Both in General Medical Hospitals

Ardent Health vs HCA Healthcare

Over the past year ARDT returned −10.8% and HCA returned +8.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.35.

ARDT −10.8% HCA +8.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricARDTHCA
Price$12.99$510.70
Market cap$1.83B$106.68B
Today+10.93%+10.34%
1 month+21.6%+18.2%
6 months+38.6%+18.9%
Year to date+47.1%+9.4%
1 year−11.5%+10.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)−1.4%+3.6%
Gross margin100.0%100.0%
Net margin1.0%8.0%
P/E (TTM)23.4×15.7×
Price / sales0.3×1.4×
Net cash-$377.3M-$49.59B
Dividend yield—0.61%
Volatility (60d)36.2%33.5%
Short % of float16.3%2.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).