Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. PACS scored 70.1, ADUS scored 74.5 — ADUS leads.
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PACS
PACS Group, Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · Quality-Growth
70.1
$43.30 · $6.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
4.4
ADUS leads
ADUS
Addus HomeCare Corporation
Medical Care Facilities · Quality-Growth
74.5
$114.33 · $2.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestADUS20.0x
Fastest growthADUS+23.2%
Strongest balance sheetADUS0.09
Highest qualityPACS63 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueADUS-35%
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)
PACS
stronger →← stronger
ADUS
63
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
59
89
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
84
62
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
84
PACS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
PACS
ADUS
$121mC
FCF
$155mC
+15.2%B+
Rev
+23.2%A-
3.05D
D/E
0.09B+
25.3xB
P/E
20.0xB+
1.10B+
PEG
1.00B+
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
PACS
ADUS
197% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
35% below
~39%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-1%/yr
-71%
1-yr DCF upside
+35%
-66%
5-yr DCF upside
+53%
-59%
10-yr DCF upside
+83%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
PACS
Why this score
Short track record
ADUS
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
PACSPACS Group, Inc.
Medical Care Facilities · $43.30 · beta -0.08
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $6.9b. 13% off the 52-week high of $49.49. Revenue growing +15%, comfortably above the S&P median. 6 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $59.00 (implying +36% upside).
Moat
ROE 24% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
D/E 3.05 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Net margin 4.8% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
ADUSAddus HomeCare Corporation
Medical Care Facilities · $114.33 · beta 0.83
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $2.1b. 8% off the 52-week high of $124.44. Revenue growing +23%, comfortably above the S&P median. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $134.08 (implying +17% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 147% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
ADUS leads PACS by 4.3 points (74.9 to 70.6), its sharpest advantage coming in D/E (grade B+).
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where PACS and ADUS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 4.4 points in favor of ADUS. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
ValuePACS 61.5 · ADUS 83.6ADUS +22.1
GrowthPACS 88.9 · ADUS 83.6PACS +5.3
QualityPACS 63.1 · ADUS 59.1PACS +4.0
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 ADUS or PACS the better stock?
ADUS scores higher: ADUS 74.5, PACS 70.1 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 ADUS and PACS differ most?
The widest gap is value, where ADUS leads by 22 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 ADUS and PACS 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.