Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for AFYA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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NASDAQ: AFYA
Afya (AFYA) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 12 close
$14.85+0.10 (+0.7%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeAfya shares have drawn attention this week from several value-focused commentaries, including a comparison against Universal Technical Institute and a piece questioning whether the stock remains attractive for value investors, alongside a note that shares climbed 4.5% to $13.91 on 6 October. A Form 4 filing on 11 October coincided with a reported 4.24% increase in the stock but carried little additional detail. Together, the coverage centers on valuation questions rather than new operational or regulatory developments.
Afya closed at $14.85, up 0.7%, sitting between its 50-day average of $13.77 and 200-day average of $14.31, a mixed trend signal. The GekkoIndex reads 46.2, placing the stock in the Neutral zone, though the index has fallen 14.2 points over the past five sessions. The price stands 40.8% below the Gekko Fair Value of $25.07, a gap that remains wide relative to recent trading levels.
Afya's next earnings report is scheduled for 12 November 2026 after the close, 30 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. Over the prior eight quarters, the company beat estimates 7 times, with an average absolute reaction of 4% to results. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged 3.7% across 5 years, with gains in 3 of them. No insider, Congress or unusual options activity appears in the current windows, leaving analyst sentiment, where both covering firms rate the stock a buy with a consensus target of $17.61, as the more visible signal worth noting.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Afya price vs fair value
Close $14.85200-day averageGekko Fair Value $25.07
Afya quick facts
- Market cap
- $1.34B
- P/E ratio
- 8.6
- Forward P/E
- 7.9
- EPS, TTM
- $1.64
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.83B
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Dividend yield
- 4.64%
- Beta
- 0.37
- Volume
- 114,742 avg 497,712
- 1-year return
- −0.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.6%
- 50-day average
- $13.77
- 200-day average
- $14.31
- Next earnings
- Nov 12 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 49.90M
Afya swing-trade checklist
Afya scores 3 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $14.85 sits between the 50-day ($13.77) and 200-day ($14.31) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
46.2, Neutral
Reading 46.2 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
40.8% below
Price is 40.8% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 31 days
Next report Nov 12, 2026, 31 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.7% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
See seasonality
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Afya stock chart and price history
Afya closed at $14.85 on Oct 12, 2026, −0.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $11.62 to $16.16.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +6.9%
- 3 months
- +5.7%
- 6 months
- −5.2%
- 1 year
- −0.8%
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About Afya
Afya works through a group of subsidiaries to provide medical education across Brazil. Its programs cover medical schools, residency preparation, graduate studies, and continuing education for professionals at different stages of their careers, offered both through its own network and to outside institutions. It is also known for a subscription-based digital platform, reached by app or website, that gives clinicians and students tools like medical calculators, reference material, prescription guidance, scoring systems, and lab test information to support decisions at the point of care.
Its academic offerings reach beyond medicine into fields such as dentistry, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nutrition, and biomedicine, and extend further into business, accounting, law, and engineering degrees. Afya rounds out this structure with postgraduate medical programs, printed and digital course materials, an online learning platform, and practical training components, built around a network of undergraduate and graduate medical campuses with a set number of approved and operating seats for students.
Afya was founded in 1999 and is based in Nova Lima, Brazil. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker AFYA.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Other consumer services
- Website
- afya.com.br
Afya GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Afya’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 46.2, in the Neutral zone, down 14.2 points over five sessions.
46.2Neutral
Down 14.2 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 48 | +1.5% | +5.2% | ||
| Accumulation | 270 | +0.5% | +0.6% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 353 | −0.8% | −2.7% | ||
| Distribution | 7 | Too few readings yet | |||
| Selling | 4 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average AFYA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →
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Is Afya stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Afya trades 40.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $25.07, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Afya shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$25.07
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
40.8% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 7.9% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Afya insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Afya, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in AFYA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Afya earnings: next date and track record
Afya reports on Nov 12, 2026, after the close (31 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 12, 2026
Expected after the close, 31 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.38
- Revenue estimate
- $194.4M
7 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4%average move across the report
5 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | $2.25 est $1.89 | — | −0.1% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $2.08 est $1.76 | $174.0M est $174.5M | +1.5% |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $2.27 est $1.98 | $169.3M est $173.0M | +0.9% |
| May 8, 2025 | $2.76 est $2.55 | $160.3M est $165.5M | +0.5% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $2.10 est $1.61 | $136.9M est $160.5M | +11.6% |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $1.79 est $1.84 | $154.0M est $146.3M | −7.8% |
| Aug 14, 2024 | $2.29 est $1.95 | $145.0M est $26.93M | +7.3% |
| May 9, 2024 | $2.74 est $2.35 | $158.8M est $29.51M | −1.9% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Afya stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Afya is $17.61, +18.6% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$17.61consensus 12-month target, +18.6% from the last close
Now $14.85Avg $17.61
Low $17High $19
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 | J.P. Morgan | $19 | +27.9% |
| Sep 24 | Bradesco | $17 | +14.5% |
−2.7%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+3.7%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.9%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Afya seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Afya averaged +3.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −2.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.4% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +2.7% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, AFYA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.6%.
Afya market cap and key statistics
Afya’s market cap is $1.34B, with a P/E ratio of 8.6 and revenue of $3.83B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $1.34B
- P/E ratio
- 8.6
- Forward P/E
- 7.9
- EPS, TTM
- $1.64
- Gekko Fair Value
- $25.07
Trading
- Volume
- 114,742
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 497,712
- 52-week high
- $16.16
- 52-week low
- $11.62
- Shares outstanding
- 49.90M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $3.83B
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Return on equity
- 16.7%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +17.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.37
- Typical daily move
- ±3.9%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.6%
- Dividend yield
- 4.64%
Afya stock news this week
4 headlines about Afya from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Form 4 Afya Ltd For: 11 October By Investing.comInvesting.com UK, Oct 11
- AFYA or UTI: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now?Zacks Investment Research, Oct 7
- Should Value Investors Buy Afya (AFYA) Stock?Zacks Investment Research, Oct 7
- Is It Too Late to Buy Afya Ltd (AFYA) After 4.5% Rally? GF Value Says UndervaluedGuruFocus, Oct 6
Afya peers
Afya’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| BKNGBooking | Accumulation | 28.5% below |
| EXPEExpedia | Neutral | 2.6% below |
| SCIService Corporation International | Accumulation | 2.1% above |
| LTHLife Time | Accumulation | 15.7% below |
| ANDGAndersen | Neutral | 8.0% below |
| HRBH&R Block | Neutral | 38.0% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Afya stock FAQ
What is Afya’s market cap?
Afya’s market cap is $1.34B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $14.85, with 49.90M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 8.6.
What is the Afya stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Afya is $17.61, +18.6% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 2 rate it a buy, 0 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Afya stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Afya is undervalued: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $14.85 is 40.8% below Gekko Fair Value of $25.07. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Afya report earnings next?
Afya is expected to report on Nov 12, 2026, after the market closes (31 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $194.4M. Afya beat the earnings estimate in 7 of its last 8 reports, moving 4% on average across the report.
What is Afya’s 52-week high and low?
Afya’s 52-week high is $16.16 and its 52-week low is $11.62; it closed at $14.85 on Oct 12, 2026, −0.8% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $22.48 on Jan 19, 2024.
Is Afya stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 3 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (fair value, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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