HNGE vs HIMS vs ELV Stock Comparison

Hinge Health, Hims & Hers Health and Elevance Health 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
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
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionHNGEHIMSELVLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.81B $6.39B $93.43B ELV
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 82.1x -45.0x 18.2x ELV
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 44.9x — 15.6x ELV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +49.8% +28.0% +3.6% HNGE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.9% -5.5% 2.5% HNGE
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 +124.9% -42.9% +27.0% HNGE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +29.6%/yr +0.3%/yr HIMS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.5% 86.7% 36.0% ELV
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 71/100 40/100 51/100 HNGE

Percentile Scorecard

HNGEHIMSELV

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

AxisHNGEHIMSELV
Valuation 26 #69 of 93 33 #63 of 93 50 #13 of 25
Growth 98 #3 of 88 41 #52 of 88 30 #17 of 24
Profitability 100 #1 of 87 40 #53 of 87 44 #14 of 24
Financial Health 61 #40 of 100 20 #80 of 100 44 #15 of 26
Shareholder Returns 69 #18 of 56 67 #19 of 56 88 #3 of 17
Overall 71 40 51
  • HNGE ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • HIMS ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • ELV 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

PeriodHNGEHIMSELVSPY
1 month +20.6%-2.5%+10.3% -1.0%
3 months +50.0%-1.4%+16.5% +2.9%
6 months +151.6%-9.4%+27.6% +6.4%
Year to date +139.9%-14.7%+25.4% +11.4%
1 year +124.9%-42.9%+27.0% +13.1%
3 years —+342.3%-2.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year —+64.2%-1.0% +21.5%
5 years —+264.8%+1.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year —+29.6%+0.3% +10.9%
10 years ——+256.1% +255.2%
10 years, per year ——+13.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureHNGEHIMSELVSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.5%86.7%36.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.7%79.0%39.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.082.760.29 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.33-0.490.75 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.5%-78.9%-51.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.5%-43.2%-1.3% -2.5%
52-week high $112.00$48.78$445.45 $779.14
52-week low $31.17$14.52$280.74 $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.

MultipleHNGEHIMSELV
P/E now vs peer median 82.0xmedian 25.3x -45.2xmedian 25.3x 18.5xmedian 24.5x
P/S now vs peer median 12.4xmedian 1.6x 2.5xmedian 1.6x 0.5xmedian 0.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 53.3xmedian 14.6x -93.3xmedian 14.6x -0.6xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.8xmedian 22.7x 77.8xmedian 22.7x 14.6xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 26.0xmedian 3.3x 19.9xmedian 3.3x 2.1xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.66 1.14median 0.66 -7.93median 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 monthsHNGEHIMSELV
Revenue $720.06M $2.58B $201.83B
Gross profit $608.41M $1.76B $53.35B
Operating income $93.67M -$154.52M -$142.23B
Net income $109.07M -$142.00M $5.13B
Free cash flow $290.12M $83.03M $6.51B
R&D $129.07M $183.38M –
EPS (diluted) $1.29 $-0.61 $23.62
Cash & equivalents $286.22M $609.81M $10.35B
Total debt – – $30.76B
Shares (diluted) 83.42M 231.75M 217.60M
Enterprise value $7.26B $3.59B -$49.15B

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
MetricHNGEHIMSELV
P/E 82.0x -45.2x 18.5x
P/FCF 30.8x 77.8x 14.6x
P/Operating cash flow 30.7x 24.5x 12.5x
P/S 12.4x 2.5x 0.5x
P/B 26.0x 19.9x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 26.1x -65.4x 2.8x
EV/EBITDA 53.3x -93.3x -0.6x
EV/EBIT 91.3x -36.4x -0.6x
EV/Revenue 11.9x 2.2x 0.4x
EV/FCF 29.5x 67.7x 13.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 29.4x 21.3x 11.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.14 -7.93

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHNGEHIMSELV
Revenue growth (1Y) 49.8% 28.0% 3.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 53.7% 6.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 63.0% 15.0% 4.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 45.7% 5.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) 117.0% -223.0% -4.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -43.7% -7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 120.5% -173.3% -7.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -44.6% -5.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 113.2% -181.3% -4.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -39.6% -2.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 216.5% 0.7% 54.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 117.6% -7.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 218.2% -37.3% 72.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 67.0% -7.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHNGEHIMSELV
Gross margin 84.5% 68.4% 26.4%
EBITDA margin 22.3% -2.3% -69.7%
Operating margin 13.0% -6.0% -70.5%
Pretax margin 15.4% -6.3% 3.1%
Net margin 14.9% -5.5% 2.5%
FCF margin 40.3% 3.2% 3.2%
Operating cash flow margin 40.4% 10.2% 3.8%
Return on equity 47.8% -36.9% 11.4%
Return on assets 14.0% -4.8% 4.0%
Return on invested capital – – -153.2%
Return on capital employed 31.6% -10.5% -176.8%
Asset turnover 0.9x 0.9x 1.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.7x -1.9x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 11.5% 6.0% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHNGEHIMSELV
Debt / assets – – 24.1%
Debt / equity – – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.0x
Debt / FCF – – 4.7x
Liabilities / assets 58.4% 91.1% 65.0%
Equity / assets 41.6% 8.9% 35.0%
Interest coverage – – -98.4x
Current ratio 1.3x 0.9x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.8x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.6x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 10.93 1.60 -0.79

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHNGEHIMSELV
Dividend yield – – 1.6%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 1.0% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 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.

ConsensusHNGEHIMSELV
Forward P/E 44.9xFY2026 – 15.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.48FY2026 $-0.62FY2026 $28.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.3%FY2026 -221.6%FY2026 -6.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +22.6% – +8.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $880.31MFY2026 $3.34BFY2026 $208.75BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +49.7%FY2026 +42.0%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +28.8% +28.1% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHNGEHIMSELV
Held by institutions 71.3% 66.8% 91.8%
Institutions holding 279 508 1,610
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +4.5% +1.7%
Institutions buying 198 324 859
Institutions selling 66 129 540
Buyers to sellers 3.00 2.51 1.59

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.

HNGEHIMSELV
HNGE 1.00 0.27 0.11
HIMS 0.27 1.00 0.02
ELV 0.11 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HNGE, HIMS and ELV?

Elevance Health (ELV) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hinge Health (HNGE) $8.81B, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) $6.39B, Elevance Health (ELV) $93.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, HNGE, HIMS and ELV?

Elevance Health (ELV) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hinge Health (HNGE) 82.1x, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -45.0x, Elevance Health (ELV) 18.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Elevance Health (ELV) is cheapest (Hinge Health (HNGE) 44.9x, Elevance Health (ELV) 15.6x). 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%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) +28.0%, Elevance Health (ELV) +3.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hinge Health (HNGE) has the highest net margin (Hinge Health (HNGE) 14.9%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -5.5%, Elevance Health (ELV) 2.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hinge Health (HNGE) returned the most: Hinge Health (HNGE) +124.9%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -42.9%, Elevance Health (ELV) +27.0%. Over five years, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) compounded fastest (Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) +29.6%/yr, Elevance Health (ELV) +0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Elevance Health (ELV) has been the steadiest (Hinge Health (HNGE) 53.5%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) 86.7%, Elevance Health (ELV) 36.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 4. 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.