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Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited H2 2025 earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.H2 2025 earnings summary27 Nov, 2025
Executive summary
Revenue grew 6% year-over-year to R25.1 billion, driven by 1.1% PPD growth and strong revenue per PPD, with overall occupancy at 69.7% and surpassing 70% in H2.
Normalised EPS from continuing operations increased just above 10%, with NEPS up 10.1% and strong cash generation supporting a 12% increase in total ordinary dividend to 56 cents per share.
Significant asset optimization, including the sale of LMI and non-core hospitals, closure of underperforming units, and focus on operational efficiency in top hospitals.
Robust cash generation (119.6% of EBITDA), with special and ordinary dividends totaling 291 cents per share declared.
Strategic focus on growth (greenfield and brownfield expansions), operational optimization, and technology investments.
Financial highlights
Revenue up 6% year-over-year to R25.1 billion; normalized EBITDA up 4.7% to R3.85 billion, with EBITDA margin stable at 15.3%.
Normalized EPS up 10.1%; headline EPS up 14.7% on a pro forma basis.
Return on capital employed/ROCE at 17.8%, slightly down due to CapEx projects.
Free cash flow increased 36.5% to R1.75 billion.
Net debt to normalised EBITDA at 0.77x, reflecting a strong balance sheet.
Outlook and guidance
Focus on continuing operations with clear visibility and stable positioning.
FY2026 targets include 1% PPD growth, 5% revenue growth, and EBITDA margin improvement, with 70% occupancy for next year.
Targeting ZAR 400 million in real cost savings over three years, with 20-25% expected in the first year.
Further brownfield and greenfield expansions, including 89 new acute beds and additional complementary service capacity.
Margin improvement is a key management incentive and will be tracked across all units.
Provide ZAR 400M cost savings annual breakdown
Strategy for underperforming assets' margin lift?
Renal Dialysis margin recovery plan and timeline?
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Life Healthcare Group Holdings Limited is an international healthcare provider with a service offering that spans across various segments of the healthcare industry. The company operates private hospitals in South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and other international locations. Its services are segmented into Hospitals and Complementary Services, and Healthcare Services, covering a wide range of acute hospitals and complementary services. These include chronic mental healthcare, frail care rehabilitation, step-down care, correctional services, primary healthcare, substance abuse recovery programs, and employee wellness programs. Additionally, Life Healthcare offers diagnostic imaging services, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computerized tomography (CT) scans, and develops, manufactures, and distributes radiopharmaceuticals for use in PET-CT diagnostics. It is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, and its shares are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
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