Midcaps are the most expensive in the health care eq. & services sector

Within the health care eq. & services sector, we see a low diversification of the 12-months returns. Since May last year the sector is around 13 percent higher. Among the winners we find Tandem Diabetes Care, Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen und Medizintechnik AG and Arcoma AB. Relatively big losses were for Spineway SA, Cellnovo SA and Nexstim.

Core figures health care eq. & services sector

The winners in this sector are the midcaps, while smallcaps are mostly among the less performers.

Lowest PE-ratios health care eq. & services sector

Regarding the price/earnings-ratios we see a uniform palette. The midcaps are with the price/earnings-ratio of 32 the most expensive. The smallcaps are the cheapest and trade at 20 times the earnings per share. Advanced Medical Solutions, Tristel and EKF Diagnostics Holdings are the stocks with the highest ratios. Stocks with the lowest ratios are Mercator Medical SA, Guerbet SA and Zimmer Biomet Holdings.

Highest dividend yields health care eq. & services sector

The sector's average dividend yield is with 0,9 percent relatively limited. Stocks now high dividend yields now are Coltene Holding AG, Mercator Medical SA and Meridian Bioscience.

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