OREANDA-NEWS. Singapore’s Healthcare Sector comprises 28 stocks categorised to the Healthcare and Healthcare REITs sub-sectors, according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). These stocks have a combined market capitalisation of S$32.2 billion, and represent seven different fields of the Healthcare business – including Health Care Facilities, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care REITs, Health Care Equipment, Health Care Services, Health Care Supplies and Health Care Distributors.

With just over six weeks left to go in 2015, the 28 Healthcare stocks averaged a 4.9% total return in the year thus far, taking their average three-year total return to 57.0%. In comparison, the MSCI World Healthcare Index generated a 3.9% year-to-date total return in USD terms.

In the year thus far, the five best performers were UG Healthcare Corporation, Q & M Dental Group (Singapore), Cordlife Group, Vicplas International and Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Corporation. Together, these five stocks averaged a year-to-date return of 66.3%, with the median return being 60.2%.

The 28 stocks currently average P/E and P/B ratios of 21.9 and 2.9 respectively. As of 16 November, the stocks traded 28.7% below their 12-month highs and 48.8% above their 12-month lows.

The table below details the 28 Healthcare stocks, and is sorted by market capitalisation. Click on each stock name to visit its profile page on SGX StockFacts.