Have Investors Already Priced In Virtus Health Limited’s (ASX:VRT) Growth?

Virtus Health Limited (ASX:VRT), a healthcare company based in Australia, saw a decent share price growth in the teens level on the ASX over the last few months. As a stock with high coverage by analysts, you could assume any recent changes in the company’s outlook is already priced into the stock. However, could the stock still be trading at a relatively cheap price? Let’s take a look at Virtus Health’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if the opportunity still exists. View our latest analysis for Virtus Health

What is Virtus Health worth?

Good news, investors! Virtus Health is still a bargain right now. According to my valuation, the intrinsic value for the stock is A$8.23, but it is currently trading at AU$5.68 on the share market, meaning that there is still an opportunity to buy now. Another thing to keep in mind is that Virtus Health’s share price is quite stable relative to the rest of the market, as indicated by its low beta. This means that if you believe the current share price should move towards its intrinsic value over time, a low beta could suggest it is not likely to reach that level anytime soon, and once it’s there, it may be hard to fall back down into an attractive buying range again.

Can we expect growth from Virtus Health?

ASX:VRT Future Profit Feb 28th 18
ASX:VRT Future Profit Feb 28th 18

Investors looking for growth in their portfolio may want to consider the prospects of a company before buying its shares. Buying a great company with a robust outlook at a cheap price is always a good investment, so let’s also take a look at the company’s future expectations. With profit expected to grow by a double-digit 15.89% over the next couple of years, the outlook is positive for Virtus Health. It looks like higher cash flows is on the cards for the stock, which should feed into a higher share valuation.

What this means for you:

Are you a shareholder? Since VRT is currently undervalued, it may be a great time to increase your holdings in the stock. With a positive outlook on the horizon, it seems like this growth has not yet been fully factored into the share price. However, there are also other factors such as capital structure to consider, which could explain the current undervaluation.

Are you a potential investor? If you’ve been keeping an eye on VRT for a while, now might be the time to enter the stock. Its buoyant future outlook isn’t fully reflected in the current share price yet, which means it’s not too late to buy VRT. But before you make any investment decisions, consider other factors such as the track record of its management team, in order to make a well-informed buy.

Price is just the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper into what truly matters – the fundamentals – before you make a decision on Virtus Health. You can find everything you need to know about Virtus Health in the latest infographic research report. If you are no longer interested in Virtus Health, you can use our free platform to see my list of over 50 other stocks with a high growth potential.


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.

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