Afya trades at a notably low forward P/E of 6.9x with a near-perfect Piotroski score and three beats in the last four quarters, but soft revenue growth and a momentum profile that has yet to recover above the long-term average require patience at entry.
Thesis pillars
- Momentum Below Entry Threshold→Stable
- High Quality Franchise Margins→Stable
- Deeply Discounted Valuation↑Improving
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Afya Limited (AFYA) Stock Analysis
Temporary headwind edge
Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Wait for pullback to $13.20. At $13.90 the A.R:R is 0.8:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $13.20 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Thin upside margin: 5.5%; Weak growth.
Afya Limited operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates in three segments: Undergraduate, Continuing Education, and Medical Practice Solutions. The Undergraduate segment offers educational services through undergraduate courses related to medical... Read more
Wait for pullback to $13.20. At $13.90 the A.R:R is 0.8:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $13.20 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Thin upside margin: 5.5%; Weak growth. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. V9 Gate blocked: Momentum 1.7 < 4.5 minimum; R/R 0.8x at spot < 1.5 minimum. Wait for improvement. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 18d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear, sector concentration cap sector=consumer defensive 0/10). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-26Recent Developments — Afya Limited
Latest news
- NEWS Afya Limited (AFYA) Faces Downward Pressure as Shares Decline 2.84% - Trade Entry Signals - thelegaladvocate.com — thelegaladvocate.com negative
- NEWS Afya Limited (AFYA) Faces Downward Pressure as Shares Decline 2.84% - Trade Entry Signals - The Legal Advocate — The Legal Advocate negative
- NEWS Afya Limited (AFYA) Faces Downward Pressure as Shares Decline 2.84% - Social Sentiment - thelegaladvocate.com — thelegaladvocate.com negative
- NEWS Afya Limited Q1 2026 Earnings: EPS Misses Estimates Amid Challenging Quarter - Energy Earnings Report - thelegaladvocate — thelegaladvocate.com negative
- NEWS Afya Limited Q1 2026 Earnings: EPS Misses Estimates Amid Challenging Quarter - Short-Term Outlook - thelegaladvocate.com — thelegaladvocate.com negative
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Wait for pullback to $13.20. At $13.90 the A.R:R is 0.8:1 — below the 1.5:1 minimum for BUY_NOW. Engine's entry $13.20 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Thin upside margin: 5.5%; Weak growth. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. V9 Gate blocked: Momentum 1.7 < 4.5 minimum; R/R 0.8x at spot < 1.5 minimum. Wait for improvement. Target $14.67 (+5.5%), stop $12.26 (−13.4%), A.R:R 0.8:1. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $14.67 (+5.5% upside). Target $14.67 (+5.5%), stop $12.26 (−13.4%), A.R:R 0.8:1. Stop-loss: $12.26.
Thin upside margin: 5.5%; Weak growth; Negative momentum.
Afya Limited trades at a P/E of 8.5 (forward 6.9). TrendMatrix value score: 7.9/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
13 analysts cover AFYA with a consensus score of 2.5/5. Average price target: $17.
What does Afya Limited do?Afya Limited operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates in three segments: Undergraduate,...
Afya Limited operates as a medical education group in Brazil. The company operates in three segments: Undergraduate, Continuing Education, and Medical Practice Solutions. The Undergraduate segment offers educational services through undergraduate courses related to medical school, health sciences, and other non-health undergraduate programs, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, biomedicine, business administration, accounting, law, civil and industrial engineering, and pedagogy. The Continuing Education segment provides medical education, including residency preparation programs, specialization test preparation, graduate courses in medicine, and digital and in-person professional development for physicians and medical students. The Medical Practice Solutions segment offers clinical decision support platforms, medical practice management software, healthcare financial services, and digital healthcare ecosystem solutions, such as electronic medical records, practice management tools, telemedicine, digital prescriptions, and doctor-patient relationship platforms. This segment also provides a subscription-based mobile app and website portal that focuses on assisting health professionals and students with clinical decision-making through tools, such as medical calculators, charts, and updated content, as well as prescriptions, clinical scores, medical procedures and laboratory exams, and others. The company also offers educational health and medical imaging; and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. In addition, it offers printed and digital content, as well as an online medical education platform and physicians, healthcare professionals and students. Afya Limited was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.