BKD vs CHE vs SNDA Stock Comparison

Brookdale Senior Living, Chemed and Sonida Senior Living Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CHE Chemed Corp
$548.43 +7.2% 1M +24.9% 1Y
Market cap
$7.00B
P/E
24.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.66B
Div. yield
0.00%
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
7 wins
SNDA Sonida Senior Living, Inc.
$37.01 +0.7% 1M +43.8% 1Y
Market cap
$1.60B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$525.97M
Div. yield
–
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Chemed leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Chemed 7, Sonida Senior Living 2, Brookdale Senior Living 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBKDCHESNDALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.61B $7.00B $1.60B CHE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -18.9x 24.8x -11.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 373.3x 20.7x — CHE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.4% +5.2% +49.4% SNDA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.5% 10.6% -27.6% CHE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.5% 26.5% -2.7% CHE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.9x 0.4x 52.8x CHE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +22.1% +24.9% +43.8% SNDA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.2%/yr +2.0%/yr +5.5%/yr BKD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.9% 29.2% 38.4% CHE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 56/100 18/100 CHE

Percentile Scorecard

BKDCHESNDA

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

AxisBKDCHESNDA
Valuation 59 #40 of 95 50 #48 of 95 26 #71 of 95
Growth 35 #58 of 88 13 #77 of 88 17 #73 of 88
Profitability 51 #43 of 87 93 #7 of 87 24 #66 of 87
Financial Health 10 #90 of 100 66 #35 of 100 16 #84 of 100
Shareholder Returns – 60 #24 of 58 5 #55 of 58
Overall 39 56 18
  • BKD ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • CHE ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • SNDA ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBKDCHESNDASPY
1 month +6.2%+7.2%+0.7% -1.0%
3 months -22.3%+0.4%-7.1% -0.4%
6 months -21.0%+29.2%-0.4% +4.5%
Year to date +3.8%+28.2%+13.5% +12.4%
1 year +22.1%+24.9%+43.8% +13.6%
3 years +170.5%-6.6%+311.2% +76.4%
3 years, per year +39.4%-2.3%+60.3% +20.8%
5 years +48.0%+10.5%+30.8% +63.7%
5 years, per year +8.2%+2.0%+5.5% +10.4%
10 years -10.4%+311.5%-80.8% +267.7%
10 years, per year -1.1%+15.2%-15.2% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureBKDCHESNDASPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.9%29.2%38.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.2%32.4%35.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.360.020.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.550.851.14 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.0%-43.4%-82.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.2%-0.7%-14.3% -1.6%
52-week high $16.77$552.43$43.17 $779.14
52-week low $9.11$368.59$25.74 $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.

MultipleBKDCHESNDA
P/E now vs peer median -19.4xmedian 25.6x 25.6xmedian 25.6x -11.9xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.6x 2.7xmedian 1.6x 3.3xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 15.0xmedian 16.0x 16.7xmedian 16.0x 113.6xmedian 16.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11,053xmedian 21.6x 24.2xmedian 21.6x -25.6xmedian 21.6x
P/B now vs peer median -92.3xmedian 3.4x 8.3xmedian 3.4x 2.0xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 2.60median 0.74 2.57median 0.74 -1.33median 0.74

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 monthsBKDCHESNDA
Revenue $3.05B $2.66B $525.97M
Gross profit $2.93B $892.52M –
Operating income $106.04M $370.86M –
Net income -$138.35M $282.40M -$123.67M
Free cash flow $242.00K $295.45M -$68.36M
EPS (diluted) $-0.57 $21.40 $-3.11
Cash & equivalents $370.39M $48.43M $48.71M
Total debt $4.27B $236.00M $1.57B
Shares (diluted) 243.89M 13.20M 46.81M
Enterprise value $1.42B $6.82B $1.44B

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
MetricBKDCHESNDA
P/E -19.4x 25.6x -11.9x
P/FCF 11,053x 24.2x -25.6x
P/Operating cash flow 11.9x 19.7x -112.7x
P/S 0.9x 2.7x 3.3x
P/B -92.3x 8.3x 2.0x
P/Tangible book -92.3x 9.1x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 15.0x 16.7x 113.6x
EV/EBIT 61.8x 19.8x -48.4x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 2.8x 6.2x
EV/FCF 27,095x 24.8x -47.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.3x 20.2x -210.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.60 2.57 -1.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBKDCHESNDA
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.4% 5.2% 49.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 6.1% 29.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -3.9% 6.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 5.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 101.6% 5.5% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 6.1% –
Net income growth (1Y) 43.0% 1.3% -243.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.3% 4.9% -88.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 45.1% 10.6% -44.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.4% 10.0% 9.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.4% -13.5% -223.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.6% 4.1% -72.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 100.1% -18.0% 66.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.0% 4.5% -58.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBKDCHESNDA
Gross margin 96.1% 33.5% –
EBITDA margin 14.3% 16.5% 5.5%
Operating margin 3.5% 13.9% –
Pretax margin -4.4% 14.4% -23.4%
Net margin -4.5% 10.6% -27.6%
FCF margin 0.0% 11.1% -13.0%
Operating cash flow margin 7.3% 13.6% -3.0%
Return on equity – 33.4% -14.1%
Return on assets -2.3% 17.1% -4.8%
Return on invested capital 2.5% 26.5% -2.7%
Return on capital employed 2.0% 28.1% -2.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.6x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.6x 1.3x 0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 1.2% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBKDCHESNDA
Debt / assets 72.4% 13.7% 61.7%
Debt / equity -147.5x 0.3x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.9x 0.4x 52.8x
Debt / FCF 17,655x 0.8x -23.0x
Liabilities / assets 100.5% 49.9% 66.0%
Equity / assets -0.5% 50.1% 34.0%
Interest coverage – 75.4x -1.2x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.1x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.15 9.84 0.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBKDCHESNDA
Dividend yield – 0.5% –
Net buyback yield – 6.9% -6.2%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 7.4% -6.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 11.9% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 11.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 9.9% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 13.5% –

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.

ConsensusBKDCHESNDA
Forward P/E 373.3xFY2026 20.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.03FY2026 $26.52FY2026 $-3.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +23.1%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +433.3% +8.0% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.81BFY2026 $2.66BFY2026 $682.14MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -12.0%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026 +79.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.6% +15.2% +17.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBKDCHESNDA
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 79.1%
Institutions holding 293 528 230
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.6% +2.8% +44.5%
Institutions buying 165 276 132
Institutions selling 92 187 55
Buyers to sellers 1.79 1.48 2.40

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.

BKDCHESNDA
BKD 1.00 0.15 0.50
CHE 0.15 1.00 0.15
SNDA 0.50 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BKD, CHE and SNDA?

Chemed (CHE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) $2.61B, Chemed (CHE) $7.00B, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) $1.60B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -4.4%, Chemed (CHE) +5.2%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) +49.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Chemed (CHE) has the highest net margin (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -4.5%, Chemed (CHE) 10.6%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) -27.6%). On return on invested capital, Chemed (CHE) leads (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 2.5%, Chemed (CHE) 26.5%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) -2.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) returned the most: Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) +22.1%, Chemed (CHE) +24.9%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) +43.8%. Over five years, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) compounded fastest (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) +8.2%/yr, Chemed (CHE) +2.0%/yr, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) +5.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 0.00%, Chemed (CHE) 0.00%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) 0.00%. Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) and Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Chemed (CHE) has been the steadiest (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 39.9%, Chemed (CHE) 29.2%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) 38.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BKD, CHE and SNDA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Chemed (CHE) leads on 7. 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.