LFST vs PAIYY vs THC Stock Comparison

LifeStance Health, Aesthetic Medical International Holdings and Tenet Healthcare Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
THC Tenet Healthcare Corp
$268.86 +3.5% 1M +27.8% 1Y
Market cap
$21.96B
P/E
9.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.81B
Div. yield
–
Hospitals Healthcare
8 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Tenet Healthcare leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Tenet Healthcare 8, LifeStance Health 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionLFSTPAIYYTHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.01B $491.09K $21.96B THC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 99.0x -0.1x 9.8x THC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 81.6x — 12.2x THC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.4% — +5.4% LFST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.2% — 10.3% THC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.4% — 18.8% THC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x — 2.0x LFST
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +151.2% -95.2% +27.8% LFST
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.8%/yr -70.1%/yr +30.8%/yr THC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.6% 421.9% 42.2% THC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 — 77/100 THC

Percentile Scorecard

LFSTPAIYYTHC

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

AxisLFSTPAIYYTHC
Valuation 48 #49 of 93 22 #73 of 93 94 #7 of 93
Growth 90 #10 of 88 – 74 #24 of 88
Profitability 58 #37 of 87 – 97 #4 of 87
Financial Health 77 #24 of 100 11 #89 of 100 37 #63 of 100
Shareholder Returns 71 #17 of 56 – 86 #9 of 56
Overall 69 – 77
  • LFST ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • PAIYY ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • THC ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodLFSTPAIYYTHCSPY
1 month +10.3%-50.0%+3.5% -0.8%
3 months +20.0%-50.0%+10.5% +3.5%
6 months +79.6%-88.9%+44.9% +7.0%
Year to date +85.5%-94.1%+35.3% +12.2%
1 year +151.2%-95.2%+27.8% +13.0%
3 years +132.0%-98.4%+406.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year +32.4%-74.9%+71.8% +23.1%
5 years +14.7%-99.8%+283.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.8%-70.1%+30.8% +11.0%
10 years ——+1,144.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+28.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureLFSTPAIYYTHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.6%421.9%42.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.4%1,222.1%34.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.56-3.710.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.99-0.230.66 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.7%-99.8%-58.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.4%-96.9%-4.2% -1.8%
52-week high $13.38$0.32$280.77 $779.14
52-week low $4.81$0.01$161.37 $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.

MultipleLFSTPAIYYTHC
P/E now vs peer median 99.0xmedian 25.1x -0.1xmedian 25.1x 10.0xmedian 25.1x
P/S now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 1.6x 0.0xmedian 1.6x 1.0xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 37.5xmedian 14.5x —median 14.5x 6.0xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 22.4x -0.2xmedian 22.4x 7.2xmedian 22.4x
P/B now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 3.1x -0.1xmedian 3.1x 3.3xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 3.11median 0.66 —median 0.66 0.13median 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 monthsLFSTPAIYYTHC
Revenue $1.58B – $21.81B
Gross profit $531.85M – –
Operating income $78.43M – $4.54B
Net income $50.60M – $3.17B
Free cash flow $173.91M – $3.02B
EPS (diluted) $0.13 – $26.69
Cash & equivalents $225.94M $8.61M $2.17B
Total debt $258.99M $76.21M $13.25B
Shares (diluted) 387.30M 47.83M 83.96M
Enterprise value $4.14B -$24.51M $10.96B

