NUTX vs HCA vs EHC Stock Comparison

Nutex Health, HCA Healthcare and Encompass Health Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NUTX Nutex Health Inc.
$209.01 -5.0% 1M +66.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.43B
P/E
7.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$846.72M
Div. yield
0.06%
Hospitals Healthcare
8 wins
HCA HCA Healthcare, Inc.
$464.89 +6.7% 1M +4.0% 1Y
Market cap
$99.53B
P/E
14.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$78.01B
Div. yield
–
Hospitals Healthcare
2 wins
EHC Encompass Health Corp
$124.11 +0.5% 1M -1.6% 1Y
Market cap
$12.02B
P/E
19.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
Hospitals Healthcare
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Nutex Health leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Nutex Health 8, HCA Healthcare 2, Encompass Health 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNUTXHCAEHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.43B $99.53B $12.02B HCA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.9x 14.6x 19.4x NUTX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.5x 15.4x 20.9x NUTX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.9% +7.3% +9.5% EHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.2% 8.8% 10.0% NUTX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 56.1% 22.0% 15.4% NUTX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 3.1x 1.7x NUTX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.06% 0.00% 0.01% NUTX
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +66.4% +4.0% -1.6% NUTX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +13.6%/yr +13.6%/yr HCA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 89.4% 31.0% 29.5% EHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 82/100 59/100 64/100 NUTX

Percentile Scorecard

NUTXHCAEHC

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

AxisNUTXHCAEHC
Valuation 96 #5 of 93 87 #13 of 93 76 #23 of 93
Growth 91 #9 of 88 25 #66 of 88 55 #40 of 88
Profitability 99 #2 of 87 94 #6 of 87 90 #10 of 87
Financial Health 89 #12 of 100 16 #84 of 100 39 #61 of 100
Shareholder Returns 36 #36 of 56 75 #15 of 56 58 #24 of 56
Overall 82 59 64
  • NUTX ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • HCA ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • EHC ranked among 103 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNUTXHCAEHCSPY
1 month -5.0%+6.7%+0.5% -0.8%
3 months +40.6%+19.4%+9.0% +3.5%
6 months +88.7%+4.3%+23.0% +7.0%
Year to date +27.0%-0.4%+16.9% +12.2%
1 year +66.4%+4.0%-1.6% +13.0%
3 years +665.6%+106.4%+104.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +97.2%+27.3%+26.8% +23.1%
5 years —+89.5%+89.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+13.6%+13.6% +11.0%
10 years —+489.0%+218.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+19.4%+12.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNUTXHCAEHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 89.4%31.0%29.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 88.1%30.5%24.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.780.130.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.740.13-0.05 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.9%-39.7%-39.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.1%-14.7%-3.0% -1.8%
52-week high $225.00$545.13$127.92 $779.14
52-week low $87.01$361.32$93.83 $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.

MultipleNUTXHCAEHC
P/E now vs peer median 8.0xmedian 25.1x 15.0xmedian 25.1x 19.7xmedian 25.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.6x 1.3xmedian 1.6x 2.0xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 14.5x 9.4xmedian 14.5x 9.8xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.2xmedian 22.4x 16.9xmedian 22.4x 29.6xmedian 22.4x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 3.1x -15.3xmedian 3.1x 3.6xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.26median 0.66 1.07median 0.66 0.76median 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 monthsNUTXHCAEHC
Revenue $846.72M $78.01B $6.21B
Gross profit $434.03M – –
Operating income $364.27M – –
Net income $272.49M $7.85B $833.30M
Free cash flow $274.17M $6.00B $413.40M
EPS (diluted) $25.62 $30.70 $6.21
Cash & equivalents $205.21M $1.01B $107.70M
Total debt $39.70M $49.72B $2.63B
Shares (diluted) 7.02M 222.83M 100.00M
Enterprise value $662.83M $95.54B $11.68B

