Sonic Healthcare (SKHCF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sonic Healthcare Limited is an Australian healthcare company that provides medical diagnostic services, with laboratory medicine and pathology as its core businesses. The company performs testing used to diagnose, monitor and manage a broad range of medical conditions, serving physicians, hospitals, other healthcare providers and patients.

Sonic also operates imaging and radiology services in selected markets and provides related healthcare services through its network of laboratories, collection centers, medical practices and diagnostic facilities. Its services include clinical pathology, anatomical pathology, genetics, microbiology, molecular diagnostics and other specialized testing.

Founded in Australia in 1987, Sonic Healthcare has expanded through organic growth and acquisitions into an international provider. Its operations serve markets including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Switzerland, with additional European activities. Dr. Colin Goldschmidt has led the company as chief executive officer for many years and has been closely associated with its international expansion.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.67 to $11.67
• 50-Day Range: $11.67 to $15.76
• 52-Week Range: $11.67 to $16.10
• Volume: 100 shs
• Average Volume: 1,977 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 12.22
• Dividend Yield: 5.48%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Sonic Healthcare Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sonic Healthcare scored higher than 21% 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 12.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sonic Healthcare is 12.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 274.40.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 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 999.99, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sonic Healthcare has recently increased by 23.74%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing 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%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.66

News Sentiment

Sonic Healthcare has a news sentiment score of 0.66. 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 0.49 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Sonic Healthcare this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 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

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

Industry, Sector and Symbol

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

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.22
• 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