{"id":377828,"date":"2026-04-02T06:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377828\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:27:06","slug":"3-asx-200-healthcare-shares-to-buy-amid-sector-rout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/377828\/","title":{"rendered":"3 ASX 200 healthcare shares to buy amid sector rout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S&amp;P\/ASX 200 Health Care Index\u00a0(ASX: XHJ) shares have tumbled 27% over six months as the sector faces multiple challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwattle Large Cap Quality Fund portfolio managers Joe Koh and Elan Miller\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blackwattlepartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blackwattle-Large-Cap-Quality-Fund-February-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cite<\/a> unfavourable currency changes, tariffs, and higher labour and cost pressures for Australian healthcare companies. <\/p>\n<p>These challenges, in part, have led to 8 of the 10 largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/investing-education\/healthcare-shares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">healthcare shares<\/a>\u00a0on the market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/2026\/03\/27\/asx-200-healthcare-shares-down-33-in-a-year-as-heavyweights-hit-multi-year-lows\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trading at or close to multi-year lows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week on <a href=\"https:\/\/thebull.com.au\/18-share-tips\/30th-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Bull<\/a>, analysts reveal buy ratings on three ASX 200 healthcare shares, and why they see value in them today.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/healthcare-workers-3-16.9-1200x675.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Five healthcare workers standing together and smiling.\"  \/><\/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>The Pro Medicus share price is $124.94, up 0.8% on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This ASX 200\u00a0healthcare\u00a0share has dropped 60% over six months, and hit a two-year low of $107.75 in late February. <\/p>\n<p id=\"blake_halligan_catapult_wealth\">Blake Halligan from Catapult Wealth has a buy recommendation on Pro Medicus shares.<\/p>\n<p>Halligan explains: <\/p>\n<p id=\"blake_halligan_catapult_wealth\">With an underlying earnings before interest and tax margin at 73 per cent and cash of $222 million, PME remains financially robust. <\/p>\n<p id=\"blake_halligan_catapult_wealth\">Growing US market share supports a positive long term growth outlook, making PME an attractive portfolio addition.<\/p>\n<p>   Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (<a class=\"tickerized-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/tickers\/asx-tlx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASX: TLX<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>The Telix Pharmaceuticals\u00a0share price is $13.29, up 0.7% today.<\/p>\n<p>This ASX 200\u00a0healthcare\u00a0share has fallen by 14% over six months and by 48% over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The stock hit a two-year low of $8.26 in February.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mark_gardner_mpc_markets\">Mark Gardner from MPC Markets says Telix Pharmaceuticals shares are a buy, commenting:<\/p>\n<p>The company recently re-submitted its drug application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Pixclara, an imaging agent for a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. <\/p>\n<p>The FDA has given it priority status, and Telix has gone through a formal meeting to address every question raised in its previous application. In our view, a re-submission isn&#8217;t a setback, but the last step before approval. <\/p>\n<p>We believe the market isn&#8217;t pricing in the benefits of a potentially successful FDA outcome.<\/p>\n<p>   Ramsay Health Care Ltd (<a class=\"tickerized-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/tickers\/asx-rhc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASX: RHC<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>The Ramsay Health Care share price is $39.47, up 1.1% today.<\/p>\n<p>This ASX 200\u00a0healthcare\u00a0share has bucked the trend, rising 25% over six months.<\/p>\n<p>The stock hit an 18-month high of $44.73 in early March. <\/p>\n<p>Remo Greco from Sanlam Private Wealth gives Ramsay Health Care shares a buy rating.<\/p>\n<p>Greco said: <\/p>\n<p>The private hospital operator posted a better than expected first half year result for fiscal year 2026. <\/p>\n<p>RHC is spinning off its European business, which we believe paints a brighter outlook. <\/p>\n<p>The fully franked interim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com.au\/definitions\/dividend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">dividend<\/a> of 42.5 cents was up 6.3 per cent and potentially points to a stronger final dividend for the full year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"S&amp;P\/ASX 200 Health Care Index\u00a0(ASX: XHJ) shares have tumbled 27% over six months as the sector faces multiple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-377828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}