HNGE vs CHWY vs UNH Stock Comparison

Hinge Health, Chewy and Unitedhealth Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HNGE Hinge Health, Inc.
$111.44 +20.6% 1M +124.9% 1Y
Market cap
$8.81B
P/E
82.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$720.06M
Div. yield
–
Telehealth Healthcare
4 wins
CHWY Chewy, Inc.
$21.93 +18.2% 1M -39.5% 1Y
Market cap
$8.92B
P/E
32.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.07B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
1 win
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc
$418.02 +12.6% 1M +16.0% 1Y
Market cap
$370.53B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$450.13B
Div. yield
0.02%
Managed Care Healthcare
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Unitedhealth leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Unitedhealth 5, Hinge Health 4, Chewy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHNGECHWYUNHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.81B $8.92B $370.53B UNH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 82.1x 32.6x 26.2x UNH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 44.9x 28.9x 19.8x UNH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +49.8% +5.9% +6.5% HNGE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.9% 2.1% 3.1% HNGE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 10.3% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.0x 1.6x CHWY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +124.9% -39.5% +16.0% HNGE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -19.7%/yr -1.4%/yr UNH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.5% 47.2% 36.1% UNH
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 68/100 52/100 HNGE

Percentile Scorecard

HNGECHWYUNH

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

AxisHNGECHWYUNH
Valuation 26 #69 of 93 55 #21 of 45 42 #15 of 25
Growth 98 #3 of 88 88 #6 of 42 9 #22 of 24
Profitability 100 #1 of 87 56 #18 of 40 91 #3 of 24
Financial Health 61 #40 of 100 61 #19 of 47 48 #14 of 26
Shareholder Returns 69 #18 of 56 80 #7 of 31 69 #6 of 17
Overall 71 68 52
  • HNGE ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • CHWY ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods
  • UNH 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

PeriodHNGECHWYUNHSPY
1 month +20.6%+18.2%+12.6% -1.0%
3 months +50.0%+5.1%-0.6% +2.9%
6 months +151.6%-15.7%+17.8% +6.4%
Year to date +139.9%-33.6%+26.6% +11.4%
1 year +124.9%-39.5%+16.0% +13.1%
3 years —+28.1%-20.4% +79.4%
3 years, per year —+8.6%-7.3% +21.5%
5 years —-66.5%-6.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year —-19.7%-1.4% +10.9%
10 years ——+187.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——+11.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHNGECHWYUNHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.5%47.2%36.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.7%48.0%38.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.080.760.33 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.33-0.840.44 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.5%-81.2%-62.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.5%-39.5%-4.2% -2.5%
52-week high $112.00$36.23$436.35 $779.14
52-week low $31.17$17.51$259.02 $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.

MultipleHNGECHWYUNH
P/E now vs peer median 82.0xmedian 25.3x 32.6xmedian 20.7x 26.7xmedian 24.5x
P/S now vs peer median 12.4xmedian 1.6x 0.7xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 0.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 53.3xmedian 14.6x 18.6xmedian 12.4x 16.2xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.8xmedian 22.7x 15.5xmedian 14.0x 16.0xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 3.3x 23.8xmedian 1.5x 3.6xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.66 0.42median 0.42 -2.33median 1.35

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 monthsHNGECHWYUNH
Revenue $720.06M $13.07B $450.13B
Gross profit $608.41M $3.91B $139.28B
Operating income $93.67M $328.20M $21.68B
Net income $109.07M $273.70M $14.91B
Free cash flow $290.12M $568.10M $23.62B
R&D $129.07M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.29 $0.67 $15.59
Cash & equivalents $286.22M $611.00M $28.59B
Total debt – $591.70M $309.77B
Shares (diluted) 83.42M 410.10M 906.00M
Enterprise value $7.26B $6.21B $249.10B

