Fri, Jun 14, 2019

Healthcare Services Sector Update – May 2019

The S&P Healthcare Services Index decreased by 3.0% over the last month, while the S&P 500 decreased by 6.6% over the same period. 

Over the past month, the best performing sectors were Government Managed Care (up 10.1%), Specialty Managed Care (up 5.4%) and Healthcare REITs (up 5.3%). The sectors experiencing the most decline were Hospital Vendors (down 15.5%), Dialysis Services (15.1%) and Providers – Other (10.8%).

The current average LTM revenue and LTM EBITDA multiples for the Healthcare Services industry overall are 2.27x and 15.1x respectively.

Healthcare Services Sector Update May 2019


The sectors with the highest valuation multiples include:

  • HCIT (4.03x LTM Revenue, 32.8x LTM EBITDA)
  • Consumer Directed Health / Wellness (4.14x LTM Revenue, 20.9x LTM EBITDA)
  • Home Health / Hospice (1.89x LTM Revenue, 20.0x LTM EBITDA)
  • Healthcare REITS (12.52x LTM Revenue, 18.6x LTM EBITDA)

Read the report for more detail on sector activity.


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