ADUS vs BTSG vs MCK Stock Comparison

Addus HomeCare, BrightSpring Health Services and Mckesson Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ADUS Addus HomeCare Corp
$121.24 +7.1% 1M -0.2% 1Y
Market cap
$2.23B
P/E
21.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.48B
Div. yield
–
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
6 wins
MCK Mckesson Corp
$967.03 +11.6% 1M +19.2% 1Y
Market cap
$114.32B
P/E
24.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$410.98B
Div. yield
0.00%
Drug Distribution Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Addus HomeCare leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Addus HomeCare 6, Mckesson 3, BrightSpring Health Services 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionADUSBTSGMCKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.23B $12.13B $114.32B MCK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.2x 33.2x 24.9x ADUS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.8x 33.7x 20.5x ADUS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.9% +26.4% +8.8% BTSG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.1% 2.5% 1.1% ADUS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.2% 8.6% 107.9% MCK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.2x 2.6x 0.6x ADUS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.2% +72.5% +19.2% BTSG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.7%/yr — +36.4%/yr MCK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.2% 44.6% 30.7% ADUS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 64/100 57/100 ADUS

Percentile Scorecard

ADUSBTSGMCK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisADUSBTSGMCK
Valuation 86 #14 of 92 66 #32 of 92 50 #13 of 25
Growth 61 #35 of 87 93 #7 of 87 65 #9 of 24
Profitability 73 #24 of 86 57 #38 of 86 61 #10 of 24
Financial Health 87 #14 of 97 41 #58 of 97 52 #13 of 26
Shareholder Returns 40 #34 of 56 62 #22 of 56 57 #7 of 15
Overall 69 64 57
  • ADUS ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • BTSG ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • MCK ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodADUSBTSGMCKSPY
1 month +7.1%+3.1%+11.6% -0.2%
3 months +1.7%-19.5%+8.7% +3.9%
6 months +22.7%+22.9%+15.8% +8.2%
Year to date +12.9%+55.8%+17.9% +12.9%
1 year -0.2%+72.5%+19.2% +12.3%
3 years +48.0%—+115.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +14.0%—+29.3% +23.3%
5 years +38.6%—+371.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year +6.7%—+36.4% +10.9%
10 years +379.6%—+502.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year +17.0%—+19.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureADUSBTSGMCKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.2%44.6%30.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.8%51.5%27.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.181.30-0.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.011.630.62 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -34.9%-35.6%-27.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -1.2%-20.0%-6.1% -1.2%
52-week high $122.75$72.91$1,030.18 $779.14
52-week low $88.49$31.36$725.17 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleADUSBTSGMCK
P/E now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 24.6x 32.9xmedian 24.6x 25.0xmedian 23.9x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.6x 0.8xmedian 1.6x 0.3xmedian 0.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.4xmedian 14.6x 21.2xmedian 14.6x 16.2xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 21.6x 28.6xmedian 21.6x 17.6xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 3.2x 5.6xmedian 3.2x -26.6xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.06median 0.66 —median 0.66 2.09median 1.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsADUSBTSGMCK
Revenue $1.48B $14.37B $410.98B
Gross profit $477.75M $1.78B $14.96B
Operating income $148.23M $447.80M $6.50B
Net income $105.31M $365.85M $5.30B
Free cash flow $154.77M $402.35M $6.42B
EPS (diluted) $5.70 $1.66 $38.52
Cash & equivalents $99.57M $550.38M $5.16B
Total debt $61.60M $2.19B $9.73B
Shares (diluted) 18.47M 220.28M 119.20M
Enterprise value $1.85B $10.47B $98.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricADUSBTSGMCK
P/E 21.1x 32.9x 25.0x
P/FCF 14.6x 28.6x 17.6x
P/Operating cash flow 13.9x 22.8x 16.5x
P/S 1.5x 0.8x 0.3x
P/B 2.0x 5.6x -26.6x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 7.5x -13.7x
EV/EBITDA 13.4x 21.2x 16.2x
EV/EBIT 15.0x 29.4x 18.1x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 0.9x 0.3x
EV/FCF 14.4x 32.7x 18.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.7x 26.0x 17.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.06 – 2.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricADUSBTSGMCK
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.9% 26.4% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 13.9% – 13.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.1% 29.4% 11.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.9% – 6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.5% 143.5% 46.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.6% – 13.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 26.9% 472.6% 58.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.1% – 10.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.0% 448.6% 52.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 19.9% – 12.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 61.7% 88.6% 4.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.4% – 10.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 65.3% 110.5% 6.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.9% – 11.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricADUSBTSGMCK
Gross margin 32.4% 12.4% 3.6%
EBITDA margin 11.3% 4.3% 1.8%
Operating margin 10.0% 3.1% 1.6%
Pretax margin 9.5% 2.1% 1.6%
Net margin 7.1% 2.5% 1.1%
FCF margin 10.5% 2.8% 1.6%
Operating cash flow margin 11.0% 3.5% 1.7%
Return on equity 9.3% 18.2% –
Return on assets 7.3% 6.0% 6.2%
Return on invested capital 9.2% 8.6% 107.9%
Return on capital employed 11.6% 9.9% 43.4%
Asset turnover 1.0x 2.4x 4.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x 1.4x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 0.4% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricADUSBTSGMCK
Debt / assets 4.2% 36.6% 11.0%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.1x -2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.2x 2.6x 0.6x
Debt / FCF 0.4x 5.4x 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 21.2% 65.8% 104.8%
Equity / assets 78.8% 34.2% -4.8%
Interest coverage 14.9x 2.9x 23.6x
Current ratio 1.7x 1.6x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.5x 1.1x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 6.36 4.60 5.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricADUSBTSGMCK
Dividend yield – – 0.4%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.6% 5.9%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 0.6% 6.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 7.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 6.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 11.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 10.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusADUSBTSGMCK
Forward P/E 16.8xFY2026 33.7xFY2026 20.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.20FY2026 $1.73FY2026 $47.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.6%FY2026 +73.0%FY2026 +20.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.1% +42.2% +11.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.57BFY2026 $16.01BFY2026 $444.47BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.8%FY2026 +24.0%FY2026 +10.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.1% +1.4% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersADUSBTSGMCK
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 89.1%
Institutions holding 303 421 2,009
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.8% -0.7% -0.7%
Institutions buying 162 309 881
Institutions selling 94 83 791
Buyers to sellers 1.72 3.72 1.11

