profit from every A$100 of sales.
A$0A$100
Sonic Healthcare
A$19.89-0.15% today
-14.2% in 1 year
1-year low A$18.371-year high A$23.86
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay A$19.14 for every A$1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Sonic Healthcare sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from A$9.32 billion in 2022 to A$9.62 billion in 2025, with A$514 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sonic Healthcare handed back 68% of the cash it generated last year.
A$567M
Free cash flow 2025A$834M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividendsA$567M
Cash vs. debtA$674M vs. A$5.2B
Sonic Healthcare vs. similar companies
Sonic Healthcare grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from A$100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per A$1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Healthcare | 19.1× · Fair price | ||
 Thermo Fisher Scientific | 38.7× · Expensive | ||
 Danaher | 45.4× · Expensive | ||
 Waters | 140.8× · Very expensive | ||
 WuXi AppTec | 25.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Sonic Healthcare's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,321 | 8,145 | 8,934 | 9,619 | |
| 7,716 | 6,865 | 7,483 | 8,057 | |
| 2,137 | 994 | 816 | 905 | |
| 2,832 | 1,721 | 1,659 | 1,685 | |
| 1,461 | 685 | 511 | 514 | |
| 3.03 | 1.45 | 1.07 | 1.07 | |
| 82.8% | 84.3% | 83.8% | 83.8% | |
| 22.9% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 9.4% | |
| 15.7% | 8.4% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 18,023 | 18,632 | 21,838 | 16,054 |
| Cash | 780 | 798 | 645 | 674 |
| Total debt | 4,590 | 4,774 | 7,206 | 5,171 |
| Total liabilities | 7,882 | 7,847 | 10,856 | 7,581 |
| 7,273 | 7,737 | 7,918 | 8,323 | |
| 483 | 472 | 477 | 481 | |
| 12.7% | 5.7% | 4.1% | 4.5% | |
| 20.1% | 8.9% | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of AUD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| 379 | 497 | 580 | 463 | |
| 1,847 | 974 | 492 | 834 | |
| Dividends paid | 471 | 491 | 559 | 567 |
| 303 | 131 | 10 | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 19.1×
- –
- –
- 1.2×
- 1.0×
- 11.8×
- 8.5×
- 8.5%
- 5.2%
- 5.8%
Profitability
- 83.8%
- 9.4%
- 5.3%
- –
- 4.7%
- 4.7%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +1.1%
- −29.3%
- –
- –
- +1.5%
Financial health
- 2.8×
- 0.70
- –
- 7.4×
- 0.99
- –
- –
How it ranks in Healthcare
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 43%of 963
Bottom 47%of 894
Top 32%of 632
Bottom 19%of 908
Top 11%of 991
5.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$58a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
110.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 68.0%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
53No pass
Benjamin Graham
68Pass
Philip Fisher
44No pass
Peter Lynch
21No pass
Joel Greenblatt
31No pass
Charlie Munger
34No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about Sonic Healthcare
Is Sonic Healthcare a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Sonic Healthcare AI analysis
What does Sonic Healthcare do?
Sonic Healthcare Limited offers medical diagnostic services, and administrative services and facilities to medical practitioners in Australia, the United States, Germany, and internationally. It is in Diagnostics & Research, based in Sydney, NSW, Australia, with 45,000 employees.
Does Sonic Healthcare pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.8% a year, about 110% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out A$567 million in dividends.
Is Sonic Healthcare stock halal?
No. Sonic Healthcare does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 53% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Sonic Healthcare stock done over the past year?
Down 14.2% over the past twelve months, to A$19.89. It traded between A$18.37 and A$23.86 and is 16.6% below its high.
Who are Sonic Healthcare's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Thermo Fisher Scientific, Danaher, Waters and WuXi AppTec. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Sonic Healthcare's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.