BMGL vs FMS Stock Comparison

Basel Medical and Fresenius Medical Care AG Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG
$22.76 +0.4% 1M -16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$13.10B
P/E
12.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.07B
Div. yield
–
Healthcare Services Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

3 decided of 12

Fresenius Medical Care AG leads on 2 of the 12 questions below (Fresenius Medical Care AG 2, Basel Medical 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBMGLFMSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.22M $13.10B FMS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 12.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 9.6x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -47.8% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 9.9% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 200.7x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +174.1% -16.4% BMGL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -8.0%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 287.8% 31.1% FMS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 50/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

BMGLFMS

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

AxisBMGLFMS
Valuation – 72 #27 of 93
Growth – 12 #78 of 88
Profitability – 62 #34 of 87
Financial Health 36 #64 of 100 13 #87 of 100
Shareholder Returns – 91 #6 of 56
Overall – 50
  • BMGL ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • FMS ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBMGLFMSSPY
1 month +23.0%+0.4% -0.8%
3 months -21.3%-8.5% +3.5%
6 months +645.9%+0.6% +7.0%
Year to date +828.6%-4.5% +12.2%
1 year +174.1%-16.4% +13.0%
3 years —+38.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+11.6% +23.1%
5 years —-33.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year —-8.0% +11.0%
10 years —-43.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-5.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBMGLFMSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 287.8%31.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 137.0%37.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.570.20 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.60-0.53 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.9%-63.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.5%-16.3% -1.8%
52-week high $8.35$27.20 $779.14
52-week low $0.49$20.19 $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.

MultipleBMGLFMS
P/E now vs peer median —median 25.1x 12.1xmedian 25.1x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.6x 1.1xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.5x 205.4xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 22.4x 6.1xmedian 22.4x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 3.1x 0.8xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.66 0.58median 0.66

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 monthsBMGLFMS
Revenue – $11.07B
Gross profit – -$5.62B
Operating income – $879.32M
Net income – $1.38B
Free cash flow – $2.08B
R&D – $180.01M
EPS (diluted) – $1.79
Cash & equivalents $1.04M $1.21B
Total debt $21.78M $572.99B
Shares (diluted) 1.57M 612.52M
Enterprise value $7.22M $5.05B

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
MetricBMGLFMS
P/E – 12.1x
P/FCF – 6.1x
P/Operating cash flow – 3.9x
P/S – 1.1x
P/B 1.4x 0.8x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA – 205.4x
EV/EBIT – 628.4x
EV/Revenue – 49.9x
EV/FCF – 265.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 167.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBMGLFMS
Revenue growth (1Y) – -47.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -18.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -207.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -45.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -45.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -16.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – 49.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 18.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – 52.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 20.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 9.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 9.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -7.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 4.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBMGLFMS
Gross margin – -50.7%
EBITDA margin – 24.3%
Operating margin – 7.9%
Pretax margin – 15.8%
Net margin – 9.9%
FCF margin – 18.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 29.8%
Return on equity – 2.7%
Return on assets – 1.2%
Return on invested capital – 0.2%
Return on capital employed – 3.2%
Asset turnover – 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBMGLFMS
Debt / assets 49.2% 1,515%
Debt / equity 1.5x 35.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 200.7x
Debt / FCF – 260.4x
Liabilities / assets 67.7% 56.8%
Equity / assets 32.3% 43.2%
Interest coverage – 2.0x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.33

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBMGLFMS
Dividend yield – 3.8%
Net buyback yield – 8.5%
Shareholder yield – 12.3%
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.

ConsensusBMGLFMS
Forward P/E – 9.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -6.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +7.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $21.50BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – -7.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBMGLFMS
Held by institutions – 7.3%
Institutions holding – 235
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.9%
Institutions buying – 151
Institutions selling – 41
Buyers to sellers – 3.68

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.

BMGLFMS
BMGL 1.00 0.02
FMS 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BMGL and FMS?

Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Basel Medical (BMGL) $7.22M, Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS) $13.10B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Basel Medical (BMGL) returned the most: Basel Medical (BMGL) +174.1%, Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS) -16.4%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS) has been the steadiest (Basel Medical (BMGL) 287.8%, Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS) 31.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do BMGL and FMS move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.02, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, BMGL and FMS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fresenius Medical Care AG (FMS) leads on 2. 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.