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ADUSBTSGMCK
ADUS 1.00 0.21 0.13
BTSG 0.21 1.00 0.06
MCK 0.13 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ADUS, BTSG and MCK?

Mckesson (MCK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Addus HomeCare (ADUS) $2.23B, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) $12.13B, Mckesson (MCK) $114.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, ADUS, BTSG and MCK?

Addus HomeCare (ADUS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Addus HomeCare (ADUS) 21.2x, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 33.2x, Mckesson (MCK) 24.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Addus HomeCare (ADUS) is cheapest (Addus HomeCare (ADUS) 16.8x, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 33.7x, Mckesson (MCK) 20.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Addus HomeCare (ADUS) +15.9%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) +26.4%, Mckesson (MCK) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Addus HomeCare (ADUS) has the highest net margin (Addus HomeCare (ADUS) 7.1%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 2.5%, Mckesson (MCK) 1.1%). On return on invested capital, Mckesson (MCK) leads (Addus HomeCare (ADUS) 9.2%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 8.6%, Mckesson (MCK) 107.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) returned the most: Addus HomeCare (ADUS) -0.2%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) +72.5%, Mckesson (MCK) +19.2%. Over five years, Mckesson (MCK) compounded fastest (Addus HomeCare (ADUS) +6.7%/yr, Mckesson (MCK) +36.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Addus HomeCare (ADUS) 0.00%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 0.00%, Mckesson (MCK) 0.00%. Addus HomeCare (ADUS) and BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Addus HomeCare (ADUS) has been the steadiest (Addus HomeCare (ADUS) 29.2%, BrightSpring Health Services (BTSG) 44.6%, Mckesson (MCK) 30.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ADUS, BTSG and MCK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Addus HomeCare (ADUS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.