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Italian (Borsa Italiana) Healthcare Sector Analysis

UpdatedApr 13, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies16
  • 7D-4.1%
  • 3M-14.7%
  • 1Y-14.5%
  • YTD-13.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Healthcare industry has dropped 6.2%, driven by a pullback from Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica of 7.9%. Overall the industry is down 15% in 12 months. Earnings are forecast to grow by 7.5% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Italian Healthcare Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 13 Apr 2025€21.2b€20.1b€908.1m17.1x23.3x1.1x
Tue, 11 Mar 2025€23.9b€20.1b€810.9m23.2x29.5x1.2x
Thu, 06 Feb 2025€26.1b€20.0b€828.0m24.2x31.5x1.3x
Sat, 04 Jan 2025€24.1b€8.0b€834.7m22.9x28.9x3x
Mon, 02 Dec 2024€24.6b€19.0b€1.4b19x17.2x1.3x
Wed, 30 Oct 2024€25.7b€18.9b€1.4b19.4x18.6x1.4x
Fri, 27 Sep 2024€24.9b€18.8b€1.4b17.4x18.1x1.3x
Sun, 25 Aug 2024€25.7b€18.9b€1.4b15.1x18.6x1.4x
Tue, 23 Jul 2024€26.1b€18.8b€1.4b17.7x18.8x1.4x
Thu, 20 Jun 2024€25.7b€18.8b€1.4b16.1x18.6x1.4x
Sat, 18 May 2024€26.8b€18.8b€1.4b17.4x19.4x1.4x
Mon, 15 Apr 2024€25.0b€18.7b€1.4b19.4x18.2x1.3x
Wed, 13 Mar 2024€26.4b€18.6b€1.4b18.5x19x1.4x
Fri, 09 Feb 2024€24.7b€18.6b€1.4b18.8x17.8x1.3x
Sun, 07 Jan 2024€24.3b€18.6b€1.4b18.6x17.5x1.3x
Tue, 05 Dec 2023€22.8b€18.6b€1.4b18.7x16.4x1.2x
Thu, 02 Nov 2023€22.1b€18.6b€1.4b16.6x15.3x1.2x
Sat, 30 Sep 2023€22.6b€17.3b€1.1b14.7x19.9x1.3x
Mon, 28 Aug 2023€23.7b€17.3b€1.1b15.5x20.8x1.4x
Wed, 26 Jul 2023€23.9b€7.7b€822.5m15.9x29x3.1x
Fri, 23 Jun 2023€24.1b€7.7b€822.5m17.7x29.3x3.1x
Sun, 21 May 2023€25.0b€7.7b€823.4m22.5x30.4x3.2x
Tue, 18 Apr 2023€23.5b€7.5b€823.9m21.4x28.5x3.1x
Thu, 16 Mar 2023€23.0b€7.5b€867.3m23.2x26.5x3.1x
Sat, 11 Feb 2023€23.5b€7.4b€886.1m24.1x26.5x3.2x
Mon, 09 Jan 2023€23.7b€7.4b€886.1m23.7x26.7x3.2x
Wed, 07 Dec 2022€23.9b€7.4b€886.1m22x27x3.2x
Fri, 04 Nov 2022€22.9b€7.3b€895.7m21.2x25.5x3.1x
Sun, 02 Oct 2022€22.3b€7.3b€908.9m20.3x24.6x3.1x
Tue, 30 Aug 2022€24.0b€7.2b€886.8m23.4x27.1x3.4x
Thu, 28 Jul 2022€25.6b€7.0b€960.5m22.4x26.6x3.7x
Sat, 25 Jun 2022€24.8b€6.9b€957.4m20.4x25.9x3.6x
Mon, 23 May 2022€25.8b€7.0b€966.7m21.4x26.7x3.7x
Wed, 20 Apr 2022€29.8b€6.8b€952.4m23.6x31.3x4.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

31.3x


Total Market Cap: €29.8bTotal Earnings: €952.4mTotal Revenue: €6.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Italian Healthcare Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 23.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Italian Healthcare industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 23.4x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 2.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Healthcare industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 43% 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 and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Italian Healthcare sector?

IT Market-1.96%
Healthcare-4.07%
Biotech4.00%
Life Sciences1.46%
Medical Equipment0.84%
Healthtech0%0
Healthcare Services-3.31%
Pharma-7.92%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Healthcare Services industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 35.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 14.2%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 61.4% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Healthtech industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 55.5x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Healthtech industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 30% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Biotech industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 112% 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
DIA DiaSorin€94.501.3%
+€120.6m
9.0%PE27.1x
PHIL Philogen€20.704.0%
+€32.2m
14.0%PE18.4x
FF Fine Foods & Pharmaceuticals N.T.M€6.941.5%
+€2.4m
-16.2%PE20.8x
SVS Svas Biosana€6.946.8%
+€2.4m
-14.8%PE6.9x
ARBS Arterra Bioscience€2.144.9%
+€665.8k
5.9%PE10.6x
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DIA

€94.50

DiaSorin

7D

1.3%

1Y

9.0%

ELN

€7.55

EL.En

7D

-3.5%

1Y

-35.5%

ARBS

€2.14

Arterra Bioscience

7D

4.9%

1Y

5.9%

IVN

€2.22

iVision Tech

7D

2.8%

1Y

170.7%

REC

€46.64

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica

7D

-7.9%

1Y

-5.6%

PHIL

€20.70

Philogen

7D

4.0%

1Y

14.0%

FF

€6.94

Fine Foods & Pharmaceuticals N.T.M

7D

1.5%

1Y

-16.2%

GHC

€5.12

Garofalo Health Care

7D

-0.8%

1Y

2.0%

SVS

€6.94

Svas Biosana

7D

6.8%

1Y

-14.8%

UBM

€0.78

Ulisse Biomed

7D

2.6%

1Y

-44.8%