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Quarterly report 2022-Q3
added 05-16-2026

LHC Group Financial Ratios 2022-2008 | LHCG

Brief overview of LHC Group's financial ratios

This overview follows the five latest available observations from 2018 through 2022.

The current valuation set is P/E 86.08x (median 38.22x), EV/EBITDA 48.3x (median 27.14x), P/S 2.27x (median 1.91x). Valuation is 78% above five-year reference levels. The premium requires support from earnings and returns.

Earnings yield calculated as 1/P/E is about 1.2%, showing current profit per unit of share price.

Returns on assets and capital are represented by ROE 3.8%, ROA 2.1%, ROCE 6.8%. Business quality is below comfortable levels on current returns. Better margins or turnover are needed.

On PEG (3.97x), valuation is stretched relative to growth and requires strong execution.

A longer cycle, from 18.2 days to 55.1 days, indicates slower release of cash from operations.

Valuation takeaway

LHC Group's market premium is not yet supported by strong capital returns, raising valuation risk.

Annual Financial Ratios LHC Group

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

P/E

86.1 29.6 41.0 33.0 38.2 18.9 18.4 14.9 20.3 80.8 49.0 43.0 - - -

P/S

2.3 1.9 2.7 1.8 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 - - -

EPS

1.3 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.3 2.8 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.5 -0.7 2.7 2.4 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

6.36 B 5.46 B 6.21 B 4.34 B 3.46 B 1.41 B 1.04 B 810 M 740 M 503 M 456 M 419 M 68 M -394 K -3.51 M

EBITDA per Share

4.31 6.62 6.41 5.49 4.63 4.97 4.71 4.5 3.2 3.23 3.48 0.06 5.69 5 -

EV/EBITDA

48.3 26.5 31.2 25.6 27.1 16.0 12.6 10.3 13.4 9.1 7.3 368.3 0.7 -0.0 -

PEG

-137.64 3.97 5.3 2.64 4.44 2.21 0.02 0.01 0.02 -1.19 -0.04 0.16 - - -

P/B

3.0 2.5 3.5 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.1 - - -

P/CF

103.8 -42.3 10.7 28.8 27.8 35.3 12.5 10.3 15.1 8.7 4.9 -92.1 - - -

ROE %

3.78 9.17 9.02 8.06 5.99 13.45 11.63 11.75 9.02 1.70 2.76 2.74 17.81 19.79 -

ROA %

2.08 4.96 5.55 5.32 4.09 7.61 7.48 7.36 5.85 1.18 1.91 1.83 13.65 - -

ROCE %

6.80 11.85 11.65 8.35 6.87 11.78 13.38 13.47 10.63 12.99 16.57 -1.97 34.92 38.39 -

Current Ratio

2.4 2.4 2.9 3.5 3.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.4 5.2 - -

DSO

55.1 55.5 53.8 48.8 42.5 50.3 49.6 47.7 47.5 49.1 51.3 51.5 - - -

DPO

- - - 23.0 24.3 21.5 17.5 18.7 16.2 16.4 14.9 29.8 - - -

Operating Cycle

55.1 55.5 53.8 48.8 42.5 50.3 49.5 47.7 47.5 49.0 51.3 51.5 - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

55.1 55.5 53.8 25.7 18.2 28.8 32.0 29.1 31.3 32.7 36.5 21.7 - - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios LHC Group

2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

- 0.57 0.35 0.64 - 0.89 1.21 1.11 0.98 0.47 1.44 0.71 0.7 0.97 0.81 0.61 0.67 0.69 0.55 0.28 1.04 0.61 0.64 0.54 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.44 0.44 0.51 0.51 0.39 0.32 0.36 0.35 0.24 0.29 0.31 0.34 0.37 0.43 0.36 0.32 0.42 0.4 -2.08 0.54 0.42

EBITDA per Share

- 1.82 1.2 1.35 - 1.92 2.23 1.8 - 1.13 2.71 1.26 - 1.92 K 1.64 K 1.11 K - 1.53 1.26 0.77 - 1.75 1.65 1.19 - 1.62 1.24 1.09 - 1.51 1.39 0.97 - 1.1 1.03 0.61 - 0.99 0.92 0.88 - 0.99 0.87 0.94 - -2.71 1.28 0.95

ROE %

3.92 6.00 7.55 9.26 7.66 9.65 8.54 9.53 8.80 8.36 9.88 8.18 8.00 8.02 7.46 6.88 6.90 9.44 10.52 12.29 13.47 11.85 12.01 11.75 11.52 11.22 11.26 11.56 11.54 11.10 10.40 9.61 8.61 8.57 8.45 8.43 9.73 10.79 11.34 11.58 12.14 12.12 -5.70 -5.21 -5.86 -14.88 3.36 2.92

ROA %

2.11 3.36 4.58 5.71 4.87 6.09 5.43 5.91 5.52 5.31 6.37 5.39 5.30 5.35 5.01 4.63 4.46 5.72 6.10 7.11 7.97 7.25 7.55 7.33 7.18 6.94 6.91 7.29 7.39 7.15 6.78 6.13 5.42 5.47 5.55 5.70 6.71 7.44 7.82 8.10 8.57 8.48 -3.10 -2.56 -3.18 -9.54 2.59 1.94

ROCE %

6.24 9.01 10.40 12.09 9.82 11.13 13.36 11.95 8.67 12.03 13.85 11.11 8.75 11.45 10.54 9.72 7.47 12.44 15.21 17.19 14.87 19.96 19.23 18.19 13.76 18.87 19.25 19.33 14.89 18.80 18.07 15.42 11.10 14.94 15.29 15.70 12.89 17.21 17.81 19.16 14.37 -7.30 -4.94 -3.60 -9.20 -21.67 6.69 5.77

Current Ratio

- 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.8 3.6 2.9 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.4 3.1 5.4 3.4

DSO

- 56.8 58.9 59.9 - 55.9 56.9 56.9 55.4 57.5 65.4 58.7 51.2 50.1 48.9 48.6 37.8 29.1 29.4 50.8 49.0 49.0 48.2 49.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

- 28.6 - 59.9 - 55.9 56.9 56.9 53.6 53.8 58.6 54.1 50.8 51.1 52.1 50.5 46.5 46.8 47.3 66.2 50.7 54.8 57.4 54.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

- 28.6 - 59.9 - 55.9 56.9 56.9 53.6 53.8 58.6 54.1 50.8 51.1 52.1 50.5 46.5 46.8 47.3 66.2 50.7 54.8 57.4 54.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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