The following are today’s upgrades for Validea’s P/E/Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Peter Lynch. This strategy looks for stocks trading at a reasonable price relative to earnings growth that also possess strong balance sheets.
COMPUTER PROGRAMS & SYSTEMS, INC. (CPSI) is a small-cap growth stock in the Software & Programming industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Peter Lynch changed from 87% to 91% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. is a provider of healthcare solutions and services for community hospitals and other healthcare systems and post-acute care facilities. The Company’s segments include Acute Care EHR, Post-acute Care EHR and TruBridge. The Acute Care EHR segment provides acute care electronic health record (EHR) solutions, Thrive and Centriq, and related services for community hospitals and physician clinics. The Post-acute Care EHR segment provides a solution and related services for nursing and assisted living facilities. The TruBridge segment is focused on providing business management, consulting and managed information technology (IT) services along with its complete revenue cycle management (RCM) solution for all care settings. The Company offers its products and services through six companies, including Evident, LLC, American HealthTech, Inc., TruBridge, LLC, iNetXperts, Corp., TruCode LLC and Healthcare Resource Group, Inc.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy’s tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy’s criteria.
| P/E/GROWTH RATIO: | PASS |
| SALES AND P/E RATIO: | NEUTRAL |
| INVENTORY TO SALES: | PASS |
| EPS GROWTH RATE: | PASS |
| TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: | PASS |
| FREE CASH FLOW: | NEUTRAL |
| NET CASH POSITION: | NEUTRAL |
Detailed Analysis of COMPUTER PROGRAMS & SYSTEMS, INC.
PATRIA INVESTMENTS LTD (PAX) is a mid-cap growth stock in the Investment Services industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Peter Lynch changed from 87% to 91% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.
Company Description: Patria Investments Limited is a private markets investment company that is focused on investing in Latin America. Its product offering encompasses six product lines, such as private equity, infrastructure, credit, public equities, real estate, and advisory and distribution. It seeks to provide global and Latin American investors with investment products that allow for portfolio diversification and consistent returns. From its initial flagship private equity funds, it has developed other investment options, such as its infrastructure funds, co-investments funds and constructivist equity funds. It invests in a diversified portfolio of infrastructure-related assets in Brazil and selected other Latin American countries. It offers its clients a range of different credit solutions and in addition to capital, it offers management advice. Its investment portfolio consists of healthcare, education, food and beverages, diversified agribusiness, logistics, transportation and energy, among others.
The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy’s tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy’s criteria.
| P/E/GROWTH RATIO: | PASS |
| SALES AND P/E RATIO: | NEUTRAL |
| EPS GROWTH RATE: | PASS |
| TOTAL DEBT/EQUITY RATIO: | NEUTRAL |
| EQUITY/ASSETS RATIO: | PASS |
| RETURN ON ASSETS: | PASS |
Detailed Analysis of PATRIA INVESTMENTS LTD
About Peter Lynch: Perhaps the greatest mutual fund manager of all-time, Lynch guided Fidelity Investment’s Magellan Fund to a 29.2 percent average annual return from 1977 until his retirement in 1990, almost doubling the S&P 500’s 15.8 percent yearly return over that time. Lynch’s common sense approach and quick wit made him one of the most quoted investors on Wall Street. (“Go for a business that any idiot can run — because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it,” is one of his many pearls of wisdom.) Lynch’s bestseller One Up on Wall Street is something of a “stocks for the everyman/everywoman”, breaking his approach down into easy-to-understand concepts.
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