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# What is IHH’s core business franchise and the key components of its operating model?

# IHH Healthcare Berhad (IHH MK) — Core Business Franchise & Operating Model

## 1. Core Franchise — What IHH Is

IHH Healthcare Berhad is one of the largest premium private healthcare operators in Asia, structured as a **pan-Asian (plus Türkiye) hospital network** rather than a single-country operator. CLSA describes it explicitly as a one-stop equity proxy for the regional private hospital theme:

> "IHH offers investors a proxy for Asian hospitals across Malaysia, Singapore, India and Turkey. Its strategy is to focus on continued organic expansion, expanding across the healthcare continuum, developing new growth engines, evaluating value-accretive assets in existing and new markets as well as turning around underperforming assets (mainly China)..." [1]

The franchise rests on a federation of **prestige hospital brands** built up through acquisitions and greenfield development — **Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles, Parkway, ParkwayHealth** (Singapore/HK/China), **Pantai, Prince Court, Island Hospital** (Malaysia), **Fortis** (India), **Acibadem** (Türkiye/Europe). In Singapore alone, IHH/Parkway Pantai operates **four JCI-accredited hospitals with over 900 licensed beds and a network of >50 medical centres and clinics** [11][12], and management positions the Mount Elizabeth/Gleneagles/ParkwayHealth marques as "the most prestigious hospital brands in Southeast Asia" [11].

Scale is a key part of the model. The group articulates its operating philosophy around three pillars: **Trust, Synergy, Growth** — with "Synergy" defined as leveraging its network across multiple geographies to "reap efficiencies, scale up best practices and build deep operating capabilities" [10].

**Ownership** is concentrated in two anchor shareholders — **Mitsui & Co Ltd (32.8%) and Khazanah (25.9%)** [4] — with an estimated free float of ~35%, market cap ~US$14.2–14.5bn, and 8,808m shares outstanding [4].

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## 2. Geographic Segmentation (the operating spine)

Reporting and management run along **two sub-holdings × five "home market" geographies**, with PLife REIT + Labs as a separate stub:

| Segment / Geography | FY24 Revenue (RMm) | FY24 EBITDA (RMm) | FY24 EBITDA Margin | Role in franchise |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---|
| **Parkway Pantai (sub-holding)** | **15,842** | **3,752** | 23.7% | The Asian platform — runs the four geographies below |
| — Singapore | 6,131 | 1,825 | 29.8% | Highest-margin hub; Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles, Parkway East, MNH (~900+ beds) [12] |
| — Malaysia | 4,154 | 1,060 | 25.5% | Pantai + Gleneagles + Prince Court + Island; high-growth domicile |
| — India | 4,028 | 723 | 17.9% | Fortis + Gleneagles Global; expansion market |
| — Greater China | 1,529 | 145 | 9.5% | Turnaround market (HK + Shanghai + Chengdu) |
| **Acibadem Holdings (Türkiye & Europe)** | **7,238** | **1,489** | 20.6% | Türkiye core + Bulgaria/CEE expansion |
| **PLife REIT + others + Labs** | 1,188 | 229 | n.m. | 36% stake in Parkway Life REIT + ParkwayHealth Lab/Radiology |
| **Group total** | **24,267** | **5,470** | **22.5%** | |

Source: CLSA FY24 segmental breakdown [2]

The expected EBITDA trajectory by region also shows the operating tilt — Acibadem is expected to overtake Singapore as the single largest EBITDA contributor by 2026CL:

| Region (EBITDA, RMm) | 24A | 25CL | 26CL | 27CL |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Singapore | 1,825 | 1,653 | 1,792 | 1,855 |
| Acibadem (Türkiye/Europe) | 1,458 | 1,720 | **2,022** | **2,355** |
| Malaysia | 1,060 | 1,016 | 1,129 | 1,277 |
| India | 723 | 799 | 877 | 952 |
| North Asia (Greater China) | 145 | 155 | 197 | 242 |
| PLife REIT + Others | 230 | 240 | 250 | 260 |
| **Total** | **5,439** | **5,581** | **6,264** | **6,939** |

