGR	$326.93 – $479.50+4% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	22.0% – 31.7%	27.3% – 37.4%	-3.7% – 4.0%