
ResMed is a medical instruments & supplies business based in Australia. ResMed shares (RMD) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. ResMed has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $4.4 billion. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
How to buy shares in ResMed
- Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares listed in Australia, you'll need to sign up to a broker with access to the ASX. Our table can help you choose.
- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, such as your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, PayPal or debit card.
- Search for ResMed. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: RMD. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until ResMed reaches your desired price. Look into dollar-cost averaging to spread out your risk, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At today's price, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs.
- Check on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ResMed. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock and the business performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that affect your stock.
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ResMed stock price (ASX:RMD)
Use our graph to track the performance of RMD stocks over time.ResMed shares at a glance
52-week range | $21.14 - $36.37 |
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50-day moving average | $22.7636 |
200-day moving average | $29.1892 |
Target price | $30.79 |
PE ratio | 25.4 |
Dividend yield | $1.8 (1.28%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.94 |
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Is it a good time to buy ResMed stock?
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ResMed price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of A$24.29
1 week (2023-11-27) | 5.20% |
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1 month (2023-11-03) | 4.92% |
3 months (2023-09-05) | -0.94% |
6 months (2023-06-05) | -26.95% |
1 year (2022-12-05) | -27.73% |
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2 years (2021-12-03) | -32.70% |
3 years (2020-12-04) | -12.85% |
5 years (2018-12-05) | 59.59% |
Is ResMed under- or over-valued?
Valuing ResMed stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of ResMed's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
ResMed's P/E ratio
ResMed's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, ResMed shares trade at around 25x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
ResMed's PEG ratio
ResMed's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7467. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into ResMed's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
ResMed's EBITDA
ResMed's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.3 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a ResMed's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
ResMed financials
Revenue TTM | $4.4 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 26.22% |
Gross profit TTM | $2.4 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 12.22% |
Return on equity TTM | 23.6% |
Profit margin | 20.72% |
Book value | 28.897 |
Market capitalisation | $34.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
ResMed share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 31.19% of net profits
Recently ResMed has paid out, on average, around 31.19% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.28% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), ResMed shareholders could enjoy a 1.28% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In ResMed's case, that would currently equate to about A$1.8 per share.
While ResMed's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that ResMed may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 November 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have ResMed's shares ever split?
ResMed's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 12 August 2010. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ResMed shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for ResMed shares which in turn could have impacted ResMed's share price.
ResMed share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, ResMed's shares have ranged in value from as little as $21.14 up to $36.37. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while ResMed's is 0.521. This would suggest that ResMed's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
ResMed overview
ResMed Inc. develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets medical devices and cloud-based software applications for the healthcare markets. It operates in two segments, Sleep and Respiratory Care, and Software as a Service. It offers various products and solutions for a range of respiratory disorders, including technologies to be applied in medical and consumer products, ventilation devices, diagnostic products, mask systems for use in the hospital and home, headgear and other accessories, dental devices, and cloud-based software informatics solutions to manage patient outcomes, as well as provides customer and business processes. The company also provides AirView, a cloud-based system that enables remote monitoring and changing of patients' device settings; myAir, a personalized therapy management application for patients with sleep apnea that provides support, education, and troubleshooting tools for increased patient engagement and improved compliance; U-Sleep, a compliance monitoring solution that enables home medical equipment (HME) to streamline their sleep programs; connectivity module and propeller solutions; and Propeller portal. It offers out-of-hospital software solution, such as Brightree business management software and service solutions to providers of HME, pharmacy, home infusion, orthotics, and prosthetics services; MatrixCare care management and related ancillary solutions to senior living, skilled nursing, life plan communities, home health, home care, and hospice organizations, as well as related accountable care organizations; HEALTHCAREfirst that offers electronic health record, software, billing and coding services, and analytics for home health and hospice agencies; and MEDIFOX DAN's software solutions. The company markets its products to sleep clinics, home healthcare dealers, and hospitals through a network of distributors and direct sales force. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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