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Australian (ASX) Medical Equipment Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies34
  • 7D-6.5%
  • 3M-2.0%
  • 1Y-8.5%
  • YTD-1.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Medical Equipment industry has dropped 6.1%, driven by Cochlear declining 11%. In contrast, Nanosonics has gained 27%. Overall the industry is down 6.2% in 12 months. Earnings are forecast to grow by 16% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Medical Equipment Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025AU$28.3bAU$6.0bAU$210.9m48x134x4.7x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025AU$29.9bAU$5.7bAU$129.5m55.6x230.9x5.3x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024AU$28.6bAU$5.6bAU$157.0m53.7x181.9x5.1x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024AU$28.6bAU$5.5bAU$161.0m54.5x177.4x5.2x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024AU$28.7bAU$5.5bAU$161.3m53.6x177.9x5.3x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024AU$28.0bAU$5.5bAU$160.1m53x174.7x5.1x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024AU$29.9bAU$5.4bAU$164.9m44x181.2x5.6x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024AU$29.4bAU$5.3bAU$168.0m48.9x175x5.6x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024AU$29.2bAU$5.3bAU$168.6m34.5x173x5.5x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024AU$29.3bAU$5.3bAU$169.0m37.4x173.2x5.5x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024AU$29.6bAU$5.4bAU$169.3m41x175x5.5x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024AU$29.7bAU$5.3bAU$261.5m29x113.7x5.7x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024AU$26.8bAU$5.1bAU$245.2m24.3x109.2x5.2x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023AU$27.0bAU$5.1bAU$242.2m24.8x111.4x5.3x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023AU$23.9bAU$5.2bAU$247.2m23.8x96.8x4.6x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023AU$23.6bAU$5.2bAU$249.8m24.5x94.4x4.5x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023AU$24.6bAU$5.2bAU$246.7m22.5x99.8x4.7x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023AU$23.3bAU$5.1bAU$72.0m22.5x323.3x4.6x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023AU$22.4bAU$5.0bAU$64.9m22.5x345x4.5x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023AU$24.2bAU$5.1bAU$65.5m18.5x369.9x4.8x
Wed, 03 May 2023AU$24.5bAU$5.0bAU$64.6m17.9x379.9x4.9x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023AU$23.2bAU$5.0bAU$64.2m16.5x361.6x4.6x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023AU$23.1bAU$5.0bAU$65.6m20x352.6x4.6x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023AU$22.7bAU$5.0bAU$123.9m20.9x183.4x4.5x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022AU$21.2bAU$5.2bAU$125.9m20.5x168x4.1x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022AU$21.9bAU$5.2bAU$126.1m22.4x173.6x4.2x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022AU$20.4bAU$5.4bAU$131.4m21.9x155.5x3.8x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022AU$21.8bAU$5.1bAU$127.9m25.1x170.8x4.3x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022AU$23.1bAU$5.1bAU$269.1m35.1x86x4.5x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022AU$20.6bAU$5.2bAU$277.4m32.6x74.1x3.9x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022AU$21.5bAU$5.1bAU$269.4m34.3x79.7x4.2x
Thu, 05 May 2022AU$22.5bAU$5.1bAU$273.0m35.7x82.5x4.4x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022AU$22.3bAU$5.0bAU$267.5m35.2x83.5x4.5x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022AU$21.8bAU$5.1bAU$319.0m34.5x68.3x4.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

68.3x


Total Market Cap: AU$21.8bTotal Earnings: AU$319.0mTotal Revenue: AU$5.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Australian Medical Equipment Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 197x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Australian Medical Equipment industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 137x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 197x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 4.8x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Medical Equipment industry have declined 18% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 5.7% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

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

AU Market-2.48%
Healthcare0.61%
Medical Equipment-6.52%
Medical Supplies2.43%
Medical Equipment-9.64%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Medical Equipment industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 13.2%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 109.6% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Medical Supplies industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 41.8x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Medical Supplies industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 24% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 8.0% per year.
  • In contrast, the Medical Equipment industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 13% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
NAN NanosonicsAU$4.2627.2%
+AU$278.3m
37.9%PE78.6x
IMR Imricor Medical SystemsAU$1.5216.0%
+AU$56.8m
216.7%PS317.6x
PNV PolyNovoAU$1.911.3%
+AU$17.3m
-3.0%PE250.8x
EBR EBR SystemsAU$1.641.6%
+AU$9.3m
111.0%PB12.4x
COV Cleo DiagnosticsAU$0.4815.0%
+AU$8.0m
166.7%PS292.6x
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NAN

AU$4.26

Nanosonics

7D

27.2%

1Y

37.9%

EBR

AU$1.64

EBR Systems

7D

1.6%

1Y

111.0%

IMR

AU$1.52

Imricor Medical Systems

7D

16.0%

1Y

216.7%

COH

AU$271.92

Cochlear

7D

-10.7%

1Y

-20.1%

ANN

AU$35.73

Ansell

7D

-1.8%

1Y

43.8%

SOM

AU$0.59

SomnoMed

7D

-6.3%

1Y

47.5%

IPD

AU$0.047

ImpediMed

7D

-7.8%

1Y

-46.0%

CDX

AU$0.13

CardieX

7D

13.6%

1Y

n/a

AVR

AU$12.49

Anteris Technologies Global

7D

-4.2%

1Y

-25.7%

RSH

AU$0.055

Respiri

7D

-8.3%

1Y

103.7%

CC5

AU$0.017

Clever Culture Systems

7D

13.3%

1Y

6.3%

RNV

AU$0.14

ReNerve

7D

-17.6%

1Y

n/a

OIL

AU$0.16

Optiscan Imaging

7D

3.2%

1Y

61.6%

COV

AU$0.48

Cleo Diagnostics

7D

15.0%

1Y

166.7%