Insulet stock (NASDAQ: PODD) surged almost 10% on Friday, November 8, after the corporate posted an upbeat Q3 and raised its gross sales outlook. It reported gross sales of $544 million and adjusted earnings of $0.90 per share, in comparison with the consensus estimates of $518 million and $0.77, respectively. Insulet is benefiting from elevated adoption of its insulin supply system Omnipod. Its newest product – Omnipod 5 – is the one automated insulin supply system accredited for each kind 1 and kind 2 diabetes. It was accredited by the U.S. FDA in August this 12 months.
Insulet’s revenue of $544 million mirrored a 26% y-o-y progress, with each the U.S. and Worldwide Omnipod gross sales seeing robust progress of 23% and 36%, respectively. The getting old inhabitants within the U.S. and an general rise in consciousness about diabetes merchandise have aided the demand for insulin merchandise over the latest years. Not solely did Insulet see robust income progress, its adjusted EBITDA margin rose 410 bps y-o-y to 23.2% in Q3. Greater revenues and margin growth resulted within the backside line of $0.90 on an adjusted foundation, versus $0.71 within the prior-year quarter. Trying ahead, the corporate now expects its gross sales to rise between 20% and 21% in 2024, versus its prior outlook of 16% to 19% progress.
PODD inventory, with 23% positive aspects, has carried out largely in-line with the broader markets (the S&P500 index is up 25%). Nonetheless, the efficiency of PODD inventory with respect to the index over the past three-year interval has been fairly risky. Returns for the inventory have been 4% in 2021, 11% in 2022, and -26% in 2023. In distinction, the Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, with a set of 30 shares, is much less risky. And it has outperformed the S&P 500 annually over the identical interval. Why is that? As a bunch, HQ Portfolio shares offered higher returns with much less danger versus the benchmark index; much less of a roller-coaster trip, as evident in HQ Portfolio efficiency metrics.
Given the present unsure macroeconomic surroundings round charge cuts, might PODD face an analogous state of affairs because it did in 2021 and 2023 and underperform the S&P over the subsequent 12 months — or will it see a powerful soar? From a valuation perspective, we expect PODD inventory is appropriately priced at ranges of round $270. It at present trades at 11x trailing revenues, in comparison with the inventory’s common P/S ratio of 14x over the past three years. Though PODD inventory is buying and selling at a valuation a number of barely decrease than the historic common, we expect that the decline appears justified, given the potential impression of latest GLP-1 medicine on Insulet’s gross sales in the long run. The decreased danger of cardiovascular occasions from weight problems medicine of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly could end in broader functions of those medicine, which might probably weigh on the demand for insulin pumps used to handle diabetes.
| Returns | Nov 2024 MTD [1] |
2024 YTD [1] |
2017-24 Whole [2] |
| PODD Return | 16% | 23% | 611% |
| S&P 500 Return | 5% | 25% | 167% |
| Trefis Bolstered Worth Portfolio | 9% | 25% | 832% |
[1] Returns as of 11/11/2024
[2] Cumulative complete returns because the finish of 2016
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