Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DVA scored 69.8, UHS scored 74.2 — UHS leads.
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DVA
DaVita Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · Quality-Growth
69.8
$179.25 · $11.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
4.4
UHS leads
UHS
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · Quality-Growth
74.2
$177.35 · $10.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestUHS7.2x
Fastest growthUHS+10.0%
Highest qualityDVA86 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueDVA-62%
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)
DVA
stronger →← stronger
UHS
86
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
68
68
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
67
58
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
90
DVA is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DVA
UHS
$1.6bC+
FCF
$845mC+
+6.4%C+
Rev
+10.0%B
Negative equity
D/E
0.69C+
15.1xA-
P/E
7.2xA
0.43A
PEG
1.19B+
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
DVA
UHS
62% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
23% below
~-17%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~0%/yr
+155%
1-yr DCF upside
+23%
+164%
5-yr DCF upside
+30%
+178%
10-yr DCF upside
+42%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DVA
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
UHS
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
DVADaVita Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · $179.25 · beta 0.80
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $11.4b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $247.49 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.43 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $219.86 (implying +23% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 190% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
UHSUniversal Health Services, Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · $177.35 · beta 1.03
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $10.5b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $246.33 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $194.94 (implying +10% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where DVA and UHS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 4.4 points in favor of UHS. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValueDVA 58.4 · UHS 89.7UHS +31.3
QualityDVA 85.9 · UHS 68.4DVA +17.5
GrowthDVA 67.8 · UHS 66.7level
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 UHS or DVA the better stock?
UHS scores higher: UHS 74.2, DVA 69.8 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 UHS and DVA differ most?
The widest gap is value, where UHS leads by 31 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are UHS and DVA 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.