Sonic Healthcare (SKHHY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sonic Healthcare Limited is an Australian healthcare company that provides medical diagnostic services. Its principal activities include laboratory medicine, pathology and diagnostic imaging, supporting physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers with testing and clinical information used in the diagnosis and management of disease.

The company operates laboratories, collection centers and related diagnostic facilities, offering services such as clinical pathology, anatomical pathology, molecular testing, genetics and other specialized laboratory investigations. Through its diagnostic imaging operations, Sonic also provides medical imaging services in selected markets.

Founded in Australia in 1987, Sonic Healthcare has expanded through acquisitions and organic growth into an international healthcare group. Its operations serve patients and healthcare professionals across Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Belgium. The company is headquartered in Sydney and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol SHL; its American depositary shares trade over the counter under the symbol SKHHY.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $13.68 to $14.02
• 50-Day Range: $13.53 to $17.01
• 52-Week Range: $12.94 to $17.49
• Volume: 133,156 shs
• Average Volume: 153,823 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.80 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 5.89%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Sonic Healthcare Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sonic Healthcare scored higher than 22% 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: 0.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Sonic Healthcare has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sonic Healthcare has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.41%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sonic Healthcare are expected to grow by 2.41% in the coming year, from $0.83 to $0.85 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sonic Healthcare has a P/B Ratio of 1.24. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Sonic Healthcare has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sonic Healthcare has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.11, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sonic Healthcare has recently decreased by 94.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Sonic Healthcare is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.97%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Sonic Healthcare will have a dividend payout ratio of 95.29% in the coming year. This indicates that Sonic Healthcare may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.27

News Sentiment

Sonic Healthcare has a news sentiment score of 0.27. 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 0.80 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles 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

0.01% of the stock of Sonic Healthcare is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/16/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 6/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Providers & Services
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Services
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SKHHY
• Previous Symbol: OTCMKTS:SKHHY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sonichealthcare.com
• Phone: (129) 855-5444
• Fax: 61-2-9878-5066
• Employees: 45,000
• Year Founded: 1987

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: 0.59
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 0.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.25 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.09
• Cash Flow: $0.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.36
• Book Value: $11.10 per share
• Price / Book: 1.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 494,240,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $6.80 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.61