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Australian (ASX) Life Sciences Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 20, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D-6.9%
  • 3M-23.4%
  • 1Y6.6%
  • YTD-11.7%

Over the last 7 days, the Life Sciences industry has dropped 6.9%, driven by pullbacks in EZZ Life Science Holdings and Trajan Group Holdings of 10% and 6.8%, respectively. In the past year, the industry has gained 6.6%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 68% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Life Sciences Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 20 Jan 2025AU$559.3mAU$253.8m-AU$57,118,384.0017.5x-9.8x2.2x
Wed, 18 Dec 2024AU$620.1mAU$263.5m-AU$69,135,603.0021.5x-9x2.4x
Fri, 15 Nov 2024AU$657.9mAU$263.5m-AU$69,135,603.0021.1x-9.5x2.5x
Sun, 13 Oct 2024AU$716.3mAU$263.5m-AU$69,135,603.0024.8x-10.4x2.7x
Tue, 10 Sep 2024AU$690.4mAU$263.3m-AU$69,597,222.0019.4x-9.9x2.6x
Thu, 08 Aug 2024AU$610.4mAU$246.1m-AU$49,506,434.0022.7x-12.3x2.5x
Sat, 06 Jul 2024AU$594.7mAU$246.1m-AU$49,506,434.0029.4x-12x2.4x
Mon, 03 Jun 2024AU$546.4mAU$246.1m-AU$49,506,434.0023.4x-11x2.2x
Wed, 01 May 2024AU$554.3mAU$246.1m-AU$49,506,434.0018.9x-11.2x2.3x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024AU$539.1mAU$246.1m-AU$49,506,434.0014.3x-10.9x2.2x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024AU$505.1mAU$243.2m-AU$44,302,241.0019.5x-11.4x2.1x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024AU$476.8mAU$248.2m-AU$39,797,313.0025.8x-12x1.9x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023AU$521.0mAU$248.6m-AU$52,451,569.0021.8x-9.9x2.1x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023AU$543.8mAU$248.6m-AU$52,451,569.0022.3x-10.4x2.2x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023AU$559.1mAU$248.6m-AU$52,451,569.0022.3x-10.7x2.2x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023AU$585.2mAU$248.6m-AU$52,451,569.0022.7x-11.2x2.4x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023AU$641.3mAU$221.5m-AU$37,611,177.0025.2x-17.1x2.9x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023AU$653.0mAU$221.5m-AU$37,611,177.0025.2x-17.4x2.9x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023AU$633.2mAU$221.5m-AU$37,611,177.0021.5x-16.8x2.9x
Thu, 04 May 2023AU$627.5mAU$221.5m-AU$37,611,177.0030.6x-16.7x2.8x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023AU$722.0mAU$221.7m-AU$39,169,534.0030.2x-18.4x3.3x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023AU$781.6mAU$174.6m-AU$40,998,286.0030.2x-19.1x4.5x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023AU$812.7mAU$184.6m-AU$29,264,632.0035.1x-27.8x4.4x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022AU$787.0mAU$184.6m-AU$29,264,632.0033.1x-26.9x4.3x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022AU$761.0mAU$184.6m-AU$29,264,632.0030.3x-26x4.1x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022AU$782.4mAU$184.6m-AU$29,264,632.0031.3x-26.7x4.2x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022AU$856.5mAU$184.6m-AU$29,264,632.0036.8x-29.3x4.6x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022AU$960.8mAU$150.4m-AU$31,222,532.0028.2x-30.8x6.4x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022AU$878.5mAU$150.4m-AU$31,222,532.0028.4x-28.1x5.8x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022AU$956.2mAU$150.4m-AU$31,222,532.0028.9x-30.6x6.4x
Fri, 06 May 2022AU$1.1bAU$150.2m-AU$30,481,316.0027.2x-37.4x7.6x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022AU$1.2bAU$167.1m-AU$90,069,489.0019.9x-13.3x7.2x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022AU$1.3bAU$173.3m-AU$89,816,993.0019.1x-15x7.8x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022AU$1.7bAU$138.2m-AU$84,243,063.00105.2x-19.8x12.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-19.8x


Total Market Cap: AU$1.7bTotal Earnings: -AU$84,243,063.00Total Revenue: AU$138.2mTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Australian Life Sciences Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average -17.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Australian Life Sciences industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 3.8x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Life Sciences industry have improved over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 22% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently losses are decreasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Australian Healthcare industry?

AU Market0.10%
Healthcare-2.45%
Life Sciences-6.86%
Clinical Research and Equipment-6.86%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
PIQ Proteomics International LaboratoriesAU$0.690.7%
+AU$655.0k
-24.2%PS27.6x
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