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Guardant Health, Inc. (XNAS:GH) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today
Primary Facts
GH
Name:
GUARDANT HEALTH, INC. (XNAS:GH)
Sector:
- 51319.00K
Industry:
Diagnostics & Research
CEO:
Mr. Helmy Eltoukhy
Total Employees:
1,373
Our Technological Advancement Rating
Our Rating:
D
Technological advancement compared to industry is -166.97% lower
ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.(GH) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND DIAGNOSTICS & RESEARCH INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022
Primary Targets/Price Insights
Previous Close ($) :
53.11
One Month Price Target:
$53.34
Six Month Price Target :
$54.51
Likely Price in One Year's Time:
Ticker:
$55.91
Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
$52.76
Price Upper limit ($) :
$53.51
Price Lower limit ($) :
Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)
Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:
Today:
$48.59
This week:
$43.
This month :
$32.88
Other Primary facts
Market Cap:
5.23B
Market Cap Classification:
Mid Cap
Number of Shares
IPO Date:
102.22M
Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
Highest Daily Appreciation:
16.4%
-22.48%
Worst Daily Decline:
Our Options Trading Entry Points
Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time
Low risk (<2%) entry points
Buy Call:
Sell Call:
Buy Put:
Sell Put:
$74.10
$64.50
$32.12
$41.72
Medium risk (<10%) entry points
Buy Call
Sell Call
$61.38
Buy Put:
Sell Put:
$59.33
$44.81
$46.89
These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.
Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of
GH
Sharpe Ratio:
0.90%
Comparison:
GH, is amongst the top 60% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns
Sharpe ratio is -64.32% lower than the industry
& is -60.58% lower than the market/S&P 500 average
Average Returns/Yield of
GH
Daily returns:
0.05%
Weekly returns:
0.23%
Monthly returns:
0.93%
Yearly returns:
27.92%
Comparison of returns:
Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is -60.19% below industry average
Classification:
GH, is amongst the top 60% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns
Results of T-Test of Returns:
0.94
Statistical test of Returns:
GH has not yielded statistically significant higher returns when compared to the market

Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)
Daily Volatility:
4.17%
Weekly Volatility:
9.32%
Monthly Volatility:
18.64%
Yearly Volatility:
64.59%
Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation)
Average Volatility of this Week:
5.52%
Volatility in last five trading days has been 32.39% above long-term volatility
Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)
Daily VaR:
-8.52%
Weekly VaR:
-19.04%
Monthly VaR:
-38.08%
How Much Can the price of
GH
Decline in a Recession?
Likely price decline in a recession:
Base case (decline):
-33%
Worst case (decline):
>85%
This translates to price declining to:
$35.50
This translates to price declining to:
$7.97
Severe Crash Probability
Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: Medium (<50%)
What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

Risk Fundamentals
GH is a 168.79% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 130.27% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)
Risk (measured by volatility) is 7.98% above industry average
Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks
Beta Examination of
GH
Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--0.79
Expected beta in 1 year's time:
0.487
Expected beta in 3 year's time:
0.689
Unlevered (debt free) Beta:
0.221
Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):
1.297
Beta in relation to all global stocks::
0.747
Beta Comparison & Analysis
Beta of competitors/peers::
1.121
Beta is -29.94% lower than peers
Average Industry Beta:
1.181
Beta is -33.55% below industry average
Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis
Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:
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Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis
Alpha provided:
0.026
Alpha is -84.49% below industry average alpha yield
Alpha is 165% higher than market/& is unsustainably high
Analysis of Cost of Capital of
GH
Equity cost of capital:
0.085
Equity cost of capital is -24.15% below industry mean WACC
Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:
2.40%
Before-tax cost of debt:
0.19%
After-tax cost of debt:
0.15%
Overall debt rating:
Highest AAA investment grade
Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):
0.15%
WACC is -64.14% below industry mean WACC
Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis
Revenue per share:
$3.83
Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):
10.18
Annual revenue growth rate is -80.14% below industry average
EPS:
-$4.13
Expected Annual growth rate of EPS (3Y):
68.24%
Expected future EPS growth rate is 154.23% higher than the Diagnostics & Research industry
Free cash flow (FCF) per share:
-
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-
Debt per share
$13.31
EBITDA per share
-$3.84
Valuation Analysis Today of
GH
P/E Ratio:
-
P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:
219.99
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GH is -134.59% undervalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio
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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):
13.88
Price to sales ratio is 46.07% above the industry mean
P/B (Price to book value ratio):
10.18
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-
Net income growth rate (3Y):
42.96%
Net income growth rate is -118.80% lower than the industry average net income growth rate
Dividend Analysis
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Dividend History:
--$0.00
--$0.00
--$0.00
--$0.00
--$0.00
--$0.00
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In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis
Debt to equity ratio:
255.30%
Net debt to equity ratio:
150.79%
Debt to assets ratio:
63.90%
Net debt to assets ratio:
37.74%
Debt-to-asset ratio is 31.50% above industry average
Ability to repay debt:
Interest coverage ratio:
-152.25
Interest coverage ratio is 442.78% more than industry average
Looking forward:
Debt growth rate:
68.99%
Annual debt growth is -33% lower than industry average debt growth rate
Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 0.00%
Analysis of Key Statistics
Correlation of price movement with the market:
0.462
Statistical significance of correlation:
GH has a statistically significant correlation with the market
Average Correlation of the industry with the market:
0.488
Stock price is -5.22% less correlated with the market compared to the industry average correlation
R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market):
0.488
Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):
-0.038
Covariance of price movement with the market:
-0.092
Kurtosis
3.281
Returns are, approximately, normally distributed (mesokurtic)
Skewness of returns:
-0.373
Returns are, approximately, symmetrical
Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of
GH
Gross Profit Margin Ratio:
271%
Operating Profit Margin Ratio:
-109.05%
Operating profit margin is -3.07% lower than the industry
Net Profit Margin Ratio:
271%
Effective Tax Rate:
-0.04%
Effective tax rate is -100.22% lower than the industry
Dupont Method
Net Profit Margin
Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):
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-78.65%
Return on equity (ROE) is -474.37% lower than the industry
Financial Leverage
Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):
-19.69%
Return on assets (ROA) is -92.70% lower than the industry
Financial Leverage:
2.8x
Current Ratio:
4.87
Current ratio is -2.10% below industry average
Cash Conversion Cycle (days):
65.6
Cash conversion cycle is 32.23% above industry average
The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 7.0 years
Stock based compensation to net income ratio:
-5.92%
In-depth Efficiency Analysis
Revenue generated per employee:
284.8K
Each employee generates -24% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee
EBITDA generated per employee:
- 285.5K
Each employee generates -1051% less EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee
Profit generated per employee:
- 305.3K
Each employee generates -2009% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee
Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee:
- 37.4K
Each employee generates 1618% more free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee
Assets/Capital per employee
740.2K
Each employee generates 1618% more free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee
Research & Development (R&D) Analysis
Research & development (R&D) investment growth rate-- 75.64%
Growth rate in R&D investment/expenditure is -4301.35% lower than the industry
Competitors/Peer firms of
GH
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Current Analyst Ratings
Strong buy�8%
Buy�8%