Caris Life Sciences vs Guardant Health
CAI and GH side by side, both in health services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CAI and GH compare
Guardant Health is the larger company, worth 2.5 times as much as Caris Life Sciences ($24.0B against $9.7B).
Caris Life Sciences grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (85.4% versus 42.7% for Guardant Health).
Caris Life Sciences keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.6% compared with −38.3% at Guardant Health.
Guardant Health scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 8 for Caris Life Sciences), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CAI | GH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $9.7B | $24.0B |
| Share price | $34.33 | $178.80 |
| Change, 1 year | 16.6% | 147% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 62.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.10 | 1.61 |
| Employees | 1,846 | 2,506 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 9.8× (better) | 20.3× |
| P/B | 16.4× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 78.3× | – |
| FCF yield | 1.3% (better) | −1.0% |
| Fair value | $14.85 | – |
| Margin of safety | −131% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 85.4% (better) | 42.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 27.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 65.0% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% (better) | −39.7% |
| Net margin | 10.6% (better) | −38.3% |
| FCF margin | 12.5% (better) | −20.3% |
| Return on equity | 20.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 31.0% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.66 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.67 | – |
| Interest coverage | 3.3× (better) | −97.6× |
| Current ratio | 5.53 (better) | 4.03 |
| Altman Z-score | 8.28 (better) | 4.83 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 0.22% (better) | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.22% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 54.5% | 99.8% |
| Held by insiders | 64.1% | 1.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$27.3M (better) | −$174M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 13.7% | 9.1% |
Go deeper
- CAI stock overview
- CAI income statement
- CAI valuation and score
- GH stock overview
- GH income statement
- GH valuation and score
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