Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HNGE scored 72.0, BTSG scored 63.1 — HNGE leads.
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HNGE
Hinge Health, Inc.
Health Information Services · Quality-Growth
72
$102.90 · $8.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.9
HNGE leads
BTSG
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc.
Health Information Services · Quality-Growth
63.1
$63.74 · $12.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestHNGE32.4x
Fastest growthHNGE+50.6%
Strongest balance sheetHNGE0.02
Highest qualityHNGE97 / 100
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)
HNGE
stronger →← stronger
BTSG
97
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
49
88
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
95
53
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
54
BTSG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HNGE
BTSG
$284mC
FCF
$402mC
+50.6%A
Rev
+28.2%A-
0.02A-
D/E
1.16C
32.4xC+
P/E
56.4xC
4.23D
PEG
2.24C
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
HNGE
BTSG
26% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
120% above
~21%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~38%/yr
-39%
1-yr DCF upside
-65%
-21%
5-yr DCF upside
-55%
+17%
10-yr DCF upside
-36%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HNGE
Why this score
Short track record
BTSG
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
The companies
HNGEHinge Health, Inc.
Health Information Services · $102.90
Why now
Health Information Services · market cap $8.3b. Trading near 52-week high of $103.28 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +51% — in hypergrowth territory. 16 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $110.56 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 30% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
Trading within 0% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Trailing P/E 32x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 11.5x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where HNGE and BTSG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.9 points in favor of HNGE. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityHNGE 97.0 · BTSG 48.6HNGE +48.4
GrowthHNGE 87.8 · BTSG 95.2BTSG +7.4
ValueHNGE 53.3 · BTSG 54.2level
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 HNGE or BTSG the better stock?
HNGE scores higher: HNGE 72.0, BTSG 63.1 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 HNGE and BTSG differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where HNGE leads by 48 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 HNGE and BTSG 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.