Definitive Healthcare Corp. (DH)
NASDAQHealth CareMedical - Healthcare Information ServicesSnapshot 2026-09-14
$1.00-1.96%
Close 2026-09-15 · 1-day change
NASDAQHealth CareMedical - Healthcare Information ServicesSnapshot 2026-09-14
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Health Care is in steady. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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The reason to own it still holds.
View ThesisRevenue is contracting — down about 5% over the past year.
View GrowthManagement screens weak on capital allocation, margins, the balance sheet.
View ManagementExpectations look reasonable — what the market is pricing in sits in line with or below what analysts forecast.
View ValuationThis stock is highly volatile — it swings about 3% on a typical day and fell roughly 85% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskDefinitive Healthcare's AI platform launch has to keep compounding to justify the price. Revenue declined 9% year over year, but the last quarter beat expectations. It trades at 5.2× P/E versus a peer median of 20×. This suggests the price reflects less growth than we forecast. If DH cuts guidance on the next call, that could negatively impact the stock. Peer multiples imply a price about 75% above where it trades. Our read remains intact.
Trailing returns as of 2026-09-15. DH is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 8 analysts currently covering DH (as of Sep 2026).
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
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Quarterly · checked companies · value or % of revenue
A consensus fair price across 4 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-14. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Health Care Technology — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
Compare the value case
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Acquisition proposal indicates strong market interest and potential growth.
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End-of-day figures as of 2026-09-15. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Buyout offer indicates strong market interest and potential value realization.
Advent buyout offer indicates strong market interest and potential growth.
Advances: Drive sustained revenue growth and customer expansion
AI platform launch supports revenue growth and customer expansion.
