COMPARE · Data as of August 24, 2026
BHC vs VTRS
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BHC scored 71.3, VTRS scored 50.1 — BHC leads.
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BHC
Bausch Health Companies Inc.
71.3
$6.68 · $2.5B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
21.2
BHC leads
VTRS
Viatris Inc.
50.1
$16.54 · $19.0B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestBHC0.2x
- Fastest growthBHC+10.1%
- Highest qualityBHC63 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueBHC-86%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/S multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
BHC
stronger →← stronger
VTRS
63
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
38
64
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
42
91
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
77
BHC is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BHC
VTRS
$1.4bC+
FCF
$2.0bC+
+10.1%B
Rev
+4.5%C+
—
D/E
0.96C
0.2xA
P/S
1.3xA-
0.01A
PEG
1.05B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
BHC
VTRS
86% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
44% below
decline
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
+677%
1-yr DCF upside
+71%
+599%
5-yr DCF upside
+80%
+504%
10-yr DCF upside
+93%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BHC
VTRS
The companies
BHCBausch Health Companies Inc.
Why now
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · market cap $2.5b. 17% off the 52-week high of $8.00. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.01 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $7.50 (implying +12% upside).
Moat
ROE 62% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Pharma moat is patent runway + pipeline depth — a single approved molecule funds the next generation of bets. Late-stage trials carry binary readouts that swing valuation 30%+.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -10.1%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Trial-readout binary — late-stage clinical trials carry approve/reject outcomes that swing valuation 30%+; the equity is effectively a portfolio of these binary events, not a steady cash-flow business.
VTRSViatris Inc.
Why now
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic · market cap $19.0b. 10% off the 52-week high of $18.39. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $18.50 (implying +12% upside).
Moat
Pharma moat is patent runway + pipeline depth — a single approved molecule funds the next generation of bets. Late-stage trials carry binary readouts that swing valuation 30%+.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -23.9%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. ROE -25% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate. Patent cliff exposure — a single approved molecule can carry the company; when patent protection expires, generic / biosimilar competition can erase 80% of the revenue in 2-3 years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where BHC and VTRS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 21.2 points in favor of BHC. The widest single difference is Quality, where BHC leads by 24.5 points.
- QualityBHC 62.9 · VTRS 38.4BHC +24.5
- GrowthBHC 63.7 · VTRS 42.3BHC +21.4
- ValueBHC 90.6 · VTRS 77.5BHC +13.1
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.