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Life Healthcare Group

JNB:LHC ZAE000145892
50
  • Value
    99
  • Growth
    65
  • Safety
    Safety
    24
  • Combined
    76
  • Sentiment
    28
  • 360° View
    360° View
    50
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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 50 (better than 50% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Life Healthcare Group are above average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half of the metrics below and half 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 65, 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. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 28. Professional investors are more confident in 72% other stocks. Worryingly, the company has risky financing, with a Safety rank of 24. This means 76% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Life Healthcare Group. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Refinancing
Weakest Rank Value
Country South Africa
Industry Health Care Facilities
Size Large
Website lifehealthcare.co.za
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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 23-Apr-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
99 81 84 91
Growth
65 45 39 85
Safety
Safety
24 45 10 14
Sentiment
28 79 16 86
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50 80 17 99
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
13 41 27 44
Opinions Change
50 50 5 30
Pro Holdings
n/a 100 19 94
Market Pulse
27 88 84 73
Sentiment
28 79 16 86
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
99 81 84 91
Growth
65 45 39 85
Safety Safety
24 45 10 14
Combined
76 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
87 88 89 92
Value
99 81 84 91
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
40 6 15 27
Profit Growth
65 6 58 63
Capital Growth
71 71 56 85
Stock Returns
67 97 49 79
Growth
65 45 39 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
49 36 34 22
Refinancing
6 49 7 9
Liquidity
46 50 37 39
Safety Safety
24 45 10 14

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This is a high-quality, high-growth stock with positive sentiment. However, the financing is on the riskier side. It is best for a growth-focused investor willing to accept higher financial risk for potentially higher shareholder returns.

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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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