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
MetricHNGECHWYUNH
P/E 82.0x 32.6x 26.7x
P/FCF 30.8x 15.5x 16.0x
P/Operating cash flow 30.7x 12.3x 14.0x
P/S 12.4x 0.7x 0.8x
P/B 26.0x 23.8x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 26.1x 39.9x 4.5x
EV/EBITDA 53.3x 18.6x 16.2x
EV/EBIT 91.3x 26.8x 19.4x
EV/Revenue 11.9x 0.7x 0.9x
EV/FCF 29.5x 15.5x 17.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.4x 12.2x 15.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.42 -2.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHNGECHWYUNH
Revenue growth (1Y) 49.8% 5.9% 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.4% 8.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 63.0% 7.6% 1.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.5% 4.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 117.0% 102.0% -29.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 139.1% -10.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 120.5% 81.1% -32.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 73.8% -11.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 113.2% 89.2% -33.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 76.8% -11.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 216.5% 17.3% -6.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 10.9% -13.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 218.2% 22.7% -6.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 18.6% -14.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHNGECHWYUNH
Gross margin 84.5% 29.9% 30.9%
EBITDA margin 22.3% 3.6% 5.8%
Operating margin 13.0% 2.5% 4.8%
Pretax margin 15.4% 2.7% 3.9%
Net margin 14.9% 2.1% 3.1%
FCF margin 40.3% 4.3% 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin 40.4% 5.5% 6.0%
Return on equity 47.8% 68.9% 14.3%
Return on assets 14.0% 7.8% 4.8%
Return on invested capital – – 10.3%
Return on capital employed 31.6% 24.9% 10.9%
Asset turnover 0.9x 3.7x 1.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.7x 2.6x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue 11.5% 2.3% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHNGECHWYUNH
Debt / assets – 15.8% 23.7%
Debt / equity – 1.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.0x 1.6x
Debt / FCF – 1.0x 3.1x
Liabilities / assets 58.4% 90.1% 66.3%
Equity / assets 41.6% 9.9% 33.7%
Interest coverage – – 5.6x
Current ratio 1.3x 0.8x 0.8x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.4x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 10.93 4.79 3.15

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHNGECHWYUNH
Dividend yield – – 2.2%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 5.8% 0.3%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 5.8% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 54.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 34.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 8.3%

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.

ConsensusHNGECHWYUNH
Forward P/E 44.9xFY2026 28.9xFY2026 19.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.48FY2026 $0.76FY2026 $21.16FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.3%FY2026 +46.2%FY2026 +29.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.6% +47.4% +12.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $880.31MFY2026 $12.86BFY2026 $420.88BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +49.7%FY2026 +2.1%FY2026 -6.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +28.8% +5.6% +15.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHNGECHWYUNH
Held by institutions 71.3% 100.0% 86.6%
Institutions holding 279 511 3,359
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% -0.4% +5.0%
Institutions buying 198 277 1,822
Institutions selling 66 155 1,247
Buyers to sellers 3.00 1.79 1.46

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.

HNGECHWYUNH
HNGE 1.00 0.13 0.18
CHWY 0.13 1.00 0.05
UNH 0.18 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HNGE, CHWY and UNH?

Unitedhealth (UNH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hinge Health (HNGE) $8.81B, Chewy (CHWY) $8.92B, Unitedhealth (UNH) $370.53B.

Which stock is cheaper, HNGE, CHWY and UNH?

Unitedhealth (UNH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hinge Health (HNGE) 82.1x, Chewy (CHWY) 32.6x, Unitedhealth (UNH) 26.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Unitedhealth (UNH) is cheapest (Hinge Health (HNGE) 44.9x, Chewy (CHWY) 28.9x, Unitedhealth (UNH) 19.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hinge Health (HNGE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hinge Health (HNGE) +49.8%, Chewy (CHWY) +5.9%, Unitedhealth (UNH) +6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hinge Health (HNGE) has the highest net margin (Hinge Health (HNGE) 14.9%, Chewy (CHWY) 2.1%, Unitedhealth (UNH) 3.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hinge Health (HNGE) returned the most: Hinge Health (HNGE) +124.9%, Chewy (CHWY) -39.5%, Unitedhealth (UNH) +16.0%. Over five years, Unitedhealth (UNH) compounded fastest (Chewy (CHWY) -19.7%/yr, Unitedhealth (UNH) -1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hinge Health (HNGE) 0.00%, Chewy (CHWY) 0.00%, Unitedhealth (UNH) 0.02%. Hinge Health (HNGE) and Chewy (CHWY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Unitedhealth (UNH) has been the steadiest (Hinge Health (HNGE) 53.5%, Chewy (CHWY) 47.2%, Unitedhealth (UNH) 36.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HNGE, CHWY and UNH?

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