HIMS vs ELV vs LFMD Stock Comparison

Hims & Hers Health, Elevance Health and LifeMD Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ELV Elevance Health, Inc.
$439.75 +10.3% 1M +27.0% 1Y
Market cap
$93.43B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$201.83B
Div. yield
–
Managed Care Healthcare
5 wins
LFMD LifeMD, Inc.
$2.13 -30.2% 1M -65.8% 1Y
Market cap
$99.64M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$67.35M
Div. yield
–
Telehealth Healthcare

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Elevance Health leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Elevance Health 5, Hims & Hers Health 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHIMSELVLFMDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.39B $93.43B $99.64M ELV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -45.0x 18.2x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.6x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.0% +3.6% -63.7% HIMS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -5.5% 2.5% — ELV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -153.2% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.0x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.9% +27.0% -65.8% ELV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +29.6%/yr +0.3%/yr -15.7%/yr HIMS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 86.7% 36.0% 78.7% ELV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 51/100 — ELV

Percentile Scorecard

HIMSELVLFMD

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

AxisHIMSELVLFMD
Valuation 33 #63 of 93 50 #13 of 25 –
Growth 41 #52 of 88 30 #17 of 24 –
Profitability 40 #53 of 87 44 #14 of 24 –
Financial Health 20 #80 of 100 44 #15 of 26 –
Shareholder Returns 67 #19 of 56 88 #3 of 17 –
Overall 40 51 –
  • HIMS ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • ELV ranked among 27 companies in Healthcare Payers and Distributors
  • LFMD ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHIMSELVLFMDSPY
1 month -2.5%+10.3%-30.2% -1.0%
3 months -1.4%+16.5%-42.6% +2.9%
6 months -9.4%+27.6%-54.1% +6.4%
Year to date -14.7%+25.4%-37.5% +11.4%
1 year -42.9%+27.0%-65.8% +13.1%
3 years +342.3%-2.8%-69.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +64.2%-1.0%-32.3% +21.5%
5 years +264.8%+1.5%-57.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year +29.6%+0.3%-15.7% +10.9%
10 years —+256.1%+63.8% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+13.5%+5.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHIMSELVLFMDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 86.7%36.0%78.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.0%39.3%73.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.760.291.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.490.75-0.84 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.9%-51.2%-85.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -43.2%-1.3%-66.2% -2.5%
52-week high $48.78$445.45$6.30 $779.14
52-week low $14.52$280.74$2.13 $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.

MultipleHIMSELVLFMD
P/E now vs peer median -45.2xmedian 25.3x 18.5xmedian 24.5x —median 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.5xmedian 1.6x 0.5xmedian 0.3x 1.5xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -93.3xmedian 14.6x -0.6xmedian 14.4x —median 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 77.8xmedian 22.7x 14.6xmedian 15.8x —median 22.7x
P/B now vs peer median 19.9xmedian 3.3x 2.1xmedian 2.5x —median 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.14median 0.66 -7.93median 1.35 —median 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 monthsHIMSELVLFMD
Revenue $2.58B $201.83B $67.35M
Gross profit $1.76B $53.35B –
Operating income -$154.52M -$142.23B –
Net income -$142.00M $5.13B –
Free cash flow $83.03M $6.51B –
R&D $183.38M – –
EPS (diluted) $-0.61 $23.62 –
Cash & equivalents $609.81M $10.35B –
Total debt – $30.76B –
Shares (diluted) 231.75M 217.60M 47.79M
Enterprise value $3.59B -$49.15B $99.64M

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
MetricHIMSELVLFMD
P/E -45.2x 18.5x –
P/FCF 77.8x 14.6x –
P/Operating cash flow 24.5x 12.5x –
P/S 2.5x 0.5x 1.5x
P/B 19.9x 2.1x –
P/Tangible book -65.4x 2.8x –
EV/EBITDA -93.3x -0.6x –
EV/EBIT -36.4x -0.6x –
EV/Revenue 2.2x 0.4x 1.5x
EV/FCF 67.7x 13.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 21.3x 11.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.14 -7.93 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHIMSELVLFMD
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.0% 3.6% -63.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 53.7% 6.2% -19.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.0% 4.3% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 45.7% 5.5% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -223.0% -4.2% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -43.7% -7.2% –
Net income growth (1Y) -173.3% -7.4% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -44.6% -5.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) -181.3% -4.5% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -39.6% -2.3% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.7% 54.6% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 117.6% -7.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -37.3% 72.9% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 67.0% -7.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHIMSELVLFMD
Gross margin 68.4% 26.4% –
EBITDA margin -2.3% -69.7% –
Operating margin -6.0% -70.5% –
Pretax margin -6.3% 3.1% –
Net margin -5.5% 2.5% –
FCF margin 3.2% 3.2% –
Operating cash flow margin 10.2% 3.8% –
Return on equity -36.9% 11.4% –
Return on assets -4.8% 4.0% –
Return on invested capital – -153.2% –
Return on capital employed -10.5% -176.8% –
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.6x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.9x 1.5x –
Stock comp / revenue 6.0% 0.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHIMSELVLFMD
Debt / assets – 24.1% –
Debt / equity – 0.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.0x –
Debt / FCF – 4.7x –
Liabilities / assets 91.1% 65.0% –
Equity / assets 8.9% 35.0% –
Interest coverage – -98.4x –
Current ratio 0.9x 1.5x –
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.2x –
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.8x –
Altman Z-score 1.60 -0.79 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHIMSELVLFMD
Dividend yield – 1.6% –
Net buyback yield 1.0% 2.1% –
Shareholder yield 1.0% 3.7% –
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.

ConsensusHIMSELVLFMD
Forward P/E – 15.6xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.62FY2026 $28.24FY2026 $-0.54FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -221.6%FY2026 -6.8%FY2026 -316.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +8.9% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.34BFY2026 $208.75BFY2026 $200.42MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +42.0%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026 +3.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +28.1% -0.2% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHIMSELVLFMD
Held by institutions 66.8% 91.8% 45.2%
Institutions holding 508 1,610 117
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.5% +1.7% +21.3%
Institutions buying 324 859 71
Institutions selling 129 540 25
Buyers to sellers 2.51 1.59 2.84

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.

HIMSELVLFMD
HIMS 1.00 0.02 0.43
ELV 0.02 1.00 0.10
LFMD 0.43 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HIMS, ELV and LFMD?

Elevance Health (ELV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) $6.39B, Elevance Health (ELV) $93.43B, LifeMD (LFMD) $99.64M.

Which company is growing faster?

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) +28.0%, Elevance Health (ELV) +3.6%, LifeMD (LFMD) -63.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Elevance Health (ELV) has the highest net margin (Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -5.5%, Elevance Health (ELV) 2.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Elevance Health (ELV) returned the most: Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -42.9%, Elevance Health (ELV) +27.0%, LifeMD (LFMD) -65.8%. Over five years, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) compounded fastest (Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) +29.6%/yr, Elevance Health (ELV) +0.3%/yr, LifeMD (LFMD) -15.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Elevance Health (ELV) has been the steadiest (Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) 86.7%, Elevance Health (ELV) 36.0%, LifeMD (LFMD) 78.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HIMS, ELV and LFMD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Elevance Health (ELV) leads on 5. 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.