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
MetricNUTXHCAEHC
P/E 8.0x 15.0x 19.7x
P/FCF 5.2x 16.9x 29.6x
P/Operating cash flow 5.1x 9.1x 10.1x
P/S 1.7x 1.3x 2.0x
P/B 2.8x -15.3x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 2.9x -15.3x 4.0x
EV/EBITDA 3.3x 9.4x 9.8x
EV/EBIT 3.5x 12.3x 12.8x
EV/Revenue 1.5x 1.9x 2.4x
EV/FCF 4.6x 25.0x 35.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.5x 13.5x 12.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.26 1.07 0.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNUTXHCAEHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.9% 7.3% 9.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 62.5% 8.0% 10.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.7% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 273.1% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 52.9% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 41.4% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 119.2% 14.1% 20.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 37.7% 4.2% 26.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 206.2% 24.4% 21.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 31.2% 14.0% 26.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 228.7% -6.8% 9.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 446.8% 4.2% 21.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 229.4% -17.8% -5.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 266.5% 6.7% 62.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNUTXHCAEHC
Gross margin 51.3% – –
EBITDA margin 45.5% 20.4% 24.2%
Operating margin 43.0% – –
Pretax margin 40.6% 12.7% 16.6%
Net margin 21.2% 8.8% 10.0%
FCF margin 32.4% 7.7% 6.7%
Operating cash flow margin 33.0% 14.3% 19.5%
Return on equity 57.4% – 24.8%
Return on assets 28.4% 12.6% 11.3%
Return on invested capital 56.1% 22.0% 15.4%
Return on capital employed 43.2% 27.1% 17.7%
Asset turnover 0.9x 1.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.4x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 0.5% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNUTXHCAEHC
Debt / assets 4.1% 78.6% 35.3%
Debt / equity 0.1x -7.5x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x 3.1x 1.7x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 8.3x 6.4x
Liabilities / assets 47.4% 110.5% 54.4%
Equity / assets 52.6% -10.5% 45.6%
Interest coverage 18.4x 5.3x 9.2x
Current ratio 5.0x 1.0x 1.2x
Quick ratio 4.8x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.8x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.33 2.60 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNUTXHCAEHC
Dividend yield – 0.7% 0.6%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 8.6% 2.0%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 9.2% 2.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 30.9% – 9.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) 30.7% – 18.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 260.2% – 12.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 140.0% – 0.9%

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.

ConsensusNUTXHCAEHC
Forward P/E 7.5xFY2026 15.4xFY2026 20.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $27.99FY2026 $30.21FY2026 $5.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +167.1%FY2026 +7.1%FY2026 +9.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -8.6% +11.0% +7.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $824.09MFY2026 $73.03BFY2026 $6.62BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -5.8%FY2026 -3.4%FY2026 +11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.4% +18.8% +9.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNUTXHCAEHC
Held by institutions 42.8% 59.5% 96.0%
Institutions holding 153 1,333 595
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8% +0.3% -0.8%
Institutions buying 99 567 292
Institutions selling 36 563 217
Buyers to sellers 2.75 1.01 1.35

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.

NUTXHCAEHC
NUTX 1.00 0.01 0.06
HCA 0.01 1.00 0.28
EHC 0.06 0.28 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NUTX, HCA and EHC?

HCA Healthcare (HCA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nutex Health (NUTX) $1.43B, HCA Healthcare (HCA) $99.53B, Encompass Health (EHC) $12.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, NUTX, HCA and EHC?

Nutex Health (NUTX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nutex Health (NUTX) 7.9x, HCA Healthcare (HCA) 14.6x, Encompass Health (EHC) 19.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nutex Health (NUTX) is cheapest (Nutex Health (NUTX) 7.5x, HCA Healthcare (HCA) 15.4x, Encompass Health (EHC) 20.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Encompass Health (EHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nutex Health (NUTX) +6.9%, HCA Healthcare (HCA) +7.3%, Encompass Health (EHC) +9.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutex Health (NUTX) has the highest net margin (Nutex Health (NUTX) 21.2%, HCA Healthcare (HCA) 8.8%, Encompass Health (EHC) 10.0%). On return on invested capital, Nutex Health (NUTX) leads (Nutex Health (NUTX) 56.1%, HCA Healthcare (HCA) 22.0%, Encompass Health (EHC) 15.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nutex Health (NUTX) returned the most: Nutex Health (NUTX) +66.4%, HCA Healthcare (HCA) +4.0%, Encompass Health (EHC) -1.6%. Over five years, HCA Healthcare (HCA) compounded fastest (HCA Healthcare (HCA) +13.6%/yr, Encompass Health (EHC) +13.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nutex Health (NUTX) has the highest dividend yield: Nutex Health (NUTX) 0.06%, HCA Healthcare (HCA) 0.00%, Encompass Health (EHC) 0.01%. HCA Healthcare (HCA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Encompass Health (EHC) has been the steadiest (Nutex Health (NUTX) 89.4%, HCA Healthcare (HCA) 31.0%, Encompass Health (EHC) 29.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NUTX, HCA and EHC?

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