COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
FMS vs UHS
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FMS scored 72.8, UHS scored 69.1 — FMS leads.
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FMS
Fresenius Medical Care AG
72.8
$23.43 · $12.5B
Score gap
3.7
FMS leads
UHS
Universal Health Services, Inc.
69.1
$177.26 · $10.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestUHS7.2x
- Fastest growthUHS+10.0%
- Strongest balance sheetUHS0.69
- Highest qualityFMS74 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueFMS-58%
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)
FMS
stronger →← stronger
UHS
74
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
68
75
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
59
81
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
82
FMS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FMS
UHS
$1.1bC+
FCF
$845mC+
+5.9%C+
Rev
+10.0%B
0.81C+
D/E
0.69C+
12.1xA
P/E
7.2xA
0.83B+
PEG
1.25B
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
FMS
UHS
58% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
19% below
~-6%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~0%/yr
+82%
1-yr DCF upside
+17%
+140%
5-yr DCF upside
+23%
+263%
10-yr DCF upside
+32%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
FMS
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Foreign reporter (EUR)
UHS
Why this score
- Buying back stock
The companies
FMSFresenius Medical Care AG
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $12.5b. 15% off the 52-week high of $27.64. PEG 0.83 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 7 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $26.02 (implying +11% upside).
Moat
Net margin 24% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
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.
Why now
Medical Care Facilities · market cap $10.4b. 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 $193.94 (implying +9% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% sits above Buffett's preferred 15% threshold — 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
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Where FMS and UHS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.7 points in favor of FMS. The widest single difference is Growth, where FMS leads by 16.7 points.
- GrowthFMS 75.3 · UHS 58.6FMS +16.7
- QualityFMS 74.2 · UHS 68.4FMS +5.8
- ValueFMS 80.6 · UHS 82.2level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a 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.