Sonic Healthcare (SKHCF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sonic Healthcare Limited offers medical diagnostic and administrative services to medical practitioners, hospitals, community health services, and patients in Australia, the United States, Germany, and internationally. The company provides laboratory medicine/pathology testing services, such as biochemistry, cytopathology, genetics, haematology, histopathology, immunoserology, microbiology, molecular pathology, prenatal testing, toxicology, and ancillary functions; and radiology services, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, nuclear medicine, PET CT, interventional procedures, and bone mineral densitometry. It offers primary care medical services comprising general practice clinics, occupational health services, skin cancer clinics, general practice IT solutions, and community-based healthcare services. Sonic Healthcare Limited was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.42 to $17.46
• 50-Day Range: $16.95 to $19.26
• 52-Week Range: $15.37 to $22.68
• Volume: 8,077 shs
• Average Volume: 4,141 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 18.24
• Dividend Yield: 3.67%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Sonic Healthcare Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sonic Healthcare scored higher than 23% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Sonic Healthcare.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sonic Healthcare is 18.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 130.90.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sonic Healthcare is 18.24, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Medical sector average P/E ratio of about 131.21.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sonic Healthcare has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 73.9, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sonic Healthcare has recently decreased by 24.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Sonic Healthcare pays a meaningful dividend of 3.13%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Sonic Healthcare does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sonic Healthcare is 67.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sonic Healthcare has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 73.9, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sonic Healthcare has recently decreased by 24.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Sonic Healthcare has a news sentiment score of 1.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.46 average news sentiment score of Medical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Sonic Healthcare this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sonic Healthcare insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 31.79% of the stock of Sonic Healthcare is held by institutions.

SKHCF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SKHCF shares performed this year?

Sonic Healthcare's stock was trading at $22.2680 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SKHCF stock has decreased by 21.8% and is now trading at $17.42.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Medical
• Industry: Diagnostics & Research
• Sub-Industry: Health Services
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SKHCF
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sonichealthcare.com
• Phone: (129) 855-5444
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 42,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.24
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A