BKD vs OPCH vs SNDA Stock Comparison

Brookdale Senior Living, Option Care Health and Sonida Senior Living Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
OPCH Option Care Health, Inc.
$31.29 +36.6% 1M +11.0% 1Y
Market cap
$4.87B
P/E
23.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.69B
Div. yield
–
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
6 wins
SNDA Sonida Senior Living, Inc.
$33.60 -10.7% 1M +28.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.61B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$525.97M
Div. yield
–
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Option Care Health leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Option Care Health 6, Sonida Senior Living 3, Brookdale Senior Living 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBKDOPCHSNDALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.47B $4.87B $1.61B OPCH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -17.8x 23.3x -11.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 332.3x 16.1x — OPCH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.4% +5.9% +49.4% SNDA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.5% 3.7% -27.6% OPCH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.5% 9.9% -2.7% OPCH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.9x 2.4x 52.8x OPCH
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +12.9% +11.0% +28.4% SNDA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.9%/yr +2.7%/yr +3.6%/yr BKD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.2% 52.0% 37.5% SNDA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 54/100 19/100 OPCH

Percentile Scorecard

BKDOPCHSNDA

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

AxisBKDOPCHSNDA
Valuation 63 #35 of 92 79 #20 of 92 30 #65 of 92
Growth 35 #57 of 87 26 #65 of 87 16 #73 of 87
Profitability 55 #39 of 86 68 #28 of 86 26 #64 of 86
Financial Health 10 #87 of 97 42 #57 of 97 19 #79 of 97
Shareholder Returns – – 6 #52 of 55
Overall 41 54 19
  • BKD ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • OPCH 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

PeriodBKDOPCHSNDASPY
1 month -9.8%+36.6%-10.7% +0.9%
3 months -32.9%+30.8%-17.6% +5.9%
6 months -29.2%+16.4%-10.4% +8.5%
Year to date -7.6%-1.8%+3.0% +13.3%
1 year +12.9%+11.0%+28.4% +12.4%
3 years +153.7%+17.5%+284.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year +36.4%+5.5%+56.6% +23.5%
5 years +53.4%+14.5%+19.1% +68.2%
5 years, per year +8.9%+2.7%+3.6% +11.0%
10 years -32.0%—-85.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year -3.8%—-17.7% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureBKDOPCHSNDASPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.2%52.0%37.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.2%50.4%34.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.290.050.31 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.330.210.76 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.0%-46.7%-82.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.5%-14.5%-22.2% -0.9%
52-week high $16.77$36.59$43.17 $779.14
52-week low $8.83$19.52$25.53 $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.

MultipleBKDOPCHSNDA
P/E now vs peer median -17.2xmedian 25.6x 22.8xmedian 25.6x -10.8xmedian 25.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.6x 0.8xmedian 1.6x 3.0xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 16.3x 13.8xmedian 16.3x 108.0xmedian 16.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 9,839xmedian 21.3x 15.4xmedian 21.3x -23.3xmedian 21.3x
P/B now vs peer median -82.2xmedian 3.3x 3.7xmedian 3.3x 1.8xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median 2.32median 0.68 22.11median 0.68 -1.20median 0.68

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 monthsBKDOPCHSNDA
Revenue $3.05B $5.69B $525.97M
Gross profit $2.93B $1.09B –
Operating income $106.04M $333.69M –
Net income -$138.35M $209.58M -$123.67M
Free cash flow $242.00K $303.85M -$68.36M
EPS (diluted) $-0.57 $1.37 $-3.11
Cash & equivalents $370.39M $193.77M $48.71M
Total debt $4.27B $1.16B $1.57B
Shares (diluted) 243.89M 153.49M 46.81M
Enterprise value $1.27B $3.96B $1.45B

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
MetricBKDOPCHSNDA
P/E -17.2x 22.8x -10.8x
P/FCF 9,839x 15.4x -23.3x
P/Operating cash flow 10.6x 13.5x -102.3x
P/S 0.8x 0.8x 3.0x
P/B -82.2x 3.7x 1.8x
P/Tangible book -82.2x 4.8x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 14.4x 13.8x 108.0x
EV/EBIT 59.1x 16.9x -46.0x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 1.0x 5.9x
EV/FCF 25,882x 18.6x -45.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 28.0x 16.3x -200.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.32 22.11 -1.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBKDOPCHSNDA
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.4% 5.9% 49.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0% 11.3% 29.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -3.9% 2.6% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.7% 5.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 101.6% -0.1% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.1% 6.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 43.0% -0.8% -243.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.3% -4.4% -88.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 45.1% 6.1% -44.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -7.4% 1.0% 9.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 2.4% 24.0% -223.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.6% -3.8% -72.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 100.1% 26.0% 66.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.0% -4.7% -58.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBKDOPCHSNDA
Gross margin 96.1% 19.1% –
EBITDA margin 14.3% 7.2% 5.5%
Operating margin 3.5% 5.9% –
Pretax margin -4.4% 5.0% -23.4%
Net margin -4.5% 3.7% -27.6%
FCF margin 0.0% 5.3% -13.0%
Operating cash flow margin 7.3% 6.1% -3.0%
Return on equity – 16.0% -14.1%
Return on assets -2.3% 6.2% -4.8%
Return on invested capital 2.5% 9.9% -2.7%
Return on capital employed 2.0% 13.0% -2.7%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.7x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.6x 1.7x 0.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.7% 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBKDOPCHSNDA
Debt / assets 72.4% 34.3% 61.7%
Debt / equity -147.5x 0.9x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.9x 2.4x 52.8x
Debt / FCF 17,655x 3.8x -23.0x
Liabilities / assets 100.5% 62.7% 66.0%
Equity / assets -0.5% 37.3% 34.0%
Interest coverage – 6.2x -1.2x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.5x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score -0.18 3.88 0.37

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBKDOPCHSNDA
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – -6.8%
Shareholder yield 0.0% – -6.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusBKDOPCHSNDA
Forward P/E 332.3xFY2026 16.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.03FY2026 $1.94FY2026 $-3.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +12.8%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +433.3% +12.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.81BFY2026 $5.93BFY2026 $682.14MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -12.0%FY2026 +5.0%FY2026 +79.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.6% -2.1% +17.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBKDOPCHSNDA
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 79.1%
Institutions holding 293 372 228
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.6% -4.6% +44.5%
Institutions buying 165 212 132
Institutions selling 92 121 55
Buyers to sellers 1.79 1.75 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.

BKDOPCHSNDA
BKD 1.00 0.10 0.43
OPCH 0.10 1.00 0.06
SNDA 0.43 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BKD, OPCH and SNDA?

Option Care Health (OPCH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) $2.47B, Option Care Health (OPCH) $4.87B, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) $1.61B.

Which company is growing faster?

Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -4.4%, Option Care Health (OPCH) +5.9%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) +49.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Option Care Health (OPCH) has the highest net margin (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -4.5%, Option Care Health (OPCH) 3.7%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) -27.6%). On return on invested capital, Option Care Health (OPCH) leads (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 2.5%, Option Care Health (OPCH) 9.9%, 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) +12.9%, Option Care Health (OPCH) +11.0%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) +28.4%. Over five years, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) compounded fastest (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) +8.9%/yr, Option Care Health (OPCH) +2.7%/yr, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) +3.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) has been the steadiest (Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 39.2%, Option Care Health (OPCH) 52.0%, Sonida Senior Living (SNDA) 37.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BKD, OPCH 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, Option Care Health (OPCH) 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.