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
MetricLFSTPAIYYTHC
P/E 99.0x -0.1x 10.0x
P/FCF 28.7x -0.2x 7.2x
P/Operating cash flow 22.9x – 5.4x
P/S 3.1x 0.0x 1.0x
P/B 3.4x -0.1x 3.3x
P/Tangible book 3.8x -0.1x 4.1x
EV/EBITDA 37.5x – 6.0x
EV/EBIT 64.0x – 7.2x
EV/Revenue 3.2x – 1.5x
EV/FCF 28.9x – 10.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 23.1x – 8.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 3.11 – 0.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricLFSTPAIYYTHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.4% – 5.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.2% – 3.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 24.2% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 32,780% – 23.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 35.2% – 24.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 413.3% – 32.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 32.2% – 41.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 412.8% – 65.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.8% – 77.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 48.9% – 62.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 87.0% – 31.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 44.8% – 94.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 158.0% – 46.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricLFSTPAIYYTHC
Gross margin 33.6% – –
EBITDA margin 8.5% – 25.0%
Operating margin 4.9% – 20.8%
Pretax margin 4.2% – 17.7%
Net margin 3.2% – 10.3%
FCF margin 11.0% – 13.9%
Operating cash flow margin 13.7% – 18.4%
Return on equity 3.4% – 47.8%
Return on assets 2.3% – 10.3%
Return on invested capital 3.4% – 18.8%
Return on capital employed 4.2% – 17.9%
Asset turnover 0.7x – 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.3x – 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 4.4% – 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricLFSTPAIYYTHC
Debt / assets 11.9% 28.2% 43.2%
Debt / equity 0.2x -3.3x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x – 2.0x
Debt / FCF 1.5x – 4.4x
Liabilities / assets 32.3% 108.5% 78.6%
Equity / assets 67.7% -8.5% 21.4%
Interest coverage 7.8x – 5.5x
Current ratio 1.4x – 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.3x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.8x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.66 – 2.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricLFSTPAIYYTHC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 2.0% – 7.6%
Shareholder yield 2.0% – 7.6%
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.

ConsensusLFSTPAIYYTHC
Forward P/E 81.6xFY2026 – 12.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.16FY2026 $-1.50FY2023 $21.99FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +700.0%FY2026 – +31.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.0% – -7.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.82BFY2026 $89.98MFY2023 $23.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +28.1%FY2026 – +11.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.9% – -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersLFSTPAIYYTHC
Held by institutions 97.9% – 96.2%
Institutions holding 285 – 677
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% – -1.9%
Institutions buying 204 – 331
Institutions selling 54 – 260
Buyers to sellers 3.78 – 1.27

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.

LFSTPAIYYTHC
LFST 1.00 0.01 0.08
PAIYY 0.01 1.00 0.05
THC 0.08 0.05 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, LFST, PAIYY and THC?

Tenet Healthcare (THC) is the largest by market capitalisation: LifeStance Health (LFST) $5.01B, Aesthetic Medical International Holdings (PAIYY) $491.09K, Tenet Healthcare (THC) $21.96B.

Which stock is cheaper, LFST, PAIYY and THC?

Tenet Healthcare (THC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (LifeStance Health (LFST) 99.0x, Aesthetic Medical International Holdings (PAIYY) -0.1x, Tenet Healthcare (THC) 9.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Tenet Healthcare (THC) is cheapest (LifeStance Health (LFST) 81.6x, Tenet Healthcare (THC) 12.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

LifeStance Health (LFST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: LifeStance Health (LFST) +20.4%, Tenet Healthcare (THC) +5.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tenet Healthcare (THC) has the highest net margin (LifeStance Health (LFST) 3.2%, Tenet Healthcare (THC) 10.3%). On return on invested capital, Tenet Healthcare (THC) leads (LifeStance Health (LFST) 3.4%, Tenet Healthcare (THC) 18.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year LifeStance Health (LFST) returned the most: LifeStance Health (LFST) +151.2%, Aesthetic Medical International Holdings (PAIYY) -95.2%, Tenet Healthcare (THC) +27.8%. Over five years, Tenet Healthcare (THC) compounded fastest (LifeStance Health (LFST) +2.8%/yr, Aesthetic Medical International Holdings (PAIYY) -70.1%/yr, Tenet Healthcare (THC) +30.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tenet Healthcare (THC) has been the steadiest (LifeStance Health (LFST) 50.6%, Aesthetic Medical International Holdings (PAIYY) 421.9%, Tenet Healthcare (THC) 42.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, LFST, PAIYY and THC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tenet Healthcare (THC) leads on 8. 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.