{"id":709917,"date":"2026-06-02T07:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709917\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:29:12","slug":"is-june-set-to-be-the-month-of-the-asx-healthcare-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709917\/","title":{"rendered":"Is June set to be the month of the ASX healthcare rebound?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the stories of the year has been the stark underperformance of ASX healthcare shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the calendars turn over to June, the S&amp;P\/ASX 200 Health Care Index (ASX: XHJ) sits almost 33% lower than at the start of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This makes it the worst performing sector in 2026 by some margin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ASX healthcare shares have been hit by a combination of earnings downgrades, rising cost pressures, weaker overseas earnings and investor concerns that growth across the sector is slowing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because healthcare makes up a large part of the Australian market&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/category\/investing-strategies\/growth-shares\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">growth-stock<\/a> universe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/2026\/05\/05\/asx-200-slides-on-third-consecutive-rba-interest-rate-hike\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">higher interest rates<\/a> and a strong rotation into energy, mining, and resource stocks have amplified the sell-off.<\/p>\n<p>For investors, this could be an intriguing opportunity to gain exposure to quality companies at a historic discount.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are three of the largest ASX healthcare stocks that are tipped to rebound from historic lows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/thinking-about-juicy-dividends-16.9-1200x675.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Beautiful young woman drinking fresh orange juice in kitchen.\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Image source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Pro Medicus Ltd (<a class=\"tickerized-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/tickers\/asx-pme\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASX: PME<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Pro Medicus enjoyed a fast start to the month of June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The medical imaging technology company rose over 9% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/2026\/06\/01\/pro-medicus-renews-28m-contract-with-allegheny-health-network\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday following a key contract win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Investors will be hoping this is the start of a long-term rebound.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite yesterday&#8217;s 9% gain, it remains down 35% year to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It closed yesterday at $144.46 per share.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However brokers are confident it will rise significantly higher in the next 12 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>13 analysts offering a one year forecast have an average price target of $187.27 on Pro Medicus shares, indicating roughly 3% upside from current levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>11 of the 13 analysts rate the stock as a strong buy or buy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Pro Medicus shares started June off with a big rise, it was the opposite start to the month for ResMed shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ResMed is a global leader in sleep technology.<\/p>\n<p>Its share price fell more than 7% yesterday, and is now down 26% year to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It now sits at a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/category\/share-market-news\/52-week-lows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">52-week low<\/a> of $26.27.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However this could now be a rare opportunity to scoop up this ASX healthcare stock at a significant value.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/2026\/05\/10\/top-brokers-name-3-asx-shares-to-buy-next-week-10-may-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgans <\/a>expects a rebound over the next 12 months. The broker has a price target of $41.72 along with a buy rating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This indicates an upside potential of almost 59%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sonic Healthcare Ltd (<a class=\"tickerized-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/tickers\/asx-shl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASX: SHL<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>It has been a similarly difficult 2026 for Sonic Healthcare shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its share price is down more than 14% year to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However the global healthcare provider could also be set to recover in the near term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>12 analysts forecasts via TradingView have an average one year price target of $23.40 on this ASX healthcare stock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This indicates an upside potential of 21% from current levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the stories of the year has been the stark underperformance of ASX healthcare shares.\u00a0 As the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":["post-709917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}