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Sonic Healthcare is a diagnostics & research business based in Australia. Sonic Healthcare shares (SHL) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are in Australian dollars. Sonic Healthcare has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $9.1 billion. If you're looking to buy shares, check out the steps below.
How to buy shares in Sonic Healthcare
- 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 Sonic Healthcare. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: SHL. 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 Sonic Healthcare 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 Sonic Healthcare. 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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- Sonic Healthcare key stats
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- Is Sonic Healthcare stock a buy or sell?
- Sonic Healthcare performance over time
- Is Sonic Healthcare suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Sonic Healthcare shares over-valued?
- Sonic Healthcare's financials
- How volatile are Sonic Healthcare shares?
- Does Sonic Healthcare pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
Sonic Healthcare stock price (ASX:SHL)
Use our graph to track the performance of SHL stocks over time.Sonic Healthcare shares at a glance
52-week range | $32.12 - $46.3752 |
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50-day moving average | $35.1208 |
200-day moving average | $39.581 |
Target price | $38.92 |
PE ratio | 11.6265 |
Dividend yield | $0.95 (2.3%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.031 |
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Is it a good time to buy Sonic Healthcare stock?
The technical analysis gauge below displays real-time ratings for the timeframes you select. However, this is not a recommendation. It represents a technical analysis based on the most popular technical indicators: Moving Averages, Oscillators and Pivots. Finder might not concur and takes no responsibility.
Sonic Healthcare price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of A$35.69
1 week (2022-05-11) | 1.28% |
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1 month (2022-04-14) | 0.48% |
3 months (2022-02-18) | -5.08% |
6 months (2021-11-18) | -10.21% |
1 year (2021-05-18) | 3.15% |
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2 years (2020-05-18) | 31.55% |
3 years (2019-05-17) | 34.93% |
5 years (2017-05-18) | 58.83% |
Is Sonic Healthcare under- or over-valued?
Valuing Sonic Healthcare stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Sonic Healthcare's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Sonic Healthcare's P/E ratio
Sonic Healthcare's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 12x. In other words, Sonic Healthcare shares trade at around 12x 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.
Sonic Healthcare's EBITDA
Sonic Healthcare's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.4 billion (£1.4 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Sonic Healthcare's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Sonic Healthcare financials
Revenue TTM | $9.1 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 23.54% |
Gross profit TTM | $3.4 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 11.08% |
Return on equity TTM | 22.99% |
Profit margin | 16.14% |
Book value | 14.71 |
Market capitalisation | $16.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Sonic Healthcare's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Sonic Healthcare.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Sonic Healthcare's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 19.38
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Sonic Healthcare's overall score of 19.38 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 20th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Sonic Healthcare is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Sonic Healthcare's environmental score
Environmental score: 1.57/100
Sonic Healthcare's environmental score of 1.57 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Sonic Healthcare is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Sonic Healthcare's social score
Social score: 15.21/100
Sonic Healthcare's social score of 15.21 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Sonic Healthcare is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Sonic Healthcare's governance score
Governance score: 9.6/100
Sonic Healthcare's governance score puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Sonic Healthcare is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Sonic Healthcare's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Sonic Healthcare scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Sonic Healthcare has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Sonic Healthcare Limited was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
Total ESG score | 19.38 |
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Total ESG percentile | 20.02 |
Environmental score | 1.57 |
Environmental score percentile | 5 |
Social score | 15.21 |
Social score percentile | 5 |
Governance score | 9.6 |
Governance score percentile | 5 |
Level of controversy | 2 |
Sonic Healthcare share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 30.65% of net profits
Recently Sonic Healthcare has paid out, on average, around 30.65% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.3% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Sonic Healthcare shareholders could enjoy a 2.3% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sonic Healthcare's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.95 per share.
While Sonic Healthcare's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Sonic Healthcare 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 7 March 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
Sonic Healthcare share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Sonic Healthcare's shares have ranged in value from as little as $32.12 up to $46.3752. 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 Sonic Healthcare's is 0.4725. This would suggest that Sonic Healthcare's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Sonic Healthcare overview
Sonic Healthcare Limited offers medical diagnostic services in Australia. The company provides laboratory medicine/pathology; diagnostic imaging/radiology, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography (CT), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, nuclear medicine, PET CT, interventional procedures, and bone mineral densitometry; and primary care medical services comprising general practice services, occupational health services, remote health services, community and home nursing services, primary care research programs, health assessment technologies, clinical trials, and chronic disease management programs to clinicians, hospitals, community health services, and their patients. It also offers administrative services and facilities to medical practitioners. The company operates in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and Ireland. Sonic Healthcare Limited was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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