KO vs UNH.

→The two are furthest apart on Quality, where Coca-Cola passes 4 more of the six.

	KO	UNH
Quality	6/6	2/6
Trend	4/6	0/6
Growth	3/6	1/6
Financial health	4/6	2/6
Value	1/6	2/6
Shareholder returns	6/6	6/6
All checks	24/36	13/36

→UnitedHealth turns over $450.1B to Coca-Cola's $49.3B, 9.1 times as much. Coca-Cola keeps 27.8% of revenue as profit against 3.1% at UnitedHealth.

Coca-Cola files as an operating company and UnitedHealth as an insurer, so the measures each is judged on differ - net interest margin means nothing for one, funds from operations nothing for the other. The six axes still compare, because every company is scored on the checks its own filings support.

→Coca-Cola keeps more of each sale: operating margin of 29.3% against 4.8%, a gap of 25 points that flows into everything below it.

	KO	UNH
Gross margin	61.7%	-
Operating margin	29.3%	4.8%
Return on equity	40.7%	13.5%

→Coca-Cola and UnitedHealth grew revenue at much the same rate over the last twelve months, +5.1% against +6.5%. Over three years the order is reversed: UnitedHealth compounds at +11.4% against +3.7%.

	KO	UNH
Revenue (TTM)	$49.3B	$450.1B
Revenue growth, 1 year	+5.1%	+6.5%
Revenue CAGR, 3 years	+3.7%	+11.4%
Net income (TTM)	$13.7B	$14.1B
Free cash flow (TTM)	$12.6B	$23.6B

→Both lean on debt to a similar degree, 1.30x to equity at Coca-Cola and 0.70x at UnitedHealth.

	KO	UNH
Debt / equity	1.30x	0.70x
Interest coverage	8.8x	5.6x
Cash and short-term investments	$10.6B	$31.5B

→UnitedHealth is the cheaper of the two on earnings, 24.5x against 27.8x. Against their own histories, Coca-Cola is above its 22.2x median and UnitedHealth is above its 17.8x.

	KO	UNH
Share price	$88.29	$379.09
Market cap	$379.9B	$340.3B
P/E	27.8x	24.5x
P/E, own median own 11-year median / own 11-year median	22.2x	17.8x
P/S	7.7x	0.8x
Free cash flow yield	3.3%	6.9%

→Coca-Cola and UnitedHealth yield the same at today's prices, 2.4% each. A yield rises when a price falls, so read it beside the payout checks in each report.

	KO	UNH
Dividend yield	2.4%	2.4%
Payout ratio	64.7%	57.3%
Years of unbroken dividend	-	-