The S&P Healthcare Services Index declined 6.2% over the last month, as compared to the S&P 500, which declined 1.3% over the same period.

Over the past month, the sectors experiencing the most growth were pharmacy management (up 10.2%), healthcare staffing (up 9.2%) and healthcare REITs (up 7.4%). The sectors experiencing most decline were consumer directed health / wellness (down 19.0%), behavioral health (14.6%) and skilled nursing (14.0%).

The current average LTM revenue and LTM EBITDA multiples for the healthcare services industry overall are 2.40x and 15.1x, respectively.

Healthcare Services Sector Update – July 2019

The sectors with the highest valuation multiples include:

  • HCIT (4.58x LTM Revenue, 33.7x LTM EBITDA)

  • Consumer directed health / wellness (4.00x LTM Revenue, 24.4x LTM EBITDA)

  • Healthcare REITs (13.35x LTM Revenue, 20.3x LTM EBITDA)

  • Home health / hospice (2.18x LTM Revenue, 20.2x LTM EBITDA)

Read the report for more detail on sector activity.

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