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Afya Limited (AFYA)

Consumer Defensive | Education & Training Services | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | NasdaqGS
14.59 USD +0.28 (1.957%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 14.59
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:48 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Afya is currently fractured between a compelling income story and deteriorating operational momentum. On the surface, the stock offers an attractive 4.73% yield with a sustainable payout ratio of roughly 40%, supported by healthy free cash flow; this makes it a viable defensive hold for income-focused portfolios. However, the underlying business shows clear signs of distress. The company is trapped in a multi-year downtrend, having lost nearly 51% of its value over the last six years, with the most recent annual performance showing a sharp 17.6% decline. While the trailing twelve-month earnings growth looks positive at 17.6%, this appears to be a lagging indicator masking the reality that the stock has failed to recover its losses despite two prior years of gains. The market has correctly priced in a lack of sustainable growth, evidenced by the depressed P/E and the heavy concentration of put options among retail speculators. With the price hovering near its 52-week lows and technical indicators showing weakness against both the 50-day and 200-day averages, the short-term outlook remains bearish as the stock struggles to break out of its consolidation range. Until there is concrete evidence of a reversal in the multi-year price trajectory or a significant catalyst to restore investor confidence, the risk of further downside outweighs the appeal of the dividend.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.021193
AutoETS0.023981
AutoARIMA0.023983
MSTL0.026104

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 1.52
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.346
Excess Kurtosis -0.60
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-24
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-24
Debt to Equity Ratio 63.264
Revenue per Share 42.594
Market Cap 1,290,897,152
Trailing P/E 8.68
Forward P/E 7.40
Beta 0.38
Profit Margins 20.44%
Website https://www.afya.com.br

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:48 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound scenario with a distinct bias toward downside protection. Open interest is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money puts (OTM P/OI > 0.88 on near-term expirations), indicating a 'bear put spread' or hedging strategy rather than aggressive naked shorting. Call activity is concentrated at the money and slightly out-of-the-money, suggesting limited bullish conviction beyond current levels. The elevated implied volatility on near-term strikes relative to longer-dated strikes suggests traders expect increased turbulence or a specific event-driven drop in the coming weeks.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
4.33% 4.33% — —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-25 0.656 4.327177
2025-03-26 0.232 1.293200
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.66
dividendYield 4.58
exDividendDate 2026-03-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.447
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.2408805
lastDividendValue 0.656
lastDividendDate 2026-03-25
dividendDate 2026-04-06

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.047904193
Address1 Rua Paraíba, No. 330
Address2 17th floor Funcionários
All Time High 34.87
All Time Low 8.73
Ask 18.49
Ask Size 2
Average Analyst Rating 3.6 - Underperform
Average Daily Volume10 Day 123,500
Average Daily Volume3 Month 108,563
Average Volume 108,417
Average Volume10Days 123,500
Beta 0.377
Bid 10.37
Bid Size 2
Book Value 10.748779
City Belo Horizonte
Country Brazil
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 14.59
Current Ratio 2.201
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 14.7
Day Low 14.27
Debt To Equity 63.264
Display Name Afya
Dividend Date 1,775,433,600
Dividend Rate 0.66
Dividend Yield 4.58
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,794,513,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,794,513,600
Earnings Growth 0.176
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.144
Earnings Timestamp 1,794,513,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,794,513,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,794,513,600
Ebitda 1,490,644,992
Ebitda Margins 0.38958
Enterprise To Ebitda 2.293
Enterprise To Revenue 0.893
Enterprise Value 3,418,054,144
Eps Current Year 9.63
Eps Forward 1.9713317
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.68
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,396,800
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 14.2016
Fifty Day Average Change 0.38840008
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.027349036
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -5.731225
Fifty Two Week High 16.498
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.907999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.115650326
Fifty Two Week Low 13.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.5900002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.1223077
Fifty Two Week Range 13.0 - 16.498
Financial Currency BRL
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,563,543,000,000
Forward Eps 1.9713317
Forward P E 7.401088
Free Cashflow 386,566,368
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 9,395
Fullday Change 0.28
Fullday Change Percent 1.95667
Fullday Price 14.59
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.64023
Gross Profits 2,449,719,040
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.78196
Held Percent Institutions 0.20247999
Implied Shares Outstanding 88,478,216
Industry Education & Training Services
Industry Disp Education & Training Services
Industry Key education-training-services
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,396,800
Last Dividend Value 0.656
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Afya Limited
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,290,897,152
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_625699924
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 782,267,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,267,892,835
Number Of Analyst Opinions 9
Open 14.38
Operating Cashflow 1,557,830,016
Operating Margins 0.30641
Payout Ratio 0.3993
Phone 55 31 3515 7550
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 14.59
Post Market Time 1,787,959,804
Previous Close 14.31
Price Eps Current Year 1.5150571
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.3573635
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.33737445
Profit Margins 0.20444
Quick Ratio 2.127
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key underperform
Recommendation Mean 3.55556
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.28
Regular Market Change Percent 1.95667
Regular Market Day High 14.7
Regular Market Day Low 14.27
Regular Market Day Range 14.27 - 14.7
Regular Market Open 14.38
Regular Market Previous Close 14.31
Regular Market Price 14.59
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,201
Regular Market Volume 117,914
Return On Assets 0.084139995
Return On Equity 0.16683
Revenue Growth 0.057
Revenue Per Share 42.594
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1966995
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Shares Outstanding 49,904,082
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0049
Shares Short 432,536
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 368,329
Short Name Afya Limited
Short Percent Of Float 0.0887
Short Ratio 4.33
Source Interval 15
State MG
Symbol AFYA
Target High Price 20.59865
Target Low Price 14.380907
Target Mean Price 16.801758
Target Median Price 16.563162
Total Cash 1,006,489,984
Total Cash Per Share 11.376
Total Debt 3,118,187,008
Total Revenue 3,826,304,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.447
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.2408805
Trailing Eps 1.68
Trailing P E 8.684525
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 14.4691
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.120900154
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.008355748
Type Disp Equity
Volume 117,914
Website https://www.afya.com.br
Zip 30,130-917