Afya Limited (AFYA)

BR — Consumer Defensive Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol AFYA
  • Rev/Share 38.065
  • Book/Share 47.7477
  • PB 2.2059
  • Debt/Equity 0.7432
  • CurrentRatio 1.3943
  • ROIC 0.1277

 

  • MktCap 9430620945.4912
  • FreeCF/Share 11.5132
  • PFCF 9.0732
  • PE 13.8493
  • Debt/Assets 0.3594
  • DivYield 0.0127
  • ROE 0.1678

 

  • Rating C
  • Score 2
  • Recommendation Sell
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 4
  • P/B Score 1
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Downgrade AFYA Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Underweight $19 $17 March 11, 2025
Downgrade AFYA Citigroup Neutral Sell $18 $15 Jan. 31, 2025
Initiation AFYA Goldman -- Sell -- $16 Dec. 3, 2024
Initiation AFYA UBS -- Neutral -- $19.5 Aug. 30, 2024

News

Afya Limited Continues To Grow, But Limits Are Also Evident
AFYA
Published: May 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Afya Limited delivered solid Q1 results with 16% YoY revenue growth, driven by acquisitions and organic expansion, and reported strong seasonal margins. Valuation at 11–13x earnings appears fair but not compelling, given long-term risks of market saturation and increased competition in Brazil's medical education sector. Long-term concerns persist as Brazil rapidly increases its doctor supply, potentially pressuring AFYA's enrollment and pricing power in the future.

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Afya Limited Announces Closing of the Acquisition of FACULDADE ÚNICA DE CONTAGEM
AFYA
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

NOVA LIMA, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA; B3: A2FY34) (“Afya” or the “Company”), the leading medical education group and medical practice solutions provider in Brazil, in addition to the Press Release released by the company on December 19th, 2024, announced today the closing of its acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Afya Participações S.A., of 100% of the total share capital of Faculdade Masterclass Ltda. (“FACULDADE ÚNICA DE CONTAGEM” or “FUNIC”), located i.

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About Afya Limited (AFYA)

  • IPO Date 2019-07-19
  • Website https://www.afya.com.br
  • Industry Education & Training Services
  • CEO Mr. Virgilio Deloy Capobianco Gibbon
  • Employees 5260

Afya Limited, through its subsidiaries, operates as a medical education group in Brazil. It offers educational products and services, including medical schools, medical residency preparatory courses, graduate courses, and other programs to lifelong medical learners enrolled across its distribution network, as well as to third-party medical schools. The company also provides digital health services, such as 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. It offers health sciences courses, which comprise medicine, dentistry, nursing, radiology, psychology, pharmacy, physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine; and degree programs and courses in other subjects and disciplines, including undergraduate and post graduate courses in business administration, accounting, law, civil engineering, industrial engineering, and pedagogy. In addition, the company provides medical postgraduate specialization programs; printed and digital content; and an online medical education platform and practical medical training services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated a network of 46 undergraduate and graduate medical school campuses consisted of 30 undergrad operating units and five approved units; and a network of 2,731 medical school seats that consisted of 2,481 operating seats and 278 approved seats. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Nova Lima, Brazil.