China’s iKang Healthcare Goes Private

China’s iKang Healthcare Goes Private

iKang Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KANG) has posted a long string of acquisitions in recent years, as the Chinese healthcare company expanded its reach into that country’s largest cities. As of March 26, 2018, iKang owned and operated a network of 110 medical centers in 33 cities in China. iKang is one of China’s largest providers of private preventivie healthcare. Its customer base is comprised primarily of corporate clients who contract with iKang to deliver medical examination services to their employees and clients, and receive those services at pre-agreed rates. The company also directly markets its services to individual customers. At the end of 2017, iKang served a... Read More »

Chinese Health Care Company Still Growing Strong

Chinese stock markets may be tumbling, but the country’s largest preventive healthcare services company, iKang Healthcare Group (NASDAQ: KANG), is growing strong. Last week it announced its sixth acquisition of the year, this time for three medical centers in three major cities in Shandong province. The targets were three franchises of a rival private preventive services provider, Ciming Checkup Group. iKang was happy to boast this is its third acquisition this year of former Ciming franchises. Financial terms were not disclosed for any of the transactions. Read More »