Stock Research: Life Healthcare Group

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Life Healthcare Group

JNB:LHC ZAE000145892
88
  • Value
    99
  • Growth
    51
  • Safety
    Safety
    62
  • Combined
    92
  • Sentiment
    53
  • 360° View
    360° View
    88
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Company Description

Life Healthcare Group is a diversified healthcare provider. It offers acute care and complementary services, including emergency care, mental health, acute rehabilitation, renal dialysis, oncology, diagnostics, and nuclear medicine. The company operates in Southern Africa and internationally, focusing on radiopharmaceutical products through Life Molecular Imaging. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $1171 million, profits of $532 million, revenue of $1479 million, and 16246 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 88 (better than 88% compared with alternatives) for 2026, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Life Healthcare Group are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all four indicators above average for Life Healthcare Group. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 99, which means that the share price of Life Healthcare Group is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 99% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 51, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 62. Finally, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 53. ...read more

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Last update: 23-Jun-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
99 81 84 91
Growth
51 45 39 85
Safety
Safety
62 45 10 14
Sentiment
53 79 16 86
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360° View
88 80 17 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
26 41 27 44
Opinions Change
84 50 5 30
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 19 94
Market Pulse
3 88 84 73
Sentiment
53 79 16 86
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
99 81 84 91
Growth
51 45 39 85
Safety Safety
62 45 10 14
Combined
92 72 37 90
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
90 81 82 89
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
93 74 74 69
Price vs. Book (P/B)
71 67 76 82
Dividend Yield
95 88 89 92
Value
99 81 84 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
14 6 15 27
Profit Growth
62 6 58 63
Capital Growth
96 71 56 85
Stock Returns
29 97 49 79
Growth
51 45 39 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
37 36 34 22
Refinancing
81 49 7 9
Liquidity
46 50 37 39
Safety Safety
62 45 10 14

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This is an all-around strong stock. It shows good value, high growth, safe financing, and positive professional sentiment. It is ideal for most buy-and-hold investors who value a good all-around stock.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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