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FMS vs THC

Fresenius Medical Care AG and Tenet Healthcare Corp., side by side — 6 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.

At a glance

Most recent reported year

FMS vs THC, at a glance
Metric FMS THC
Revenue$14.6B$21.3B
Net income$1.1B$2.4B
Gross margin32.4%·
Net margin8.6%11.1%
Return on equity12.2%·
Diluted EPS$3.65$15.49
Dividend / share··
Payout ratio26.7%·
Free cash flow$1.3B$2.5B
Equity$9.2B$4.2B
Net debt / equity0.78×2.42×
Current ratio1.77×1.76×
Revenue CAGR 5y6.6%3.9%
Profit CAGR 5y6.3%25.2%

THC bills 1.5× the revenue of FMS, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (11.1% against 8.6%).

The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.

Revenue by year

6 years side by side

FMS vs THC, revenue by year
Fiscal year FMS THC
FY2013$14.6B$12.1B
FY2012$13.8B$9.9B
FY2011$12.6B$8.7B
FY2010$11.8B$8.3B
FY2009$11.2B$8.3B
FY2008$10.6B$8.6B
Net income by year

Bottom line

FMS vs THC, net income by year
Fiscal year FMS THC
FY2013$1.1B$-104.0M
FY2012$1.2B$133.0M
FY2011$1.1B$94.0M
FY2010$978.5M$1.2B
FY2009$891.1M$197.0M
FY2008$817.6M$25.0M
Revenue gap over time

6 fiscal years

Revenue gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2013+$2,550,727,000FMS
FY2012+$3,896,282,000FMS
FY2011+$3,916,515,000FMS
FY2010+$3,579,194,000FMS
FY2009+$2,929,477,000FMS
FY2008+$2,027,323,000FMS

FMS has reported the higher revenue in every one of these 6 fiscal years. The gap has widened since the earliest year compared.

6 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin gap over time

6 fiscal years

Net margin gap over time
Fiscal year Difference Ahead
FY2013+9.5 ppFMS
FY2012+8.3 ppFMS
FY2011+8.3 ppFMS
FY2010−4.9 ppTHC
FY2009+6.2 ppFMS
FY2008+7.7 ppFMS

The higher net margin has changed hands between FMS and THC over this period.

6 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Net margin volatility

Standard deviation, each side

THC's net margin has been more volatile than FMS's over the 6 comparable fiscal years — 5.0 percentage points of standard deviation against 0.5.

6 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in net margin

Year by year

The lead in net margin changed hands between FMS and THC over these 6 fiscal years — FMS led in 5 and THC in 1.

6 of 19 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Return on equity volatility

Standard deviation, each side

THC's return on equity has been more volatile than FMS's over the 3 comparable fiscal years — 31.2 percentage points of standard deviation against 0.1.

3 of 7 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

Who led in return on equity

Year by year

THC led in return on equity in every one of the 3 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.

3 of 7 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.

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