Life Healthcare Group (LTGHY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited is a South African healthcare services company that operates private hospitals and related medical facilities. Its core activities include acute hospital care, mental healthcare, rehabilitation, and other specialized clinical services delivered through a network of hospitals and healthcare centers.

The group also provides occupational health, wellness, and employee healthcare services through Life Health Solutions, as well as renal dialysis and other supporting medical services in selected facilities. Its offerings are designed to serve individual patients, employers, medical schemes, and other healthcare stakeholders.

Life Healthcare has historically been one of South Africa’s major private hospital operators. The business traces its origins to the 1980s and was previously known as Afrox Healthcare before adopting the Life Healthcare name. In addition to its South African healthcare operations, the group has developed international activities in medical imaging and radiopharmaceuticals through Life Molecular Imaging, which supports diagnostic imaging for conditions including neurological and cardiac diseases.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.91 to $2.95
• 50-Day Range: $2.76 to $3.02
• 52-Week Range: $2.24 to $3.36
• Volume: 11,067 shs
• Average Volume: 53,291 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.07 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.37%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Life Healthcare Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Life Healthcare Group scored higher than 24% 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: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Life Healthcare Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Life Healthcare Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.14%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Life Healthcare Group are expected to grow by 7.14% in the coming year, from $0.28 to $0.30 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Life Healthcare Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Life Healthcare Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Life Healthcare Group has recently increased by 137.16%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Life Healthcare Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.29%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Life Healthcare Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.33% next year. This indicates that Life Healthcare Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.10

News Sentiment

Life Healthcare Group has a news sentiment score of -0.10. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Life Healthcare Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Life Healthcare Group has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/14/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Providers & Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:LTGHY
• CIK: 1569963
• Web: www.lifehealthcare.co.za
• Phone: (711) 219-9000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 20,436
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• 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: 362,410,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $1.07 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A