LHC - Life Healthcare Group Holdings
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd. is an investment holding company and through its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures operates and has extensive interests in private healthcare facilities and healthcare services companies in southern Africa and Poland and provides diagnostic-related services and sells radiopharmaceuticals in the United Kingdom and various European territories. The Group is listed on the main board of the JSE Ltd.
Life Healthcare Group Holdings is an international and diversified healthcare organization based in South Africa. The firm’s segments include hospitals and complementary services, healthcare services, and growth initiatives. The hospitals and complementary services segment generates...
Life Healthcare Group Holdings is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Life Healthcare is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “LHC”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:LHC is ZAE000145892. Life Healthcare Group Holdings is currently the 64th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 25.3 billion, which makes about 0.129% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 17.10 |
| Day’s High Price | 17.44 |
| Traded Volume | 2.65M |
| Number of Deals | 763 |
| Gross Turnover | 45.7M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 0.99 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 17.41 |
| Dividend Per Share | 0.46 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.67% |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.47B |
| Market Capitalization | 25.3B |
LHC Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +2.31% | +1.47% | +22.4% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +54.3% | -5.84% | -6.15% |
The current share price of Life Healthcare Group Holdings (LHC) is ZAR 17.24. LHC closed its last trading day (Thursday, November 21, 2024) at 17.24 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 0.4% gain over its previous closing price of 17.17 ZAR. Life Healthcare began the year with a share price of 18.37 ZAR but has since lost 6.15% off that price valuation, ranking it 326th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance.
Life Healthcare Group Holdings is the ninth most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Aug 26 - Nov 21, 2024). LHC has traded a total volume of 351 million shares—in 150,252 deals—valued at ZAR 5.68 billion over the period, with an average of 5.57 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 14.9 million was achieved on November 11th, and a low of 1.05 million on October 29th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Life Healthcare on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-21 | 2,647,712 | 17.24 | +0.07 | +0.41% |
| 2024-11-20 | 4,260,852 | 17.17 | +0.27 | +1.60% |
| 2024-11-19 | 5,902,697 | 16.90 | +0.01 | +0.06% |
| 2024-11-18 | 3,540,256 | 16.89 | +0.25 | +1.50% |
| 2024-11-15 | 2,691,920 | 16.64 | -0.21 | -1.25% |
| 2024-11-14 | 6,233,012 | 16.85 | +0.06 | +0.36% |
| 2024-11-13 | 3,990,459 | 16.79 | -0.13 | -0.77% |
| 2024-11-12 | 9,729,339 | 16.92 | -0.08 | -0.47% |
| 2024-11-11 | 14,891,491 | 17.00 | +0.17 | +1.01% |
| 2024-11-08 | 13,813,499 | 16.83 |
Profile of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited was founded on February 7, 2003 and operates in the Health Care sector, specifically, the Equipment & Services industry. Life Healthcare Group Holdings contracts an estimated total number of 19,026 employees.
Factsheet of Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
- Sector
- Health Care
- Industry
- Equipment & Services
- Address
- Oxford Manor, 21 Chaplin Road, Illovo 2196, South Africa
- Telephone
- +27-11-219-9000
LHC Industrial Market Competitors
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited, issuers of the LHC stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Health Care sector and/or Equipment & Services industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top nine by year-to-date performance.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTC | Netcare Limited | 21.8B | 15.37 | +7.94% |
| NTCP | Netcare Limited Pref | 549M | 84.50 | +3.05% |
| ACT | AfroCentric Inv Corp Ltd | 2.19B | 2.60 | -21.2% |
| AIP | Adcock Ingram Hldgs Ltd | 10.9B | 67.80 | +12.8% |
| XII | Numeral Ltd | 12.4M | 0.01 | |
| ASC | Ascendis Health Ltd | 449M | 0.71 | -8.97% |
| APN | Aspen Pharmacare Holdings | 76B | 170.25 | -16.3% |
| PHP | Primary Health Properties | 28.3B | 21.10 | -23.3% |
| CCC | Cilo Cybin Holdings Ltd | 143M | 2.01 | -51% |