Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BTSG scored 63.1, PRVA scored 56.0 — BTSG leads.
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BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Health Information Services · Quality-Growth
63.1
$63.74 · $12.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
7.1
BTSG leads
PRVA
Privia Health Group, Inc.
Health Information Services · Quality-Growth
56
$20.85 · $2.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBTSG56.4x
Fastest growthBTSG+28.2%
Strongest balance sheetPRVA0.01
Highest qualityBTSG49 / 100
Largest discount to fair valuePRVA-20%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E 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)
BTSG
stronger →← stronger
PRVA
49
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
44
95
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
79
54
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
50
BTSG is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BTSG
PRVA
$402mC
FCF
$131mC
+28.2%A-
Rev
+24.1%A-
1.16C
D/E
0.01A-
56.4xC
P/E
99.3xD
2.24C
PEG
27.41D
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
BTSG
PRVA
120% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
20% below
~38%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~7%/yr
-65%
1-yr DCF upside
+1%
-55%
5-yr DCF upside
+25%
-36%
10-yr DCF upside
+74%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
BTSG
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
PRVA
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
The companies
BTSGBrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Health Information Services · $63.74 · beta 1.88
Why now
Health Information Services · market cap $12.6b. 14% off the 52-week high of $73.75. Revenue growing +28% — in hypergrowth territory. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $78.94 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 162% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 56.4x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Beta 1.88 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Net margin 2.5% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
PRVAPrivia Health Group, Inc.
Health Information Services · $20.85 · beta 0.80
Why now
Health Information Services · market cap $2.7b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $28.82 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $31.47 (implying +51% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of stock-based pay ($76m) — a real cost to shareholders, paid in shares rather than cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 99.3x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Net margin 1.2% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 4% 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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where BTSG and PRVA diverge
On the headline score the gap is 7.1 points in favor of BTSG. The widest single difference is Growth, where BTSG leads by 16.5 points.
GrowthBTSG 95.2 · PRVA 78.7BTSG +16.5
QualityBTSG 48.6 · PRVA 44.2BTSG +4.4
ValueBTSG 54.2 · PRVA 50.4BTSG +3.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value 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.
Common questions
Is BTSG or PRVA the better stock?
BTSG scores higher: BTSG 63.1, PRVA 56.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do BTSG and PRVA differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where BTSG leads by 17 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. BTSG leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are BTSG and PRVA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.