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↓Deteriorating
- High Quality Franchise Margins→Stable
- Deeply Discounted Valuation↑Improving
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026
Afya Limited (AFYA) Stock Analysis
Oversold Bounce setup · Temporary headwind edge
Consumer Defensive · Education & Training Services
Wait for pullback to $9.68. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross) — blocks BUY_NOW at $10.24. Engine's entry $9.68 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Negative momentum; Below 200-day MA.
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 $9.68. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross) — blocks BUY_NOW at $10.24. Engine's entry $9.68 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Negative momentum; Below 200-day MA. Chart setup: Oversold RSI 24, near Bollinger lower, volume surge. Deep value: 66% margin of safety. Extreme undervaluation. | Falling knife (FK=6.5): wait for stabilization. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Afya Limited
Latest news
- NEWS Afya Announces Appointment of Marcelo Ken Suhara as the Chair Member of the Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee - Yahoo Fi — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS Afya Announces Appointment of Marcelo Ken Suhara as the Chair Member of the Audit, Risks and Ethics Committee - finance. — finance.yahoo.com positive
- NEWS Afya Limited (AFYA) Analyst/Investor Day - Slideshow (NASDAQ:AFYA) 2026-10-28 - Seeking Alpha — Seeking Alpha neutral
- NEWS Afya (NASDAQ:AFYA) Shares Down 4.8% - Here's What Happened - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
- NEWS Afya Limited (AFYA) Faces Downward Pressure as Shares Decline 2.84% - Trade Entry Signals - thelegaladvocate.com — thelegaladvocate.com negative
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Rating Breakdown
1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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Wait for pullback to $9.68. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross) — blocks BUY_NOW at $10.24. Engine's entry $9.68 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Negative momentum; Below 200-day MA. Chart setup: Oversold RSI 24, near Bollinger lower, volume surge. Deep value: 66% margin of safety. Extreme undervaluation. | Falling knife (FK=6.5): wait for stabilization. Target $14.49 (+41.5%), stop $9.00 (−13.8%), A.R:R 2.8:1. Score 6.0/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $14.49 (+41.5% upside). Target $14.49 (+41.5%), stop $9.00 (−13.8%), A.R:R 2.8:1. Stop-loss: $9.00.
Negative momentum; Below 200-day MA; Falling knife score: 6.5/10.
Afya Limited trades at a P/E of 6.2 (forward 5.1). TrendMatrix value score: 8.6/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
12 analysts cover AFYA with a consensus score of 2.6/5. 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.