Head to Head Survey: Raffles Medical Group (RAFLF) and Its Peers

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.1% of Raffles Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.2% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Raffles Medical Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Raffles Medical Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Raffles Medical Group Competitors	-5.85%	-152.33%	-0.72%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Raffles Medical Group and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Raffles Medical Group	N/A	N/A	4.77
Raffles Medical Group Competitors	$18.38 billion	$279.54 million	-235.93

Raffles Medical Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Raffles Medical Group. Raffles Medical Group is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Raffles Medical Group pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Raffles Medical Group pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.5% and pay out 28.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Raffles Medical Group beats its peers on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

About Raffles Medical Group

Raffles Medical Group Ltd provides integrated private healthcare services primarily in Singapore, Greater China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Japan. The company operates through Healthcare Services, Hospital Services, Investment Holdings, and Insurance Services segments. Its Raffles Hospital, a tertiary care hospital that offers a range of medical and surgical facilities include day angiography suites, operating theatres, delivery suites, intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, radiology, clinical laboratory, and dental services. In addition, the company offers emergency services, family medicine services, health screening, minor surgery, and various specialist clinic services. Further, it trades in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, and diagnostic equipment; and provides management and consultancy services. Additionally, the company engages in the operation of medical and dental clinics and other general medical services; provides medical examination and treatment services; operation of medical laboratory and imaging centre; and provision of health insurance services. Raffles Medical Group Ltd was founded in 1976 and is based in Singapore. The company operates as a subsidiary of Raffles Medical Holdings Pte Ltd.