Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. OPCH scored 70.3, AVAH scored 76.3 — AVAH leads.
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Different reporting periods. AVAH's fundamentals are as of July 2026, but OPCH's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
OPCH
Option Care Health, Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · Quality-Growth
70.3
$31.07 · $4.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.0
AVAH leads
AVAH
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · Quality-Growth
76.3
$12.25 · $2.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestAVAH9.7x
Fastest growthAVAH+19.5%
Strongest balance sheetOPCH1.01
Highest qualityOPCH62 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueOPCH-19%
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)
OPCH
stronger →← stronger
AVAH
62
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
60
79
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
89
71
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
84
AVAH is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
OPCH
AVAH
$213mC
FCF
$154mC
+13.0%B+
Rev
+19.5%B+
1.01C
D/E
5.23D
23.5xB+
P/E
9.7xA
1.49B
PEG
0.96B+
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
OPCH
AVAH
19% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
64% above
~4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~21%/yr
+10%
1-yr DCF upside
-44%
+24%
5-yr DCF upside
-39%
+49%
10-yr DCF upside
-33%
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
OPCH
Why this score
Buying back stock
AVAH
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
The companies
OPCHOption Care Health, Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · $31.07 · beta 0.58
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $4.7b. 16% off the 52-week high of $36.80. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $29.52 (implying -5% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 103% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Net margin 3.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
AVAHAveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · $12.25 · beta 1.95
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $2.7b. 17% off the 52-week high of $14.71. Revenue growing +20%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.96 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $14.85 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
ROE 96% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which.
Risk
D/E 5.23 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Beta 1.95 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where OPCH and AVAH diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.0 points in favor of AVAH. The widest single difference is Value, where AVAH leads by 13.0 points.
ValueOPCH 70.8 · AVAH 83.8AVAH +13.0
GrowthOPCH 79.3 · AVAH 88.9AVAH +9.6
QualityOPCH 61.9 · AVAH 59.6level
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 AVAH or OPCH the better stock?
AVAH scores higher: AVAH 76.3, OPCH 70.3 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 AVAH and OPCH differ most?
The widest gap is value, where AVAH leads by 13 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. AVAH also leads growth, while quality is effectively level between them.
How are AVAH and OPCH 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.