Source: CLSA EBITDA breakdown [3]

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## 3. Operating Model — Six Building Blocks

### (a) Vertical "continuum-of-care" service ladder
Each hospital is positioned within a layered service stack, designed to capture patient revenue across acuity levels rather than just acute inpatient care:
- **Primary Care** — outpatient, preventive, vaccinations
- **Secondary & Tertiary Care** — specialist consult, elective surgery, emergency, diagnostics
- **Quaternary Care** — complex / high-intensity surgery (e.g., transplants), advanced ICU
- **Complementary Ancillary Services** — ParkwayHealth Laboratory, ParkwayHealth Radiology, Angsana Molecular & Diagnostics, integrated rehab
- **Medical Education** — Parkway College (nursing/allied health), International Medical University linkage [12]

### (b) Premium positioning + JCI accreditation + specialist credentialing
Hospitals are pitched at the top of the local pricing tier — Singapore alone has "**more than 1,400 specialists … credentialed to admit patients into these four hospitals**" [11], a deep specialist density that drives admission flow and case-mix complexity.

### (c) Revenue intensity (case-mix uplift) as the primary KPI
IHH's model is less about volume growth and more about **revenue intensity per admission** (more acute case-mix → higher revenue per patient). FY24 examples cited by CLSA:
- Acibadem: **+21.6% YoY revenue intensity in FY24** [7]
- India: growth driven by "increased inpatient admissions and revenue intensity resulting from a more acute case-mix" [8]
- Singapore: maintained 29.8% EBITDA margin despite Mount Elizabeth Orchard renovation reducing bed capacity by ~50%, via "various measures taken … such as utilising capacity in other hospitals and faster turnaround of beds" [6]

### (d) Capacity expansion engine (greenfield + brownfield + M&A)
Growth is funded through a continuous bed-addition pipeline rather than same-hospital pricing alone:
- **Malaysia**: +600 beds in FY24 (Timberland Sarawak and Island Hospital integrations) [5]
- **Türkiye/Acibadem**: 130 beds in 2025, 900 beds across 2026–28; new Acibadem Kartal opened 17 Feb 2025; greenfield Bulgaria (+195 beds) opening late 1Q25; brownfield expansion in Rotterdam under consideration [7]
- **India**: 400 beds added FY24 with another **1,910 beds planned by 2028**; Fortis recently announced acquisition of Shrimann Superspecialty Hospital ("cluster strategy") [8]

### (e) Geographic & FX diversification
By design, no single geography exceeds ~30% of group EBITDA, and the mix straddles three independent macro regimes — SGD/MYR (defensive), INR (growth), TRY (high inflation, beta). CLSA flags both sides — that Türkiye/Acibadem upside on lira stabilisation has been the FY24 swing factor, while INR strengthening also offers upside on translation [1].

### (f) Capital-light overlay via PLife REIT
IHH holds a **36% stake in Parkway Life REIT** [9], which owns the hospital real estate of Mount Elizabeth, Gleneagles and Parkway East in Singapore — effectively a sale-leaseback structure that monetises real estate while preserving operational control, and a separately valued equity stub in the group SOTP.

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## 4. Capital Allocation & Valuation Architecture

CLSA values the franchise on a **sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) by geography**, which mirrors how management runs it:

| Segment | Stake | EV (RMm) | Multiple basis |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| Singapore hospitals | 100% | 26,882 | 15× 26CL EV/EBITDA |
| Malaysia hospitals | 100% | 14,677 | 13× 26CL EV/EBITDA |
| Türkiye (Acibadem) | 90% | 9,239 | 7× 26CL EV/EBITDA |
| India (Fortis) | 31% | 4,099 | 15× 26CL EV/EBITDA |
| Greater China | 70% | 550 | 6× 26CL EV/EBITDA |
| **Hospital EV** | | **55,448** | |
| PLife REIT stake | 36% | 3,515 | Bloomberg consensus TP SGD 4.56 |
| Net cash (26CL) | | 9,762 | |
| **Total equity value** | | **68,724** | Implied TP RM7.80 / 12.6× 26CL EV/EBITDA |

Source: CLSA SOTP [9]

The SOTP construction itself is a window into the operating model — five distinct hospital P&Ls valued at multiples that reflect each market's regulatory and growth regime, **plus** a stake in the REIT vehicle that owns the home-market real estate.

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## 5. Strategic Levers and Operating Sensitivities (per CLSA)

- **Singapore** is the highest-margin contributor (29.8% FY24 EBITDA margin) — Mount Elizabeth Orchard renovation drags 2025; growth resumes 2026 [6]
- **Malaysia** is now under regulatory scrutiny (DRG payment system / insurer discount asks of 10–40%); management expects this to "stabilise in time", drawing on experience from prior episodes in other markets [5]
- **Acibadem (Türkiye)** is the swing factor — driven by revenue intensity, with macroeconomic stabilisation in Türkiye in FY24 cited as the operating tailwind [7]; will become the **largest single-geography EBITDA contributor by 2026** [3]
- **India** has the longest runway — +1,910 beds planned by 2028 with cluster-acquisition strategy [8]
- **Greater China** is explicitly framed as a "turnaround" market within the operating model [1]

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## Bottom Line

IHH's core franchise is a **5-country premium private hospital platform** structured as two operating sub-holdings (Parkway Pantai + Acibadem) and a stake in PLife REIT. The operating model combines (i) a premium-brand, JCI-accredited delivery network across primary→quaternary care, (ii) case-mix-driven revenue intensity rather than pure volume growth, (iii) a continuous bed-addition pipeline (greenfield + brownfield + M&A), (iv) deliberate geographic and FX diversification, and (v) a capital-light real-estate overlay through PLife REIT. The result is a business where no single market drives more than ~30% of EBITDA, margins are highest in Singapore (~30%) and lowest in Greater China (~10%), and the medium-term EBITDA growth profile (~10–15% p.a. is "attainable" per CLSA) leans increasingly on Acibadem and India rather than the more mature ASEAN core.

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**Sources**

[1] CLSA — Malaysia Private hospitals (Symposium takeaways), 20 June 2025 — investment thesis paragraph on IHH (607962474)
[2] CLSA — IHH HLD (Compelling longer term growth), 12 March 2025 — 4Q/FY24 segmental breakdown table (607952899)
[3] CLSA — IHH HLD (Compelling longer term growth), 12 March 2025 — IHH EBITDA breakdown 24A–27CL by region (607952899)
[4] CLSA — IHH HLD (Compelling longer term growth), 12 March 2025 — shareholding / market cap / float table (607952899)
[5] CLSA — IHH HLD, 12 March 2025 — Malaysia operating review, FY24 bed adds, DRG / insurer pricing discussion (607952899)
[6] CLSA — IHH HLD, 12 March 2025 — Singapore operating review, Mount Elizabeth Orchard renovation (607952899)
[7] CLSA — IHH HLD, 12 March 2025 — Acibadem (Türkiye & Europe) operating review, Bulgaria + Kartal (607952899)
[8] CLSA — IHH HLD, 12 March 2025 — India operating review, Fortis expansion to +1,910 beds by 2028 (607952899)
[9] CLSA — IHH HLD, 12 March 2025 — SOTP valuation by geography + PLife REIT stake (607952899)
[10] IHH Healthcare Berhad — Annual Report 2022 — How We Create Value, network of 83 hospitals in 10 countries
[11] IHH Healthcare Berhad — Annual Report 2017 — Operating Review, Singapore home market (Mount Elizabeth / Gleneagles / ParkwayHealth, 900+ beds, 1,400+ credentialed specialists)
[12] IHH Healthcare Berhad — Annual Report 2018 — Operating Review, Singapore continuum-of-care services (ParkwayHealth Lab, Radiology, Angsana, Parkway College)

## Citations

- [10] **Annual Reports and Related Documents** · external
- [11] **Annual Reports and Related Documents** · external
- [12] **Annual Reports and Related Documents** · external

